.. .. .. P.O. BOX 664 "' ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Alhambra, California 91802 • VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 • FROM THE FRISBEE 'NORLD 1 publicatiOn o f tne EDITOR: nternahonat Fr. ,bf, AssoctfiiiOO We are expenencing growth 1n Editorial Offices rRISBEEWR all aspects of the sport. W1th that C/O The 1nrernat1011a1 Fust>ee Assoc. growth comes some quest1ons. I PO Box 664 A hambra Ca lor 11a 91 802 attempt to address those issues in Subscription Rates Lookmg Ahead and I encourage your $5 00 per year (6 ISSUOS) response to those thoughts. Article Submission Dt:adhne for ne•t ,,. Apnl 15 We have begun what should b e a most exciting Editor Dan ROddrtk year of Frisbee. To contnbute and to benefit tully Assistant Editor JoCahOw from the year. 1t must be experienced d1rectly. If Managing Editor She Ia Hemtz Graphic Design Don Ma ucky you have never made the trip to a major event. I Bob Dud ey encourage you to do so th1s year. I think you'll j Eastern Editor GarySeubM come again Mld-Westem Editor Bruce l<oger Southam Editor Tom Monroe Western Editor Tom MoRann STORK Canadian Editor Ken Westerl,e!d Contributing Wrtters Pa111H1pSky JoCahow Mark Dana Table of 3 Look1ng Ahead by Stork Contents 6 State Meets by Jo Cahow L.DD~J.rur; 8 Flonda Gets Hot c 1977 Intern:~ • .ana Fr OOOA$50clallon,All\:lmbt Ca tomm 91802 All r.ghls resctv01J RopiiXIUCtoon ... no~e or 111 1 art 9 Crossword Puzzle by Mark Danna " thout "'"!len perm on prot blted Women in Frisbee by Patti H1psky Pr r.•oo n US A_ 10 byStoR •FriSbee IS a reg cr d tr dcrm•k ot v.'ham-0 M'g iii~Eiilll Co lor I Y'l19 d:.scs a t:pOtts glmes 14 Coming Up Over the years. Fnsbee•ptay has developed an 1nterestrng Ult1mate players frequently refer to an almost mystical "sp1nt Second class posUJg pern111 pendong at Sa 'ol4t f ., J 16 California North/South Class1c aura whrch supposedly separates rt from most recreatronal of the game Long-trme players urge me to protect the actrv1tres and all sports Th1s phenomenon IS reflected rn the 'spec1al JOYS of Fnsbee What are these people talkrng COVER PHOT OGRAPHY 18 World Records language of Fnsbee such as the "Fnsbee famrly' or the often about? Gary G ssen q , t rest ng moment or used term of " Frrsbee freak." In the Fnsbee literature one A number of factors combrne to create what we m1ght call Mdle e Pezzoli s freestyle rout neat the 76 often sees ment1on of the alternatrve nature" of the actrvrty the Fnsbee sp1nt Rose Bowl Gary a so pro-.,ded the ser cs of 20 Book Rev1ew Roo Dorn for tho back cover 22 The Factory Connection 23 In Future Issues 2 T~E N~TU~E [Jf T~E [J~JELT fhe Fnsbee,.1s probably one of the most fasc1nat1ng products talk'' at a meet demonstrates our need to commumcate wtth clearly 1ndent1fy and protect a// ot the valuable expenences man has ever generated Oh there are other 1nterestmg others who share the same understandings It IS hard to get of play There IS certainly no harm 1n wanting to wrn. We nems but few have such ancred1ble flex b1hty of appeal and adv1ce on your thumber or a lead on a spht d1gtt 1·1 Moon­ assume that by the creatson of the contest Itself If, however, utter s1mphcuy The yo-yo •s cute- but 1tm 1 tt~d The boom­ lighter at a norma party The result ng mutual resonatton only the wtnners reap the benefits. the total of all the costs erang has the same problem The ball 1s s1mple, but bonngly we feelss what the famtly ts all about borne by the losers puts us at a net loss A wider focus so W1th few except1ons. It has a slav1sh attachment to the Fnsbee also anracts some people who have consc1ously of values provtdes for many wtnners earth and tends to go only stra1ght I won t bore you w11t1 a rejected other athlellc ac1tv111es They are, for V<:Hious On the organ1zauonal level we must guard agaanst the 11st1ng of the dtsc s capab1httes- you know them In short reasons. looktng for dtsttnct alternatives These players add temptalton to m1m1c other sports Our advantage ts that we the Fnsbee 1tsell 1s almost mag1cal and creates an aura all a parttcularly tntercst1ng tngredtent to the family ns they are can choose our dtrect1ons-football cannot tis fate •s cast tiS own merely through •ts performance. It has an abtllty to qu1te wary of anyth1ng whsch smacks of that whtch they have Our threat 1s that many sn and outstde of Fnsbee measure captivate nov1ce and expert ahke and 1ts challenges appear already rejected For them, • protectton" of Fnsbee ts par­ our " progress" against other sport models " Yes readers. to be ltm1tless ticularly 1mportant the compleat Ulttmate player now