Use a Frisbee
Learning how to throw, catch, and do Frisbee tricks is not hard. All you need is a Frisbee and it helps to have a friend to throw a Frisbee with.
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Steps
- Get a Frisbee. Any kind will do.
- Point your shoulder towards your target. If you are right-handed, point with your right shoulder, if you are left-handed, point with your left shoulder.
- Use the hand you write with. Put your middle, ring, and pinky finger on the inside rim. Put your index finger on the area where the Frisbee begins to curve. Put your thumb comfortably on the top. This is the holding position.
- Wind your arm in and then wind out. Let go right before your arm is fully extended. It helps if you pretend you're balancing a glass of water on it.
- Catch the Frisbee. Clap your hands just as the Frisbee flies in between them. If the Frisbee is too high, then you might need to catch it with one hand. Back up to try to make the Frisbee level to your body if it is too high to catch with two hands.
- Try some of the Frisbee tricks. They are listed under "Tips".
Tips
- If you are playing Ultimate Frisbee, make sure you look behind you before backing up to catch the Frisbee. Some tricks you can do with a Frisbee are:
- Throwing a forehand: You can throw a Frisbee by facing your target, putting your index and middle finger in the inside rim of it and flicking it off your wrist towards your target.
- Skipping the disk: Throw the Frisbee regularly, but lower your elbow as you're throwing the Frisbee and aim towards the ground. The Frisbee should skip on the ground and back up to your target.
- Under the leg forehand: All you have to do is point your back toward your target, put your leg up, and throw it forehand.
- 90-Degree turn: This is a hard one. Throw the Frisbee backhanded vertically. Try to point it to the right if you're right-handed, and left if you're left-handed. The Frisbee should turn to its regular position in the air.
- Hammer: Hold the Frisbee in a forehand grip. Lift your arm and make a right angle with your elbow so your upper arm is parallel to the ground and your lower arm is perpendicular. Tilt your lower arm over your head so the Frisbee is at a 45 degree angle, flat side down. Reach back and throw. It will start out angled, and then flatten out and fly upside down (flat side down). Note: the shorter the throw, the more angled the Frisbee should start out.
Warnings
- Don't throw Frisbees upward. If you do, then it will curve, making it much harder to catch.
- Never play with a Frisbee indoors.
- Frisbees can hurt your fingers, so don't try to catch a fast-moving Frisbee that you can tell won't be an easy or clean catch.
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