What is Ultimate?

Ultimate, often called “Ultimate Frisbee” or “Frisbee” after the trademarked flying disc, is a team sport that incorporate aspects of soccer, American football, and basketball. The standard outdoor field has a similar layout to American football, with a main playing area of 70x40 yards with two 25 yard end zones. Points are scored when a team catches the disc with control in the opposing team’s end zone. To achieve this, players attempt to move the disc downfield by attempting passes, which the opposing team tries to defend or intercept. When a player receives the disc they must establish a pivot point and cannot leave that point until the disc leaves their hands. When there is a turnover, the defending team becomes the offense and play continues instantaneously.

Ultimate is a non-contact sport, though incidental contact will occur. There are no referees in ultimate, and players are responsible for making calls throughout the game. Some games make use of observers, whose roles are limited to active calls, such as line calls (in and out of bounds), time violations (time outs and time between points), and off sides. They are only involved in non-active calls (fouls, etc.) if the players cannot resolve the conflict on their own and need a ruling.

Ultimate has been around since the 1960's, and has been recognized by the International Olympic Committee along with other disc sports since 2015. 

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Subcategories

DiscNS Juniors

The DiscNS Juniors Committee is a subcommittee of DiscNS dedicated to promoting youth ultimate opportunities. At this time, disc golf opprtunities for youth are overseen by the Disc Golf Committee and integrated into local disc golf clubs.

 

Mission

DiscNS Juniors strives to provide low commitment, low cost, inclusive, and engaging opportunities to U19 ultimate players who want to develop their skills, meet new people, and participate in local frisbee opportunities such as practices, scrimmages & tournaments.

 

What does DiscNS Juniors do?

  • Organizes and promotes the DiscNS High School Program.
  • Connects high school coaches with opportunities for Utimate-spectific NCCP certifications offered in Nova Scotia by the DiscNS Coaching Committee.
  • Facilitates the DiscNS Juniors team that competes in the Sunday League of Halifax Ultimate between June-August.
  • Supports the New Scotland Blues, the provincial competitve ultimate club for athletes ages 14-18.

 

Contact DiscNS Juniors

Email

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Social Media

DiscNS Juniors operates their social media as Nova Scotia Junior Ultimate.

Facebook: Nova Scotia Junior Ultimate 

Instagram:  @nsjuniorultimate

Linktree: linktr.ee/nsjuniorultimate

 

Feedback

As an anonymous option for feedback, DiscNS Juniors has established a Google Form that can be used. If you have an idea to share with the committee, you are invited to submit that idea to the committee by email or using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/A4BJg2wVH2JrNSTG9