Compare and Contrast Football and Ultimate Frisbee

Not a lot of people have heard of Ultimate Frisbee but people jump to conclusions that it is nothing like football; this is where people are wrong. With that observation the two sports Football and Ultimate Frisbee have their similarities and also their differences. Even though football has heavy contact and Ultimate Frisbee has no contact they still have the same goal, which is throwing a flying object to score goals. Both sports being plentiful in differences they both are also great athletic sports for a really good exercise to stay healthy.

Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that has derived and became very popular with students in the college population. Ultimate Frisbee or also known as “Ultimate” is a game of courtesy and a display of good etiquette. It is a very fast paced game with many rules and regulations, and a great builder on self-discipline and honesty.

Ultimate is played with fourteen players then separated into equal teams. The Frisbee used in the game is a regulation size disk that usually weighs around 170 to 180. The field used for Ultimate is usually consists of a 70 yards long, 40 yards wide-open field with 25 yards long designated end zones.

The game begins with the teams lining up on opposite sides of the field from each other and throwing the Frisbee down to the other team on the other side the field, which is called a “Huck”. When receiving the Frisbee from the huck the team that received the Frisbee tries to make their way down field to the other end zone. When the team reaches the end zone that they were perusing, then that is considered a score. When dropped passes occur or an opposing player deflects the disk from reaching the receiver it is considered a turnover and the other teams possess the disk. The main goal of the game is to outscore your opponent by scoring touchdowns or goals. A game of Ultimate usually is played to fifteen or the game will have a set time limit. With there being no referees to call the fouls the players have to be honest on the fouls themselves, when the players have to be honest on the fouls they commit they learn good etiquette plays into the game. For instance, if someone on defense runs into the person on offense affecting their catching ability then that is a foul. When a foul is committed the team that fouled the other must give the Frisbee to the other team. A defender can try to deflect the Frisbee but he cannot touch or interfere with the receiver while he tries to catch the pass.

The game ultimate is played throughout the country, with varying tournaments in different parts of the nation. The college scene has picked up the game an officially made Ultimate Frisbee an official college sport. With the popularity growing throughout the college world, college students can be found playing the game in their spare time on campus with fellow players.

Football is considered “America’s Sport”, football has been around for ages with it being one of America’s great past times. The game is very rough and violent towards the other player while being respectful to the opponents. The game of football is played from all ages, from eight-year-olds in little league to thirty-year olds in professional football.

In football there are only eleven players on the field at one time from each team. When on the filed the two teams are separated into offense and defense. If someone is on offense then they are trying to score the touchdowns, if a player is on defense then his goal is try to prevent the offense from scoring touchdowns. The field is one hundred yards long, forty yards wide with ten yard long end zones. It is played with a regulation size football which is made of leather and rubber filled with air.

The game starts with both teams lining up