Guts frisbee

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Guts frisbee is a disc game similar to murderball. One to five team members stand in a line with two teams lined up parallel to each other. One team starts with the disc after "flipping the disc", an action similar to a coin toss, but using the disc itself. One member of the team is then selected to start play.

That member then raises their arm to indicate they are ready to throw, at which point the members of the opposing team "freeze". The thrower then throws the disc as hard as possible at someone on the opposing team. If they miss the "scoring area" (roughly the area of the opposing team) the receiving team scores a point. If the throw is within the scoring area and the receiving team drops the disc, the throwing team gets a point. The receiving team then picks up the disc and becomes the throwing team.

The receiving team must catch the disc cleanly, in one hand. The disc may NOT be trapped between the hand and any other part of the body. This frequently results in a challenging and exciting sequence of "tips", each of which slows the disc down, and involves multiple players on the receiving team.

Play continues until 21 points are scored by one of the teams, and there is a difference in score of at least 2 points.

The sport was started by the Healy brothers in Eagle Harbor, Michigan.

The International Frisbee Tournament (IFT) is played every year in Houghton, Michigan. This year the 50th annual will be played on the 4th of july weekend.