Andrew Commander

Very few people know that there is such a thing as professional Ultimate Frisbee.

My coach Jolian Dahl is the captain for Denver’s Pro/Club team named Johnny Bravo . The club level is the highest level of the sport, so it is considered the professional level by most involved with the sport.

Jolian started playing at his high school in Georgia, he took his team to the high school nationals twice! Then he took his game to the University of Colorado, Boulder. The CU mens team Mamabird was one of the most dominant teams in the country. Every time Jolian steps onto the field he has the amazing ability to change the game for his team.Now he is the captain of the professional ultimate Frisbee team in Denver.

I highly suggest watching his highlight video!

I saw his team play the Australian National team at Pleasant View Fields. This, along with playing, got me hooked to ultimate Frisbee. Professional ultimate Frisbee is like nothing you have seen before. It is so fast paced that if you blink you might miss a point.

This year my frisbee team hopes to improve under the instruction of Jolian Dahl, and possibly win the state tournament!

Ultimate Frisbee addiction is only cured by playing the ultimate sport, Frisbee.

Last weekend my frisbee team and I competed in a tournament at Broomfield Highschool. Broomfield Highschools 1st annual tourny was called the “Ultimate Nightmare”

Our team played 6 games of pool play and ended up with a record of 5-1. The only team that we lost to was Denver North. We played them in the championship game and won 13-5.

We dominated the whole game, with cross-gender points worth 2. This point system made for a quicker game. Each game had its own twist for certain points. A T-Rex point was played where your elbows couldn’t leave your sides. A whole point had to be played using only overhand throws. This made the tournament a little different than just 7 games of ultimate frisbee in a row.

This was a fun way to get out and play a ton of frisbee during the off-season.

I gotta focus back on Cross Country now though, with one meet left in the season. I ran a PR in yesterday’s regional race where my school took 2nd place. 17:12 and a 5th place on my team!

Ski season is almost here!

Ultimate frisbee is one of the fastest growing sports in America right now. If you have never played, or seen it played I suggest you do that. The highest level of professional ultimate frisbee is actually club frisbee.

It may seem to fast paced for the normal person I know. At first I was skeptical too, but after catching your first point you are hooked. You can’t get enough frisbee. From when you wake up, see the frisbee on your floor and go toss, til you go to bed and dream about that next awesome lay-out you will have.

Complete layout catch for a hammer frisbee throw

After almost two years of playing Ultimate Frisbee now, I have realized that no other sport can compare to the ultimate sport. Dont get me wrong I do love sports like soccer, football, cycling, running, and many others. Except none of those sports has the addiction phase that frisbee has. However much you play, it never seems to be enough!

So even if you have never heard of frisbee or played the game of Ultimate, I suggest that you do so ASAP. You will have tons of fun and most likely will meet some pretty cool people. Playing frisbee is actually how I met Dennis Yu and got into internet marketing and blogging in the first place.

Oh and if you have read this far into my blog post, then get up off the computer and go do something outside, even if it’s not frisbee. Be active!