Introducing Ultimate Frisbee

Trainee physical education teachers were introduced to a new and innovative team game as part of their subject knowledge enhancement.

Ultimate Frisbee is an exciting, non-contact team sport, played by thousands of children all over the world. It mixes the best features of sports such as soccer, basketball, American football and netball into a demanding game.

Many schools now include Ultimate Frisbee in their PE curriculum as an alternative to more traditional competitive team sports which is far more inclusive and has greater appeal to much wider population of pupils.

It has all the components of goal-throwing invasion games where the object of the game is to manoevre an object through a defended territory to an agreed target within set parameters over a prescribed period of time.

PGCE and School Direct Route Leader Dr Gary Stidder said: “Rather than teach the principals of invasion games through very narrow versions of traditional team sports, Ultimate Frisbee helps trainees PE teachers to understand through a variety of alternative team games other than the typical diet of football and rugby.

“Through alternative team games such as Ultimate Frisbee a more inclusive experience is provided to pupils in schools. Ultimate Frisbee is an invasion game that requires cardiovascular fitness, tactical awareness and technical ability and can be adapted to suit each individual.“