Frisbee packet #28

describe the sport of freestyle frisbee

a game where a player or a team perform a routine done to music using one or more discs

what is a "nail delay?"

a way to spin a frisbee on your nail

why does yale college claim to have invented the sport?

because their college students discovered that empty pie tins could be thrown for fun

describe the origins of the sport called "ultimate frisbee"

in 1968 joel silver introduced his idea of ultimate frisbee then the next year the first game was played between two groups of students

describe how flight adjustments can add to the sport of frisbee

place one person between two others then the middle person touches the disc to deflect and change it's direction

what is the "morrison slope?" how did it get its name?

the outer third of the frisbee disc, because the person who made it was named morrison

what is the most important aspect of any game of frisbee? why?

the throwing because it controls the frisbee

how did wham-o help to popularize the sport?

through its marketing of frisbee as a new sport

describe the sport of ultimate frisbee

two teams with a flying disc on a field try to score by catching a pass in the opponent's end zone

what is a "hook thumper?"

when you put your thumb in the front inside rim of the disc and your first two fingers on the rim