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Maintaining a Strong Defense in Ultimate Frisbee

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Maintaining a Strong Defense in Ultimate Frisbee

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A clinical mental health practitioner in Massachusetts, Diane Kanady managed a Patient and Family Advisory Council program at a Boston hospital. An outdoor enthusiast, Diane Kanady enjoys activities such as golf and ultimate frisbee.

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A clinical mental health practitioner in Massachusetts, Diane Kanady managed a Patient and Family Advisory Council program at a Boston hospital. An outdoor enthusiast, Diane Kanady enjoys activities such as golf and ultimate frisbee.

One of the most critical elements of success in ultimate frisbee involves maintaining a solid defense. Covering a single opponent can be exhausting and it makes sense to set a 5-10 foot perimeter around the other player, which you work to stay within at all costs.

To stay a step ahead of the opponent, focus on his or her face, as eye and head direction will often give telltale signs when space-creating feints, pivots, and dodges are imminent. Teams with reliable defenders and strong communication pathways in place often maintain zone defenses. This allows defenders to switch off when it comes to guarding speedy members of the offense and conserve energy.

One differentiating aspect of the sport, compared with ball sports such as soccer or football, is the variable nature of the disc's flight path. What would not be catchable in other sports can often be overtaken in ultimate frisbee, due to variations in angle, speed, height, spin, wind, and air pressure. The bottom line is to never give up on a disc in the air and remember that momentum-shifting interceptions are often possible, even when a disc is accurately thrown.

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Maintaining a Strong Defense in Ultimate Frisbee

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A clinical mental health practitioner in Massachusetts, Diane Kanady managed a Patient and Family Advisory Council program at a Boston hospital. An outdoor enthusiast, Diane Kanady enjoys activities such as golf and ultimate frisbee. One of the most critical elements of success in ultimate frisbee involves maintaining a solid defense.

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A resident of Massachusetts, Diane Kanady holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling, and has served in the public health sector for nearly two decades. Aside from her professional endeavors, Diane Kanady enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee.

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A resident of Massachusetts, Diane Kanady holds a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling, and has served in the public health sector for nearly two decades. Aside from her professional endeavors, Diane Kanady enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee.

Suitable for players of any age, Ultimate Frisbee is a popular, non-contact game with relatively simple rules. The game uses a Frisbee, also called a flying disk, and is played by two teams of seven players on a football-sized field. The goal is to get the Frisbee into the end zone of the opposing team to score points. This is done by completing a pass in the end zone of the defending team.

The game starts with the Frisbee being thrown by the defense team to the offense team. A player in possession of the Frisbee is not permitted to run, and must throw it within 10 seconds of catching it to move it down the field by passing it to a player on their same team. Any player not in possession of the disk is allowed to run in order to catch the Frisbee if it has been thrown by a team member, or to intercept a pass if it has been thrown by a member of the opposing team.

Ultimate Frisbee was invented by a Columbia High School student named Joel Silver, who subsequently copyrighted the name of the game. The first game was held at his high school in 1968, and different schools started playing against one another in 1970. By 1972, the game was played at the collegiate level, initially as a match between Rutgers and Princeton. Now an event included at the World Games, Ultimate Frisbee is a firmly established sport in which athletes compete to win medals.

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A resident of Massachusetts, Diane Kanady holds a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling, and has served in the public health sector for nearly two decades. Aside from her professional endeavors, Diane Kanady enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee. Suitable for players of any age, Ultimate Frisbee is a popular, non-contact game with relatively simple rules....

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Diane Kanady has worked as a mental health professional in Massachusetts for over 20 years. In her free time, she enjoys studying US history, particularly that related to the Jamestown settlement. Diane Kanady also stays active by playing golf and ultimate Frisbee.

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Diane Kanady has worked as a mental health professional in Massachusetts for over 20 years. In her free time, she enjoys studying US history, particularly that related to the Jamestown settlement. Diane Kanady also stays active by playing golf and ultimate Frisbee.

Often referred to simply as "ultimate," ultimate Frisbee is a team sport that combines elements of other sports, such as netball and American football. While the origins of the Frisbee flying disc date back to before the 19th century, the idea for the game of ultimate wasn't introduced until the late 1960s.

Joel Silver, a student at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, is credited with inventing the the game in 1968. After Silver introduced his idea to the high school student council, a team was formed, and Silver drafted the first set of rules with the help of other Columbia High students. Soon after the first high school games were played, ultimate Frisbee grew in popularity and made its way onto the collegiate sports scene.

Throughout the '70s and '80s, ultimate continued to become more and more popular across the United States and other countries worldwide. The first Ultimate World Championship was played in Sweden in 1983, and the sport was introduced to the World Games in the early 2000s. Today, there are an estimated 100,000 ultimate players worldwide, and the sport continues to grow at the college, international, and professional levels.

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Diane Kanady has worked as a mental health professional in Massachusetts for over 20 years. In her free time, she enjoys studying US history, particularly that related to the Jamestown settlement. Diane Kanady also stays active by playing golf and ultimate Frisbee.