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

Schmelz, October 12, 2005

Game Play: The first half goes until people get hungry and stop for a (sandy) picnic dinner and (usually) beer and wine. Play resumes when someone gets up, spits out a bit of grit, wipes the sand and crumbs of food from their face, and starts running for a scoring box with a disc…The second “half” continues until everyone is shagged out or it’s too dark to see. Schtick play is traditionally followed by a skinny dip en masse, and songs around a camp fire.

Dave Lane

Oct 8, 2005:

Dr. Dreh & the frisbeefreunde played the
first known game of Schtick ever played in Eurasia.

We played in Toronto, Canada. I’ll have to let everyone know that Saturday’s game was the first documented game of Schtick in Canada. We had 40 on the field during the peak of the game, which required the third disc for added chaos. Amazing how the internet can connect people and spread ideas. I hope that Schtick disc will one day be in the Olympics!

-Nelson Lee

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