Ultimate Frisbee

Played Ultimate Frisbee for the first time this year (at lunch). Finally! It was such a nice day to go out there and just run around. I didn't realize how out of shape I am... Anyways, well, at least my fingers are not out of shape (from all that typing!)

We were sharing a field with soccer players. They told us to join them to play a real sport. I have to say, you would get more exercise from a game of ultimate frisbee than a game of soccer. Here's why:

- Offense: In soccer, you play positions (Forward, defense..etc) and what I see is that those guys standing in their respective parts of the field waiting for the ball. In Ultimate, everyone covers the whole field.

- Ultimate is about sprinting, stopping, and sprinting again. Its not a consistant running motion (such as running a marathon), but rigorous stopping, sprinting, and then stopping and sprinting again. When you have two pretty even teams, the running never stops (The game does not stop until a team scores, thats pretty much the only break you get.

- Defense: In soccer, you again play positions for defense as well. As in, if you're a forward, you pretty much wait in the middle of the field for the defensemen to pass the ball to you. In ultimate, you play man to man, and cover the whole field...

So, SOCCER PLAYERS, get out there, and play some ultimate (the real sport)!

john