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Is Ultimate a Sport?
Millions of people around the world participate in physical or sporting activity, but how do we determine whether an activity is a sport or just physical exercise or a pastime? ... One of these is “Ultimate Frisbee”. This study will aim to discuss which attributes of Ultimate make it seem to be a sport, and also see if there are any attributes which would suggest otherwise.
Ultimate Frisbee is not a new sport, in fact the first set of rules were developed in 1967 at Columbia High school, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA. ... Ultimate is played on a field of rectangular shape with end zones at either end of the pitch. ... The method of scoring in ultimate is to get a player to successfully catch and receive a pass in the opposition’s end zone, this scores one point. ... Ultimate combines skills from many different sports:
It mixes the best features of sports such as Soccer, Basketball, American Football and Netball into an elegantly simple yet fascinating and demanding game.
(What is ultimate? ... One very unusual trait that can be identified in Ultimate Frisbee is that matches are played with no referee/umpire or official. It is said to be down to the players to self officiate, as described below in the official rules of Ultimate 9th edition:
Ultimate has traditionally relied upon a spirit of sportsmanship which places the responsibility for fair play on the player himself. ...
(The Spirit of the Game, NO DATE from the Official Rules of Ultimate [online]).
In Ultimate substitutions may be made after a score or during an injury timeout, Ultimate is a non-contact sport. ... Ultimate is a very acrobatic game and it is not unusual to see lots of acrobatic jumps and dives from players attempting to catch the Frisbee.
Approximate Word count = 1467
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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