Flying disc sports
As numbers of young people became alienated from social norms, they looked for alternative recreational activities, including throwing a frisbee.
[2] Organized disc sports began in the 1970s with promotional efforts from Wham-O and Irwin Toy (Canada).
These took the form of national tournaments and Frisbee show tours at universities, fairs and sporting events.
Guts was invented by the Healy Brothers in the 1950s and developed at the International Frisbee Tournament (IFT) in Marquette, Michigan.
Ultimate, the most widely played disc sport, began in the late 1960s with Joel Silver and Jared Kass.
In the 1970s it developed as an organized sport with the creation of the Ultimate Players Association with Dan Roddick, Tom Kennedy and Irv Kalb.
[8] Beginning in 1974, the International Frisbee Association (IFA), under the direction of Dan Roddick, became the regulatory organization for all of these sports.
Being a deep threat, with multiple throwing techniques and the ability to pass the disc before the defense has had a chance to reset, is always optimal.
Many other rules variants for ultimate are played on a regular basis, either to accommodate the number of available players, speed up certain elements of the game, or to help a team practice specific aspects of their strategy.
In 2016, the PDGA severed ties with WFDF leaving it unclear who is the primary driver for global growth of the game.
In some cases courses were created by the players themselves as they played, with each player taking turns determining targets and throwing designations (mandatories and out of bounds) Disc freestyle, also known as freestyle Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name, is a sport and performing art characterized by creative, acrobatic, and athletic maneuvers with a flying disc.
In the early 1970s before the invention of the "nail-delay", freestyle catching possibilities would depend on the throw you were given; it was always spontaneous and unpredictable.
[19] Most competitive freestyle today centers around the nail-delay with many players using what are called delay-aids (plastic nails and silicone sprays).
Ultimate disc players often use freestyle to improve their throwing and catching skills as well as a good way to add focus and flexibility to their game.
[20] Freestyle competition is an event where teams of two or three players perform a routine which consists of a series of creative throwing and catching techniques set to music.
[21] In 1974, Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner (founder and CEO of Discraft),[22] introduced and won the first flying disc freestyle competition at the 3rd annual Canadian Open Frisbee Championships, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the Vancouver Open Frisbee Championships.
[25] A year later the American Flying Disc Open (AFDO) Rochester, New York, the Octad in New Brunswick, New Jersey and the 1975 World Frisbee Championships, held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, adopted Westerfield and Kenners freestyle competition format as one of their events.
Two identical square courts are located on a level playing field of grass measuring 13 meters on a side.
