Well, here's your chance. Been the hot-shot at all of the picnics, catching the
"frisbee" between your legs? Now's the time to prove you can play outside a game of
catch.
For those of you who have never played before, the game is
exceedingly simple. You run around and pass the disc to each other. The person with
the disc cannot move. You score a point if you catch the disc while in an endzone. An
incomplete pass results in a turnover. For more information, you can read
Ultimate in Ten Simple Rules
or enjoy The
Complete Ninth Edition Rules from the UPA. You may also want to read the list below
of a few notes on rules that are important for gameplay.
For the purposes of indoor ultimate and the AI Olympics, we will make a few rule changes:
We will play a round-robin tournament consisting of six games (each team plays each other). The schedule is as follows:
| Time | Team 1 | Team 2 |
| 1:00pm | Lion Tamers | Naked Mole Rats |
| 1:30pm | Crazed Roboticists | Lion Tamers |
| 2:00pm | Naked Mole Rats | Topiary Gardeners |
| 2:30pm | Lion Tamers | Topiary Gardeners |
| 3:00pm | Crazed Roboticists | Naked Mole Rats |
| 3:30pm | Topiary Gardeners | Crazed Roboticists |
I will arrive at the field around 12:00pm to set up the cones. I will bring discs for people to use to warm up and can answer questions about the rules at that time.
The team winning the round-robin play will get 5 points. The next team will receive 3 points
and the last two teams will receive 2 and 1 points respectively. For each player on a team
who catches or throws the disc during a game, that team receives 0.5 points. For each player
on a team who scores at least one point in a game, the team receives 0.1 points. And, for each player
who makes at least one assist (i.e. throws the disc for the score) in a game, the team receives 0.2
points.
Thus, a team adds the number of points from the round-robin play (i.e, 5, 3, 2, or 1) to 0.5 times the number of players who touched the disc during game play to 0.1 times the number of players who caught a score to 0.2 times the number of players to assisted on a score. This sum is the total team score.
For purposes of the AI Olympic Games, the teams are ranked according the total team score and
Olympic Points are awarded as usual: 5, 3, 2, and 1. There is a single exception for any team that fails
to play a single game. A team that fails to play a single game will receive 0 points regardless
of placing. The extra unassigned points will remain unassigned.
Whether a player lands in the endzone or in the field depends on the first point
or points of contact. All of all of the first points of contact must be in the region in
question (i.e. all in the endzone to establish a score or all on the field to establish a valid catch).
If the player, after establishing contact with the ground, proceeds to move out of the
area in which he/she landed, that player must first move back into the field of play before
continuing. Thus, if a player catches the disc inbounds and then his/her momentum carries the player
into the endzone or out-of-bounds, that player must first move back to the last point at which he/she
was on the field (and not in the endzone) before throwing. This disc need not be "checked" at this
point.
A stall occurs when 10 (or in the indoor case, 7) is said by the marker and
the disc is still in the possession of the thrower. The marker usually will say "stall" after the
last number to establish that a stall had been committed, but thrower must throw the disc before
the final number and not the word "stall." Conversely, the word "stall" may not be substituted for
the final number in the count in order to establish a stall.
A stall count can only be started when the marker is within 3 meters of the thrower.
A pick is when any member of the defense cannot follow the person he/she is guarding
due to interference by other players of the opposing team. It is the offensive player's responsibility to
ensure that the defensive player can follow him/her. However, it is considered poor sportsmanship to
call a pick if you (the defensive player) are not near the person you are guarding.
On a pick or any other foul, if the disc is in the air, the pass must be completed otherwise the result
is a turnover. The same holds if the disc is thrown after a foul or pick is called. Thus, if team A
throws the disc and a pick is called, play continues until the disc is caught. If team A fails to catch
the disc, it is a turnover and the foul/pick is ignored. Otherwise, the disc is returned to the thrower
and the foul or pick is resolved.
Please yell picks and fouls loud enough so that all can hear.
Substitutions may only be made between points. If an injury occurs and play
stops, the team with the injured player may substitute for that player. If they do, the opposing team has
the option of making one substitution. Since participation is important in this event, please remember that
you cannot substitute except between points (or due to an injury).
crs last modified Jan 15, 1998
Rule Notes
The following rules are not new, but I list them here since they usually come up during game play
and are important to understand. Don't worry -- they make it seem as though ultimate is laden with
rules and distinctions. It really is not, I just wanted to answer common questions.