Teaching your way around the world is a great way to spread the Word of Schtick as many people are very interested to find out just what sports we really play in Australia. Most don’t believe a sport such as Australian Rules really exists, so Schtick is a nice, peaceful alternative.While occasionally reluctant to start, once a game commences the players love it mainly because it involves so many people at any time. Whereas most sports really only involve the players who are fast or particularly skilled, the amount of action in a game of Schtick (particularly when there are 9 frisbees in operation) is insane. Even the slowest and least coordinated of students, those who often detest PE time, frequently start to enjoy the game.Whereas Ultimate Frisbee needs superior throwing skills, Schtick can get an entire class of students out and running around - screaming, shouting and generally having a wild old time. In the future I might introduce Ultimate as an alternative, particularly since improved throwing skills would certainly benefit the quality of the games, but as a starter, Schtick is… ultimate!Thus far I’ve successfully introduced Schtick to elementary school kids in Korea, junior high school kids in Romania and am currently going head-to-head against Yao Ming for the hearts of university students in China. Once you get past the initial skepticism and have people playing, it sells itself…
muz “Moose” Johnson of Canberra, Australia, 13 October, 2007
The school in Romania at which I tried to introduce Schtick was sadly lacking in everything: cones, frisbees and fields. This didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the game. Replacing frisbees with flat basketballs, cones with boxes for the goals and a nice solid asphalt court for our playing field, the game commenced with great passion which only multiplied in intensity when the girls gave the boys an arse kicking…
muz “Moose” Johnson of Canberra, Australia
I do love hard scrimmaging, but playing games like shtick [sic] (running-allowed disc-related game much like capture-the-flag except the goal is to set the disc in a small square on your opponents side without getting tagged) are incredible fun. Reminds me of elementary school and staying after to play dodgeball, CTF, and random other “super-sports”, as we called them.
Schmelz, October 12, 2005
Oct 8, 2005:
Dr. Dreh & the frisbeefreunde played the
first known game of Schtick ever played in Eurasia.
South African Cricket Team Get Stuck into Schtick.
Well this is a twisted & bizarre tale. Apparently a professional South African cricket team was shown on TV for 20 seconds, playing schtick as a warm-up. This was broadcast nationally apparently in Australia on 12/18/05.
http://www.afda.com/trashtalk/showarticle.php?articleid=288
Can we conclude schtick has been played in a 4th continent (Africa, for those of you keeping score)??!!
I organized a game of Schtick Disc for 40+ ultimate players this past weekend with 3 discs. At first they had the attitude that nothing is more fun than ultimate, but after 10 minutes of play, they couldn’t stop. With the great success of this event, hopefully, more people can be exposed to this awesome game. Like Chuck Norris, this game can only be describe with the word “awesome”.
Nelson Lee, Toronto, Canada - October 11, 2006
Duffy Whitmer, Pennsylvania, USA, April 2005 (see “kooschtick” under variations)
Paul C. Donohue, age 65, August 2003
I recently incorporated a version of schtick into my physical education classes for kids grades 3-6. We use 2 koosh balls; to score, the koosh must come to rest within a hula hoop placed on the ground. They love it–it’s a great team-building game! I’ve played both inside and outside–usually 2 or 3 games going on at a time. 3 v 3 up to 5 v 5
Duffy Whitmer, Pennsylvania, USA, 17 June 2005
must have beverage in hand at all times, must play at walking speed. Previously posted at the now defunct http://his_n_hers.homestead.com/Schtick.html
(played by ultimate players) you can throw the disc to yourself. if you are tagged while the disc is in the air, you can still later catch it & play on.
A younger or otherwise less-abled player is only taggable by players on the other team of the same designation. Regular/adult players can only tag these “super-players” if that regular player is standing in her own goal. We played this variation in Wilmington, DE on July 5, 2003 with 2 five year old girls who had little athletic experience and no disc experience. It worked great. They both scored & had lots of fun.
played in the snow & ice. Disc on ground can still be swiped at until it has no transitional motion. A disc that is rotating in place is considered down & unplayable. Play around goal gets a bit frantic like ice hockey in the crease. This is rougher than regular Schtick.
(best for high wind)- play with kickballs or other bouncy balls in place of discs. a ball that has bounces 1 time is considered to still be in the air.
The very first game was played this way. Play normally, except play on a sandy beach. It gets crazy.
Shorter field (~15 yards. to the midline)
Add a ‘penalty’ cone/rag 15 yards from the midpoint between the two scoreboxes.
Begin game by double throw-off to (each to opponent’s side…
Play is continuous (no throw-off after each score) score is just like a turnover.
Restart with a throw-off if both discs are scored in the same goal at the same time.
Turnovers as in Ultimate (i.e. you can turn it over with an incomplete pass on your own side)
A player must have touched the ground before he/she can be tagged in their opponents’ territory.
I.e. you can safely do a “greatest” without being tagged.
Players can’t touch the ground inside the “scorebox” they’re defending.
If they do so, the offending player must go touch the penalty cone before doing anything else (can’t tag opponents or touch discs).
(contributed 19 Dec 2003 by Alan Hoyle)
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