The Southwest Ultimate Frisbee team forwarded a challenge to Southwest teacher for a first ever Ultimate Frisbee Showdown. The Students took the first one by a slim margin of 5-4.
Ultimate Frisbee is a club sport at Southwest with a long trasition including a Women's State Championship. You, too, can become a team member.
The team has open practices at Pershing Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays - 4:00 - 5;30 pm
For more information check out the Southwest web site: http://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/general_information_2
- Fall League - In the Fall the MUS play as a co-ed team in
the Minnesota Youth Ultimate Fall League (MNYU). Ultimate is unique in that at
all levels of play (even in international competition) there are leagues that
have males and females playing side by side. Note that players must register
individually for this league but will be placed on teams with other players from
their high school (as much as possible).
- Spring - Spring is the main season for Ultimate. High school teams from all over compete on a regular schedule, culminating in a State tournament at the end of the season. In the spring the MUS field an open team and a girls team and compete with over 50 other highschool open teams and 20 girls teams. Last year our Girls team took 1st in state!
Ultimate at Southwest has a strong tradition. We
are one of the founding teams of the State League and are always competitive in
league play. We focus on the fundamentals and strategies that make our players
successful in the game and in life
Our club is designed to take advantage of the
rapidly growing opportunities for High School play in the Twin Cities, the
state, and across the county. We compete in MNYU Fall League, the Minnesota State High School Ultimate
League, and in national and international qualifier events. We make day trip
and over-night trips to regional high school tournaments.
We want to encourage all students from any school
to play at some level. Even if you can only come part-time, you are welcome to
join in.
About Ultimate
Combining the non-stop movement and athletic
endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football, and the vertical
nature of basketball, a game of Ultimate is played by two seven-player squads
with a high-tech plastic disc on a field similar to football. The object of the
game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone. A player must
stop running while in possession of the disc, but may pivot and pass to any of
the other receivers on the field. Ultimate is a transition game in which
players move quickly from offense to defense on turnovers that occur with a
dropped pass, an interception, a pass out of bounds, or when a player is caught
holding the disc for more than ten seconds. Ultimate is governed by Spirit
of
the Game, a tradition of sportsmanship that places the responsibility for
fair play on the players rather than referees. All players are responsible for
knowing the rules and calling the game.
Ultimate is played in more than 42 countries by
hundreds of thousands of men and women, girls and boys. In the USA, Ultimate is
governed by USA Ultimate.
They also sanction the Minnesota State High School Ultimate League, so USA
Ultimate registration is required to compete in the spring season
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