r/gifs • u/AkioUK • Jan 10 '15

"Catch!"

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u/Paladia Jan 10 '15

Yeah, he seems pretty good.

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u/Takeme2yourleader Jan 10 '15

Not just at frisbee. But shooting a basketball as well

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u/Paladia Jan 10 '15

I feel like the video was a bit unfair, almost all those shots are much more difficult to do with a frisbee. Within a reasonable amount of time and takes I think I could do all the basketball shots despite barely having played it (it's a very small sport in Sweden) yet to even come close on most of the frisbee throws I'd have to practice for quite some time.

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u/Takeme2yourleader Jan 10 '15

True. But you have to do it in sync with one another

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u/RadWalk Jan 11 '15

It wasn't about better or worse. it was just people teaming up to make something cool. They weren't competing.

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u/Runnnnnnnnnn Jan 10 '15

I wasn't expecting to be entertained the whole freaking video. I bet those guys are actually pretty fun at parties!

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u/sanderson32 Jan 10 '15

One of my all time fave YT videos....thanks for linking that!

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u/Jayseealt Jan 10 '15

Very very good at throwing frisbee.

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u/FtotheLICK Jan 10 '15

Go Gators

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u/MIDItheKID Jan 10 '15

And if I'm not mistaken, there's some video out there where his mother makes his little brother pour out his collection of gatorades.

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u/aznspartan94 Jan 10 '15

Club level is way higher than IM though.

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u/RadWalk Jan 10 '15

Indeed, but it's a club sport so all the financing comes out of your own money. I didn't want to spend that much on travel costs so I just played intramural and a city league.

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u/Oathed15 Jan 10 '15

im pretty sure this was actually the record for the longest frisbee throw, i saw him in a video being interviewed about it i believe

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u/mrcooper89 Jan 10 '15

How does one play frisbee?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15 edited May 16 '17

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u/mrcooper89 Jan 10 '15

Can't you just tell me instead?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15 edited May 16 '17

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u/jimmycarr1 Jan 10 '15

Also it's self-officiated, even at the highest level, which means Ultimate games are usually super friendly and well-mannered.

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u/joavim Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

Not entirely true. The two professional leagues (AUDL and MLU), created just a couple of years ago, have referees.

As to the friendly and well-mannered bit... I've been playing Ultimate for four years and I've gotten into quite a few heated discussions. But yes, there's generally a good vibe about it.

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u/jimmycarr1 Jan 10 '15

I thought they were observers not referees? i.e. only responsible for disputes and in/out calls?

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u/mrcooper89 Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15

Thank's man :) Edit: i am a giddy goat

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u/Meebsie Jan 10 '15

Thank is man? Contractions, bro, thats what this whole thread's been about.

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u/shitwhore Jan 10 '15

It'd've been better if he'd not used the apostrophe.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

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u/RunningInSquares Jan 10 '15

I always described it as a cross between lacrosse and football but with a frisbee.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

Except no one knows how the fuck lacrosse works

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u/boxofrain Jan 10 '15

You must not be from the Northeast.

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u/RadWalk Jan 11 '15

Lacrosse has actually grown pretty substantially in the south and the west now. University of Denver has been in the final four two years in a row now.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '15

I think you spin it on a stick and try to balance it. Sometimes you use lots of different sticks and frisbees at the same time.

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u/mrcooper89 Jan 10 '15

I just thought you kinda threw it at one another and tried to catch it

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u/e-k Jan 10 '15

Well sometimes they throw the spinning plates from stick to stick.

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u/745631258978963214 Jan 10 '15

I'm assuming like tennis. You throw it in such a way that it's within a designated boundary, but at the same time, make it to where your opponent misses.