Schtick (Disc Game)

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Schtick field.

Schtick is a competitive, non-contact sport that makes use of two flying discs (or Frisbees) and is somewhat similar to Ultimate. Invented in 1994, the game was first played in the United States on Assateague Island. It has since been played throughout the United States and in Australia as well, having been featured in recent Longest Day tournaments.

The sport is known for its relaxed and friendly style of play. Many players find its use of multiple playing objects adds a strategic, exciting, and mentally stimulating dimension to the game. Since there is a relatively high ratio of playing objects to players, and since operations of the game are more foregiving than most sports, many who have played Schtick believe it to be more fun and accessible to players of varied abilities. (In American touch football, for instance, the lone ball is harder to catch and throw, and a dropped pass always results in a turnover.)

[edit] Rules

Two teams of 4 to 10 people play on a field with a middle line dividing the field in half. Each side of the field has a 2 meter square scoring box located 20 meters from the middle line; no player may enter a scoring box or the air space above it. A team scores when a disc comes to rest in their opponent's scoring box.

Unlike Ultimate, Schtick allows players to run with the disc. However, if a player with a disc is touched by an opponent while standing in the opponent's half of the playing field, that player must turn over their disc to the opposing team. Any time a disc hits the ground it becomes the possession of the team whose side of the field it landed on, and a disc which travels out of bounds is given to the team that didn't touch it last.