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Flying Disc (Frisbee) Freestyle History
Disc freestyle is an event where teams of two or three players perform a routine which consists of a series of creative throwing and catching techniques set to music. The routine is judged on the basis of difficulty, execution and presentation. The team with the best total score is declared the winner. Kerry Kollmar, Jim Kenner, Ken Westerfield, Dan Roddick, Victor Malafronte and John Z Weyand, were the sports first freestylers. Long before Frisbee was ever considered a sport, these individuals were the first to achieve the equivalent of what would be considered a professional freestyle Frisbee athlete. Many of today's freestyle techniques as well as competitive formats came from these pioneers.
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History of disc sports?
Disc sports (Frisbee) 1970'sThere were a few guts and distance tournaments before 1970, but the sport of Frisbee (disc sports) really began in the 1970's, gut's, ultimate, freestyle, disc golf, distance, accuracy, MTA, SCF, discathon and DDC, became disc sports first events.There are certain people/players and events that stand out when acknowledging who laid the ground work for the transition of playing with the Frisbee as a toy to disc sports. The Healy family (guts), Joel Silver and Jared Kass (ultimate ), Tom Kennedy and Irv Kalb, (ultimate, Ultimate Players Association) Ken Westerfield (utimate, freestyle, touring Frisbee shows and the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships), Jim Kenner (Discraft, freestyle and the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships), Dave Marinni (Freestyle Players Association), Jim Palmeri (AFDO, American Flying Disc Open, disc golf, DDC), Tom Schot (Santa Cruz Tournaments), Tom Monroe (Frisbee South show tours, tournaments, disc golf) Dan Roddick ( IFA, WFC and WFDF), Ed Headrick (Whamo, IFA, WFC, disc golf). These are people that not only excelled with the Frisbee when it was still considered a toy, but help create the formats and concepts through their own tournaments and or organizations that produced the events and organization of disc sports we see todayInternational Frisbee Tournament (IFT), Marquette, MI, the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships, Toronto Canada, American Flying Disc Open (AFDO), Rochester, NY, Octad, New Jersey, Santa Cruz Flying Disc Championships, Santa Cruz, California, and the World Frisbee Championships (WFC), held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, were the most progressive and trend setting tournaments of that time.These events are where the sport of Frisbee really began.
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What olympic events has Dawn Fraser been in?
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Facts about freestyle motocross?
Jeremy mcgrath he helped ALLOT!!! His signature jump the "knack-knack" started the whole craze. He would straighten one leg and move it to the opposite side of the bike while pivoting at the waist.
What was Ian Thorpes time over 100meters freestyle?
Ian Thorpe's personal best time in the 100 meters freestyle is 47.84 seconds, which he achieved during the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. This remarkable performance helped solidify his status as one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in history. Thorpe went on to win multiple Olympic medals and set several world records throughout his career.
What is the history of freestyle swimming?
---- Englishman Richard Cavill developed the modern features of the freestyle, including the overarm strokes and the flutter kick, back in 1902. Since Cavill lived in Australia at the time, the stroke was then dubbed "the Australian crawl." Prior to that time, the side-stroke was commonly used in swimming competitions. The freestyle stroke was later polished and perfected by Olympian Johnny Weismuller in the 1920s. ----
Where was the game of ultimate Frisbee invented?
There was a Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) located in Bridgeport, Connecticut that provided pies to many of the nearby colleges. When the students were bored they started throwing the empty pie tin was thrown around. In 1948 Walter Morrison created and patented a plastic version that flew better than the pie tins.
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The bouncy ball was made in 1965 by a chemist named Norman Stingley! When Stingley offered his idea to his employer it was re jected!When Wham-O the inventors of the frisbee, took his offer it was the most popular toy in summer and fall of 1965! The first bouncy ball was the about the size and color of a plum!
What is history of bouncy balls?
The bouncy ball was made in 1965 by a chemist named Norman Stingley! When Stingley offered his idea to his employer it was re jected!When Wham-O the inventors of the frisbee, took his offer it was the most popular toy in summer and fall of 1965! The first bouncy ball was the about the size and color of a plum!
What is the history of ultimate frisbee?
