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
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
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
schticknic: like a picnic only many times better because it’s combined with Schtick. Schtick, for the uninitiated, is a game of obscure (but probably Aussie) origins that’s a little bit like capture the flag, a bit like touch rugby, a bit like ultimate (it is, of course, played with at least one disc), and (on soft sand anyway) a bit like work. But most importantly, it’s a lot like fun.
Dave Lane (probably Aussie)
Schtick is the fastest growing disc sport in the world. It is dynamic, skillful, mentally challenging and very, very dangerous. Spectators have had broken fingers watching schtick. Last week I was playing and I had a blood nose within 2 minutes of the throw off.
Jonathan Potts, Australia
Schtick was used on occasion as a pre-game warmup exercise before big games by an unnamed college team. In fact it was widely credited with propelling this team to a hard-fought victory over Black Tide in their tournament in 1998.
Daniel Eisenberg, former captain, Stanford Mens Ultimate Team (SMUT), 23 Dec 2003
as threatened, I played schtick with my son , 4 nephews, and my brother in law this past weekend. they loved it. the rules were bent a little, but what fun… a great way to share my love of disc with folks who have little or no disc skills. a great equalizer.
Garbo, MonkeyLove Ultimate
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