Pickup Ultimate around Campus

Playing pickup ultimate around campus is always fun. When I say pick up ultimate, I am talking about playing ultimate with people who can't throw flicks, who think you can take three leaps after catching the disc, and don't know anything about spacing. I enjoy being able to control the game just by walking down the field. I no longer run whenever I play pick up. Well, only when there is a 50-50 disc.

I love the funny things that always happen when playing ultimate with people who don't play a lot. I love it when someone throws it to a girl who hasn't played a lot. She usually bends over hugging the disc, and all the guys on her team crowd her because they don't think she can throw far. I remember playing one time with a girl from the girls ultimate club team at UGA, and all the guys on her team swarmed her after she caught the disc. That made me laugh. She hucked the disc as far as she could (out the back of the end zone) to prove that she can throw better than most of the guys.

One thing makes me laugh every time I play: Why do people yell "Ultimate" before they pull? Who started that? People think this is a universal rule. I have played pickup games with Christian organizations, Honors students, outdoorsy people, and guys in fraternities. All of them think it is necessary to yell this out before they pull. Oh well, I don't correct them.

Thanks for reading. Fee free to contribute funny pick up stories/rules/etc.