So you’ve finally decided to hop on board the Ultimate train, but you have no idea what you’re doing. Well, you’ve come to the right place! With our ‘fun-first, winning-second’ attitude, this is the perfect place to learn the game of Ultimate and perfect your pump fake (yes, that’s actually what it’s called).
Here are some tips for our Ultimate newbies out there:
A pick occurs whenever a player moves in a manner that causes a defensive player guarding an offensive player to be obstructed by that player. Obstruction may result from contact with, or the need to avoid, the obstructing player.
The most common way that this occurs is when a receiver is being pursued by a defender. If a third player, from either team, ends up in between the two players (basically impeding the defender), this is a pick. This could occur in these two scenarios:
We know what you’re thinking; how many ways can a disc possibly be tossed? Well, there are endless throws used in Ultimate games. This is a list of throws that are both popular and very necessary to use. You may not use all of these throws in each game, but the more diverse your throwing arsenal is the bigger your advantage over your defender. Here is a top 5 hot throws list for you and your team!
