These Ultimate Frisbee players look like they may have taken a wrong turn somewhere, and ended up on the LES instead of the Broadway Stage:

Princess Layot (red) and Discy Business (purple) choreographed something together...

Ben from Princess Layout (red) looks like he's dancing all over the field...

And then this member of Catch 22 (royal) is in his own Broadway Show World!

All Black Everything (black) seems to be having a religious experieince while playing agaist  Discy Business (purple) in the Ultimate Frisbee Playoffs recently...

It could just be me, seeing as how I'm a self-professed Back To The Future superfan and all, but does anyone else think of this scene everytime they see a Frisbee?

Talk about cool, That's Marty McFly.  First he invents the Skateboard in the 1950s, then he goes back even further and invents the Frisbee.

Now, I'm not a historian but I grew up thinking that Back to the Future Part III was just fiction. I mean, obviously there weren't Deloreans flying around in 1885 and Biff "Mad Dog" Tannen wasn't actually wreaking havoc in Southern California, but apparently there was some truth in the flick.

Ready for a new fun fact to share at your next party?  Well,  a Frisbie Pie Company did actually exsist in the 1800s (although it was located in Connecticut not California).  Not only that, but Richard Knerr, who created the brand name "Frisbee," took it from that very bakery after Yale students started throwing the tins around for fun.

Who knew!?  Well, maybe a lot of people, but I sure didn't!

In any case, a big thanks to Marty McFly, Richard Knerr, and whoever else set the groundwork for what has now been mastered by players like those at our Friday Night Ultimate League.  We've come so far since 1885...

                                                                                                   Far Out!

Ultimate [uhl tuh mit] adjective:

1. last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series

2. maximum; decisive; conclusive

Ultimate is a great word and when combined with an activity like "Frisbee," it takes it from tossing a disc around with friends to an all out, up-and-down-the-field, running-and-jumping, arms-up-in-the-air sport.  Let's face it, Ultimate Frisbee has to be the sport with the most epic-sounding name ever concocted.  So as we embark on another long work week, the promise of our Friday Ultimate Frisbee league seeming to loom so far in the distance, I think maybe we should all take a cue from whoever first coined that term and, to help those of you working in an office job all week, Ultimate things up around the workplace.  I present to you the following suggestions on how to Ultimate the workplace:

Ultimate Copying

Have some important paperwork to copy?  Why just stand around while the duplicates print?  Why not try and improve your speed a little bit and see if you can run a quick lap around the floor before the copies are done?  Put the paper on the glass, press start, and BOOK IT!  Maybe then you can build up enough speed to end up like these players from Discy Business (Purple) and Catch 22 (Royal)

Ultimate Coffee Making

You know that one coworker that drives you crazy?  Always sucking up to the boss, leaving passive aggressive notes in the fridge?  Well, next time he tries to get to the coffee machine, how about using it as an opportunity to work on those blocking skills like this member of Princess Layout (Red)?  De-NIED!

Ultimate Meeting-ing

Time to have a strategy meeting with your team to discuss implementing new work flows?  Why have it in a boring old conference room when you can go outside and talk it out in a huddle.  Bonus points?  Forget work flows and just talk offensive strategy instead.

I don't know about you, but in my opinion, this sounds like a sure fire way to spice things up around the office and to get yourself ready for some Friday Ultimate Frisbee.

Most of us are pretty familiar with Ultimate Frisbee and if you went to an East Coast Liberal Arts college like me (shout out to Skidmore, yo), you no doubt had your fair share of getting hit in the head with discs flying over from Ultimate games while trying to catch some rays on the quad between classes.  Personally, I learned of the game in High School when it started to catch on with my brother and his cool friends.  Watching our teams come out for the first night of Fall Friday Ultimate with NYC Social, however, I thought to myself "where the heck did this game come from?"  A quick search on good ol' wikipedia not only taught me that it's been around in some form for over 40 years, but also led me to find this quote from the Official Ultimate Players Association:

Ultimate has traditionally relied upon a spirit of sportsmanship which places the responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of the bond of mutual respect between players, adherence to the agreed upon rules of the game, or the basic joy of play.

The importance placed on the SOTG (that would be the "Spirit of the Game") is what makes Ultimate such a great fit for NYC Social.  Sure, winning is fun and all.  And yes, those medals look great hanging in your cubicle at work or in a case in your living room, but at the end of the day, we social athletes keep coming back because we love the game and we adore our teams.

So whatever your sport is, next time you step onto that field or court, take a minute to channel your inner Ultimate player and remember it's all about the joy of play.  And then maybe bring it in for a quick team hug like Disc In a Box (Black)