Sunday, July 07, 2002
"Counterculture Game Grows Up--Sort of" (with Bernie briefly qouted)
Here's an article that has the intelligence to extoll the virtues of Ultimate Frisbee and has even the more intelligence to mention, in passing, a certain Redondo Beach consultant who writes and teaches about games.
"A child of the counterculture, Ultimate has no referees. For the most part, players must decide themselves whether someone has deliberately slammed an opponent or has held the disk for more than the 10-second maximum. Players even are expected to call fouls on themselves, as required by the Ultimate ethic reverently called 'the spirit of the game.'
"'It's the only sport I know of that has a mandate like that built into it,' said Bernie DeKoven, a Redondo Beach consultant who writes and teaches about games. In addition to speed and agility, Ultimate requires carefree zest. At some games, men play in skirts. Two California teams fought what they called 'the holy wars,' with Catholic players outfitted in monks' robes and hora-dancing Jewish players in yarmulkes. A Las Vegas team features players in sequin-bedecked Elvis outfits."
"A child of the counterculture, Ultimate has no referees. For the most part, players must decide themselves whether someone has deliberately slammed an opponent or has held the disk for more than the 10-second maximum. Players even are expected to call fouls on themselves, as required by the Ultimate ethic reverently called 'the spirit of the game.'
"'It's the only sport I know of that has a mandate like that built into it,' said Bernie DeKoven, a Redondo Beach consultant who writes and teaches about games. In addition to speed and agility, Ultimate requires carefree zest. At some games, men play in skirts. Two California teams fought what they called 'the holy wars,' with Catholic players outfitted in monks' robes and hora-dancing Jewish players in yarmulkes. A Las Vegas team features players in sequin-bedecked Elvis outfits."
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