Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate is a limited-contact team
field sport played with a flying disc (frisbee). Points are scored by
passing the disc to a teammate in the opposing end zone.
Other basic rules are that players must not take steps while holding the disc
(maintain a pivot), and interceptions and incomplete passes are turnovers.
Rain, wind, or occasionally other adversities can make for a testing match,
with rapid turnovers, heightening the pressure of play. A prominent feature of
the modern game is the "lay out," a horizontal dive to catch or block
the disc.
From its beginnings in the American counterculture of the late 1960s, ultimate has resisted empowering any
referee with rule enforcement, instead relying on the sportsmanship of players
and invoking the "spirit of the game" to maintain fair play.
Players call their own fouls and dispute a foul only when they genuinely
believe it did not occur. Playing
without referees is the norm for league play, but has been supplanted in club
competition by the use of "observers"/"advisers" to help in
disputes, and the nascent professional leagues even employ empowered referees.
Rules
Ultimate playing field. The two teams begin at opposite end zones and try to advance the disc to
the other end zone. The disc is put into play by one team throwing off to the
other team. This throw-off is called the pull. Once in play, the
disc may be moved only by passing, so the player holding the disc must stay put
(but may pivot on one foot). If a team successfully advances the disc into the
end zone, that team scores a point, the teams swap directions, and the team
that scored pulls to the other team.
If a pass is incomplete, intercepted, or caught out
of bounds, the opposing team immediately gains possession and tries to move the
disc in the other direction. Another way to change possession is that the
player holding the disc, called the thrower,
has a limited time to throw the disc: A defensive player within 10 feet of the
thrower may loudly count to 10 (unless counted by the referee), and if the disc
is not thrown within 10 seconds, the defense immediately gains possession. This
defensive player is called the marker,
and the audible count is called the stall count.
Under the professional rules, there are four
10-minute quarters. At the end of four quarters, whoever has the most goals
wins. If there is a tie at the end of four quarters, an additional 5-minute
overtime (OT) period is played. If there is a still a tie after the OT period,
one point is played and whoever scores wins.
The club game is typically played until an end
condition is reached, typically a time limit or when one team reaches a certain
number of points.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_%28sport%29
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