You look up and see a swarm of people getting into formation. Your anxious. Your body starts to tremble, and your palms start to sweat. You think to yourself, what if I drop it? What would happen if … At that moment someone shouts “Disc in!” Everyone starts fidgeting, and getting ready to make a move to get open. At that second, you breath, plant your feet and begin streaking up field. The wind blows against your face, and you feel another person right behind you. Someone shouts, you turn around and see the frisbee coming right at you. You jump up, and with all your power you manage to and catch it, and land perfectly in the end zone. The feeling of pure thrill, and excitement courses threw your body as your teammates engulf you in happiness. Ultimate Frisbee is an exciting and entertaining sport. Since being created in 1968, frisbees have been seen in countless parks, schools, colleges, and countries. With all its growth and popularity one question arises; Should Ultimate Frisbee be added to the Olympics? In 1968 Joel Silver created what we know of as today to be Ultimate Frisbee. Joel is a famous film producer, who has made countless movies, and short films. But back in 1968, he was a normal high school student living Maplewood New Jersey. Alongside his …show more content…
The most revolutionary aspect to the game were the people playing it. Joel Silver recounted that “It was a chance for The Columbian (the school paper) core – the intelligentsia and non-athletes of the school – to play a sport”(“History”). After finishing high school Joel Silver, Buzzy Hellring and Jonny Hines, the original players, were ready to head off to college. But before that, they had to print out the up-to-date rules. In these rules they set the standards of the game. Such as the amount of players on the field, which was seven on each team(“History”). This origin story is the first glimpse of popularity, and growth for the