wears cleats. eyeblack Obviously, there are concrete soctal and psycholog1cal con­ and does warm-up dnlls Just hke your favonte gndder!" ~E N~TU~E [Jr ~E G~illE5 firmations of the spectal Fnsbee sptrll They are not untque, Cleats keep us from shpptng, dnlls protect our muscles The th1ngs people do w1th the Fnsbee generate some un1quely of course. Many other subcultures demonstrate the same In many ways we wt/1 be s1m1lar to other sport None of these attract1ve s1tuatrons Many of the games, of course. are charactensttcs S1ze IS an 1mportant determinant Motorcycle developments are tnherently bad 1f they are rsght for us; but analog1es of ball sports My best attempt at obJectrve evalu­ nders often wave as •hey pass each other on the road­ tf they come only as 1m1tattons, they cheapen our games atton shows that replacement of the ball makes a marked automobtle dnvers do not The btkers are acknowledging We w11l have what we want. Compet1t10n tn ttsell 1s not a Improvement m the games Ball golf and soccer are not thetr mtnonty status AdverSity, of course, adds to the sense senous threat Many players have thetr f1nest dtsc expenences gotng to shnvel up and d1e tomorrow, but the d1sc vers1on of of m1ss1on wrthln such a group The mere fact that people 1n the competitive sett1ng Ptck·up Guts ts fun but 11 w .. these sports hav( obv1ous advantages 1n terms of rE?sulttng don t understand IS an a!lracllon 1n 1tself Rolig1ous sects never match the thnll of an I F T ftnal What must be carefully dynamics. benefits and challenges to participants and exrst on th1s energy There are ptck-up basketball games protected. however, 1s that spec1al perspective on the contest appeal to spectators which are super mellow- played an the "sp1nt of the game" which IS "spin! of the game" It must be part of the baste The actiVIties wh1ch are not patterned after ex•st1ng games, A good play 1n volleyballts an exhthrattng cooperat1ve expen­ understanding the players share when they take the f1eld however, are the most spec1al The most popular and d1st1nct ence In essence. we have no corner on the famtly"or the Team games present the greatest challenge but 11 can be IS the "Jam' Throw and catch IS an essentially cooperat1ve sp1nt. Wtth that sobenng thought, we must look ahead What done I have suggested the lollow1ng statement of the sp1nt of a ... tiVIIY (see Mort1mer on Fnsbee as Conversation. Frisbee does the future hold lor us? Progress has 1ts costs Even as the game lor LJittmate Wo rld, Vol 1, #6) Co-op (two or more catchers) IS poss1bly we spread the message of Fnsbee s JOYS. we weaken the Ult1mate Fnsbee has tradlttonally been cons1dered an alter­ the most mutually 1nvolv1ng h1gh sk1ll recreational ac!lvtty subcultural character of play Mass appeal1s almo t a cer­ nattve athlettc acttv1ty. Htghly compeht•ve play 1s encouraged ever conce1ved (earth ball, et al are cooperatsve but low on tainty Ftrst the feature movtes- The Endless Thumber? but never at the expense of the bond of mutual respect challenge). Each player has complete latitude but must dea Last of the Red Hot Hovers? Then the 1nev1table adophon of between players of the bastc JOY of play Protect1on of these w1th hts partner's needs and abtltttes CommuntcattOn. spoken Fnsbee for physical education classes and ltle proltferatson v1tal elements ehmtnates some type of "sport" behaviOr from the or understood tS essential Each players contrtbullon 1s a of d1sc golf turn1ng on thousands of "normal · people As Ult1mate f1eld Such acltons as taunt1ng of oppostlton players, v1tal part of the acltvlly Fatlures are low-cost and expected recently as ftve years ago, Ultimate was played only tn one dangerous aggresston, tntenttonal fouling or other "wtn at Successful complclton of an 1ntncate cooperative catch 1s small communtty Sptrlt of the game was a humarusttc under­ all costs" behavtors are fouls agatnst the sptrtt of the game rndeed a spectal feeling standing developed among a group of fnends Thousands and should be discouraged by all players Many people enJOY the Frtsbee 1n umque actiVIties. developed play the game today and mutual understandtng 1s less eastly Cheerrng for someone else's 14-second M T A 1s a natural to meet only thetr own needs A park founlatn may prov1de ach1eved I once knew everyone who could ltp a Frtsbee­ and sat1sfytng act. even 1f 11 moves you to second place. the "court" for a game dear to the hearts of a small group ol llmes change As more play and the act1v1ty becomes more It IS harder to cheer an opponent's good move wh1Ch beats players who develop the game No one else may ever play.