CMUA Indoor Ultimate 101 - Introductory Indoor

This is an introductory post, intended for those unfamiliar with the sport of ultimate and, more specifically, the sport of CMUA Indoor Ultimate. It is considered a prerequisite for later study in the more advanced post (CMUA Indoor Ultimate 405 - Advanced Indoor Theory). Students of this post with gain an understanding of the rules of CMUA Indoor Ultimate and the basics of attending and playing.

The Central Maryland Ultimate Association (CMUA) runs a winter league at Landsdowne High School. It's a indoor league played in a fairly small gymnasium. It's similar to real ultimate in that you need to advance the disc to the endzone by passing it from player to player. However, the stall count begins at 6 rather than 1 and the endzone is a mere 5 yards deep. There is also no stoppage of play or change of possession when a point is scored. The field reverses on a score and the team that scores begins attacking the other endzone, this is referred to as "make-it, take-it" as in pick-up basketball. If the disc lands out of bounds, it is put in play at the nearest boundary, including the back of the endzone (unlike regular ultimate).

There are also basketball hoops obstructing some of the airspace in and around the field. You have the standard two hoops for the regulation high school court running the length of the gym. These objects are considered in-bounds. Any disc striking these objects is still in play and can be received by the offense. There are four hoops for the smaller courts running the width of the gym, two of these can be hit with a throw that bends out of bounds. These hoops are out of bounds and a disc striking these hoops (including the net) becomes out of bounds. Finally, any throw striking the ceiling or lights is immediately considered out of bounds.

Each team consists of five players of either gender. Often, some effort is made to make gender ratios, but it is not necessarily required.

I believe that this concludes the background post. Congratulations, you are now ready to consider further posts on Advanced Indoor Theory.

This post doesn't have very many links, so here's a link to an Indoor Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in Bratislava, Slovakia.