Rybicki 1. Frisbee, Hockey, and Soccer Rules Title Page

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1 Rybicki 1 Frisbee, Hockey, and Soccer Rules Title Page Austyn Rybicki Coach Cashdollar Ultimate Frisbee 09 April 2015

2 Rybicki 2 Frisbee, Hockey, and Soccer Rules Rules are established in almost every game that has a winning objective. Whether or not this is a sports game, board games, or games in a form of hide and seek or tag, rules make the game more fun and enjoyable. These rules can always be altered but typically there is a set rules that have been established from another person years ago. Rules are not enforced to make a game unfair, but to make the game fair for everyone. These rules fluctuate from sport to sport depending on how the game is played, yet some sports have similar rules. For instance, Hockey, Frisbee, and Soccer have a few similar rules due to the similarities of the game. A few of the rules that are similarities are offside, fouls, and in each sport there is a designated area or goal to score which only counts for one point. A few of the differences between these sports are, Frisbee and Hockey each have seven players playing at one time, Hockey and Soccer each start off at the center of the field or ice after a score, and substitutions are only allowed for Soccer and Frisbee on an injury or after a score. The first similarity of the three sports of Hockey, Frisbee, and Soccer rules, is offside. Each sport has a different definition of the rule and each have a different outcome of it. For instance, in Ultimate Frisbee when one team pulls and one of the players on the team of the puller is past the end zone line before the disc is pulled, then it is offside. The result to this is only but a re-pull. Now Soccer and Hockey are similar in a way but in Hockey the puck must be across the blue line before other players can cross. The result to this rule is a face-off at the opposing end of the team who offside was called on. Soccer players must be in front of the last defender while the ball is in possession of another teammate to be considered onside, if not then offside will be called and it is a free kick from the spot of the person who was offside. Next, one

3 Rybicki 3 of the differences between the rules of the sport is players on the field. In a typical Ultimate Frisbee game the game is played seven on seven which is the same when it comes to Hockey. On the other hand Soccer has a greater amount of field so they typically have eleven on eleven when it comes to their games. Another similarity between these sport s rules are scoring. In each sport one can only score one goal on a possession. Hockey and Soccer are more similar when it comes to this by the means the team has a ball or puck they attempt to put in the goal. On the other hand, Ultimate Frisbee has a touchdown area sort of like Football which they must catch the disc with control and have at least one foot in the designated spot. Another difference between the sport s rules is the starting spot of the puck, ball, or disc. To start every game off, halftime, and after each point these three sports have the same designative starting spot. Hockey and Soccer have the exact same spot (which is at center field or center ice) but the difference between them is Hockey has a face off which means the puck could easily go right back to the team who just scored, where in Soccer the team who was scored on gets the ball right away. Now, Frisbee has a thrower or puller who will throw or pull the disc from the end zone that they scored in. Since there is typically no time limit in Ultimate Frisbee the team who was scored on holds up their hand to indicate they are ready to receive the throw. One of the last similarities of the rules between Hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, and Soccer is the art of fouling. Hockey and Soccer tend to have a lot more fouls than Ultimate Frisbee, but Hockey has the greatest amount of ways to foul. For instance in Hockey one can get a foul call on Boarding, Body Checking (Body Contact categories), Butt-Ending, Charging, Checking From Behind, Cross-Checking, Elbowing, Head-Butting, Head Contact, High Stick, Kicking, Kneeing, Slashing, Spearing, Tripping/Clipping/Leg Checking, and Unnecessary Roughness (Roughing).

4 Rybicki 4 Soccer and Ultimate only have a few fouls but can result to a major advantage if it occurs. For instance in Soccer if a player gets fouled inside the goalie box then the team is awarded a penalty kick. On the other hand in Frisbee a player can be in the end zone and get blatantly fouled which sometimes results in an automatic point depending on the foul. The final difference of rules between the three sports is substitutions. Hockey by far has the most substitutions during a game due to the fact that they can take out as many players as they want while the puck is still in play. In Frisbee and Soccer in order for a substitution to occur a team must have either scored, an injury, or the end of a half. All in all rules are made for games of all sorts to be enjoyable and to make the game fair. Rules are established in almost every game that has a winning objective. Whether or not this is a sports game, board games, or games in a form of hide and seek or tag, rules make the game more fun and enjoyable. These rules can always be altered but typically there is a set rules that have been established from another person years ago. Rules are not enforced to make a game unfair, but to make the game fair for everyone. These rules fluctuate from sport to sport depending on how the game is played, yet some sports have similar rules. The game of Ultimate Frisbee does not have many rules to it. This is one of the many reasons why I enjoy playing this game because it is more freely spaced game. This meaning that the game is rarely stopped and the teams just play and work the problems out along the way without any refs. The game of Ultimate Frisbee is a well-designed game in my opinion because of the freedom to play. Rules are typically just guidelines for people who aren t familiar of how to play the game. In conclusion, Ultimate Frisbee, Hockey, and Soccer are very similar sports in the sense of how they are played. Looking at different perspectives of the sports, one could say that putting Soccer and Hockey together with one or two changes made the game of Ultimate Frisbee exist.

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