I started playing Ultimate Frisbee in the summer of 1993 at a math camp. Over several summers at the camp, I was regularly terrorized by the legendary Pat Corn and got hooked on the game. I think Ultimate became popular among math nerds because it's much easier to throw and catch a frisbee instead of a football, basketball, or anything else.
When I was an undergraduate, I played on the MIT Ultimate team (warning: this page is somewhat Netscape-unfriendly). During my first two years of grad school, I played with the Harvard Red Line, which qualified for College Nationals in 2001 and finished in 9th place.
The Ultimate Handbook is a good source for learning basic Ultimate skills, but not much else. Jim Parinella's Ultimate page is required reading for all serious Ultimate players. Steve Mooney's Conceptual Ultimate (1),(2),(3),(4) is a great series of articles on team play. Idris Nolan also has some articles that are worth reading. The UPA governs Ultimate in the US. The Boston Ultimate Disc Alliance runs city leagues year-round.
Chris Van Holmes on:
A list of tournament websites.
Basics of stack-based offenses.
A primer on non-stack offenses.
A catalog of defenses.
Some general tips on throwing and marking.
Other tidbits.
A few plays taken from Sweden via Cambridge, UK. These plays are designed to get a handler in position to get off an easy huck.
Frisbee and the fall of Communism.
Things I need to work on:
