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So what ball-sports can I play with frisbees?

Frisbee Bowling. Frisbee Baseball. And many more. Remember frisbee skills and sports can be played indoors or out.After hearing so many people say that it’s always too windy when they want to play frisbee, I can only offer the simplest advice: Play Indoors.

Frisbees were first introduced to the public in the mid 1950’s. Instructions on the back read: Play Catch Invent Games.These new ‘flying saucers’ were called Pluto Platters. They were sold with ‘invisible string’ that stretched between the people playing catch. The first television commercials featured astronauts and spaceships.

In the 1970s the World Frisbee Championships, featuring team and individual events, were held at the Rose Bowl Stadium in front of thousands of spectators.

Ball Sports

Two of the greatest benefits to playing frisbee sports with your students are:
All games can be played with one and the same piece of equipment. A quality frisbee costs $5-$15.
Students develop basic skills, such as throwing accurately, in a variety of games and contests. Frisbee skills overlap from one sport to the next.

Frisbee Bowling

Frisbee bowling teaches you to throw or roll the frisbee with accuracy. As in bowling use 5 or 10 pins. Let each player take three shots. Keep score and monitor progress.

Option 1: Use benches laid sideways to set up various lanes.
Option 2: Set up the pins on top of one or two boxes. This makes the players throw, instead of roll, the frisbees at the pins.

I don’t expect your local bowling alley will let you use their lanes but they might lend you bowling shoes for your ‘bowling game’.

Frisbee Baseball

"What about frisbee baseball?"
Use your imagination. Here's an example: At Bayview Glen Public School in York Region, grade-four students play frisbee baseball or ‘Base-Bee’.

Here is how they explain their game:

you need two teams of up to 20 players
one team is in the field, the other team’s at bat
the batting team lines up girl-boy-girl-boy
there’s a pitcher and a ‘bee-keeper’
the keeper stays in the middle of the gym
the pitcher throws to the batter
the batter catches the frisbee and then throws it to the outfield
the batter is out if the throw is below the waist, if it’s caught by a fielder, or if they’re not on a base when the keeper has the frisbee
if the batter throws the frisbee through the door by the stage or through the basketball hoop it’s a home-run
if the frisbee lands on the stage, it’s an automatic double
when the pitcher is a boy then the keeper is a girl and vice versa
more than one runner can be on a base
when the last batter in line is up everyone tries to run home
you can play inside or out
you need a frisbee, an open door, 4 basketball hoops, a stage.

That about covers all the rules to frisbee baseball. It’s pretty easy to see why students enjoy it so much. There’s no equipment and anyone can hit a home-run if they get the frisbee through the door.

It’s no surprise that two of the most popular frisbee-sports, ULTIMATE and DISC-GOLF, are variations on the popular sports of football and golf.

Ultimate

Ultimate was invented in 1968 by high school students in New Jersey. These first players went to college and moved with their careers. Along the way they taught their frisbee-game to new friends. In this way Ultimate spread from coast to coast, across borders and overseas.

Decades later, Ultimate is still guided by the same original principles:

Referees are not needed. Players make their own calls. Any disagreement results in an official ‘Do Over’.
‘Spirit of the Game’ is like ‘extreme sportsmanship’

Ultimate is played in more than 75 countries and is an official sport at the World Games. There are local recreational leagues, regional and national tournaments, and world championships. High school and University teams attract top athletes. When will Ultimate be played in your school?

Disc-Golf

Disc-Golf is simple, challenging, and frustrating: just like golf. The object of Disc-Golf is to throw the frisbee into a custom-designed basket called a ‘pole-hole’. But first you have to ‘tee-off’.Your ‘drive’ is from 50-90 metres along a ‘fairway’ that is spotted with trees and other natural obstacles. After one or two approach shots you’re ready to ‘putt’ from 3-10 metres.

Some courses have natural obstacles!

Disc-Golf is a great game for family and company picnics. You can set up your own course (with natural targets) in local parks and schoolyards.

When you first start playing, you only need one frisbee for all your shots. But there are specially designed ‘putters’ and ‘drivers’ that you’ll want to try. These ‘golf-discs’ fly farther and are heavier than your average frisbee. Your score will improve as you learn how to properly grip and aim the frisbees.

Disc-Golf courses are usually free and do not require reservations.They are located in parks all over the world. It takes less than 2 hours for a group of 4-5 players to play a round of Disc-Golf.