On 7th November 2012 a Frisbee
workshop was held in Pathways School Noida. This workshop was held in the
double P.E. lesson on a Friday morning. People came in from the Delhi Frisbee
Ultimate Group. At first we were
reluctant to join a Frisbee workshop. We all were pretty sure we knew how to
throw a Frisbee. The workshop started
and we were quickly proven wrong.
We started with a brief
introduction and then quickly proceeded to the exercises. The instructors had
us throw a Frisbee back and forth for a while. We realized that most of us
could barely throw straight. The instructors corrected our stance and throwing
styles. After this had happened for a while, we were split into teams. These
teams were for the game Ultimate.
Ultimate is a game played with
Frisbees. Teams throw the Frisbee back and forth and try to cross the
opponent’s base line. If the Frisbee is dropped in the middle, it becomes the
other teams. Fouls include tapping the Frisbee out of someone’s hands, trying
to snatch the Frisbee and deliberately pushing someone when they are in
possession of the Frisbee. We played this game until the end of the workshop.
The whole experience was
enjoyable and it actually taught us some skills. The game was enjoyable and we
also received free passes to the finals National level match which was held in
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on 18th November, 2012. I wouldn’t mind having more
workshops on such sports. Though they are not as well known as sports like
basketball and soccer, they are quite fun.
Ayona Sengupta
Form 8