History of the Frisbee discBy Mary Bellis Every object has a history, and behind that history an inventor, the person who thought it up first. Sometimes who was first can be a topic for hot debate: often several people independent of each other will all think of the same good idea at around the same time and will later have to argue "No it was me, I thought of it first." Many people have claimed to have invented the Frisbee. The Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, made pies that were sold to many New England colleges. Hungry college students soon discovered that the empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport. Many colleges have claimed to be the home of 'he who was first to fling.' Yale College has even argued that in 1820, a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie grabbed a passing collection tray from the chapel and flung it out into the campus, thereby becoming the true inventor of the Frisbie and winning glory for Yale. That tale is unlikely to be true since the words 'Frisbie's Pies' was embossed in all the original pie tins and from the word 'Frisbie' was coined the common name for the toy.In 1948, a Los Angeles building inspector named Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the Frisbie that could fly further and with better accuracy than a tin pie plate. Morrison's father was also an inventor, who invented the automotive sealed-beam headlight. Another interesting tidbit was that Morrison had just returned to America after World War II, where he had been a prisoner in the infamous Stalag 13. His partnership with Warren Franscioni, who was also a war veteran, ended before their product had achieved any real success.Morrison (after his split with Franscioni) produced a plastic Frisbie called the Pluto Platter, to cash in on the growing popularity of UFOs with the American public. The Pluto Platter has become the basic design for all Frisbies. The outer third of the Frisbie disc is called the 'Morrison Slope', listed in the patent. Rich Knerr and A.K. 'Spud' Melin were the owners of a new toy company called 'Wham-O'. Knerr and Melin also marketed the Hula-Hoop, the Super Ball and the Water Wiggle. They pair first saw Morrison's Pluto Platter in late 1955. They liked what they saw and convinced Morrison to sell them the rights to his design. With a deal signed, Wham-O began production (1/13/1957) of more Pluto Platters. The next year, the original Frisbie Baking Company shut down and coincidentally Fred Morrison was awarded a patent (Design patent 183,626) for his flying disc. Morrison received over one million dollars in royalties for his invention.The word 'Frisbee' is pronounced the same as the word 'Frisbie'. Rich Knerr (Wham-O) was in search of a catchy new name to help increase sales, after hearing about the original use of the terms 'Frisbie' and 'Frisbie-ing'. He borrowed from the two words to create the registered trademark Frisbee �. Sales soared for the toy, due to Wham-O's clever marketing of Frisbee playing as a new sport. In 1964, the first professional model went on sale. Ed Headrick was the inventor at Wham-O who patented Wham-O's designs for the modern frisbee (U.S. patent 3,359,678). Ed Headrick's frisbee with its band of raised ridges called the Rings of Headrick had stablized flight as opposed to the wobbly flight of its predecessor the Pluto Platter.History of Frisbee Disc SportsIn 1967 Jared Kass and Joel Silver along with Columbia High School students in Maplewood, New Jersey, invented Ultimate Frisbee, a recognized sport that is a cross between football, soccer and basketball. Ten years later, a form of Frisbee golf was introduced, complete with professional playing courses and associations.Freestyle Frisbee as a competitive event, where teams of two or three players perform a routine which consists of a series of creative throwing and catching techniques set to music. The routine is judged on the basis of difficulty, execution and presentation. The team with the best total score is declared the winner.In 1974, at the Canadian Open Frisbee Championships, Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner, introduce this event called Freestyle and won it.Disc Golf Ed Headrick, owner of the Disc Golf Association, Inc.� Designed and patented the first standardized disc golf target in 1976. The sport is played by an estimated two million recreational players in the United States and increasing. Headrick�s inventions include the Wham-O Superball that sold over twenty-million units and the utility patent for the modern day Frisbee, which has sold over two-hundred-million units to date. Mr. Headrick led the Advertising program, New Products program, was Vice President of Research and Development, Executive Vice President, General Manager and served as CEO for Wham-O Inc. over a ten year period. The patent drawing at the top of this article is from U.S. patent 3,359,678 - issued to Headrick on December 26, 1967.Another interesting Frisbee Moment: In 1968, the U.S. Navy spends almost $400,000 to study Frisbees in wind tunnels, following their flights with computers and cameras, and building a special Frisbee-launching machine on top of a Utah cliff to test a prototype flare launcher.Today the fifty year old Frisbee� is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, only one of at least sixty manufacturers of flying discs. Wham-O sold over one hundred million units before the selling the toy to Mattel.
