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Ultimate Frisbee becoming favorite pastime of Indiana’s college students

            By Howie Baker, THG Sports

Throwing the Frisbee has become an American tradition.  College students have thrown around the plastic disc on campuses around the country for most of the past century.  The popularity of the Frisbee has been growing dramatically with a game that is little-known to mainstream American but has become the world’s fastest growing sport: Ultimate Frisbee. 

Many of Indiana’s colleges and universities compete against one another in Ultimate Frisbee contests each spring.  Some Indiana schools that field Ultimate teams include Indiana, Purdue, Ball State, Southern Indiana, Wabash, and Notre Dame. 

What is Ultimate Frisbee?  The website www.whatisultimate.com says the sport is “an exciting, non-contact team sport, played by thousands the world over. It mixes the best features of sports such as Soccer, Basketball, American Football and Netball into an elegantly simple yet fascinating and demanding game. To compete at the top level, Ultimate players require an unmatched degree of speed, stamina and agility.”  This website also has the history and rules of the sport, along with a glossary of Ultimate terms and ways you can get involved in playing.

When interviewing some Indiana University players, I asked them if Ultimate Frisbee was the same as Frisbee golf.  “Hell no!  Only sissies play Frisbee Golf.  Our sport has the word ‘Ultimate’ in the name for a reason.  We are taking Frisbee to the highest level—we are pushing our minds, bodies, and souls to the breaking point,” said Kyle Wilson, “Comparing Frisbee golf to Ultimate is like comparing a Geo Metro to a Ferrari.  It is fast-paced and it f******’ rocks!  That’s why Ultimate guys get all the hottest chicks while Frisbee golf players stay home doing the five knuckle shuffle.”

Anyone interested in seeing Ultimate Frisbee can check it out at the college nearest them.  For information about the University of Southern Indiana’s team, check out www.freewebs.com/usidiscjockeys.  Their season is set to begin Saturday, March 20. 

Thanks to Nick Benton for his help in compiling information for this article.

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