FRISBEE VOCAB LIST

Beginner

Backhand

• The simplest throw, with the back of the hand facing the target. Usually accompanied by a pivot across the body.

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• How to Throw a Backhand in Ultimate Frisbee - YouTube

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Forehand/flick

• A throw held with a different grip to the backhand (middle and index fingers on the inside rim of the disc), and using a flick of the wrist to throw from the dominant side of the body.
• How to Throw a Forehand in Ultimate Frisbee

Hammer

• An overhead throw held with the forehand grip
• The best throw, if you ask many OW players

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• The Advanced Hammer Throw | Brodie Smith

Turnover

• When the disc touches the ground due to an interception or a block, causing possession to go to the other team. The offensive team becomes the defensive team and vice versa

Cut�/kʌt/

Noun

• The movement made by an offensive player with the intention of receiving the disc. May involve running towards or away from the disc.

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Verb

• Move towards or away from the disc with the intention of receiving the disc.

Noun

• An offensive player whose job it is to receive the disc from a handler to gain distance down the pitch
• Cf. Handler

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Cutter

/ˈkʌtə/

Handler

• An offensive player whose job it is to throw to the cutters to gain distance down the pitch.

Under

• The are directly in front of the disc
• “Cut under!”

• The area closer to the endzone than the disc.
• “Cut deep!”

Deep

deep

under

The Pull

• To begin a point, the team with the disc with throw it across to the other team, lined up at their endzone. This is called the pull.