1. Ultimate Pookie
Submitted by: on December 11, 1998Materials: One PookieMessy Rating: Need a towel or two
Duration: 5-20 minutes
Cost: $7.00
-This is a version of Ultimate Frisbee. (Same as Ultimate Football)
-In Ultimate Frisbee, you mark off a field, including an end zone (using cones). For the new version, a basketball court works well with 20-30 players (10-15 VS 10-15). So a larger group with 60 should use a larger field. A full football field is plain ridiculous.
-The object of Ultimate Frisbee is to get the Frisbee into the other team's end zone, or, if you're playing in an indoor court, the object is to tag the opposite wall (or pole) with the Frisbee in hand, to score.
-You cannot run with the Frisbee while you have it. You can only run without the Frisbee. So when you catch the Frisbee, you can't move your pivot foot (so you can turn), and you must pass it to a team mate.
-If the Frisbee is intercepted or caught by the other team, then the Frisbee changes directions and it's the other team's turn for offense.
-If on defense, you must give the offensive player with the Frisbee five feet of room.
-An average game will go to 5, a long game will go to 10.
-After the offense scores, the defense now gets the Frisbee.
-So here's the difference with Ultimate Pookie: A Pookie is a Teddy bear named after Garfield's Teddy bear. You use the Pookie instead of the Frisbee. Make sure the Pookie is relatively new and won't break, and try to make it as big as possible. If you are play Capture the Pookie, it's a good idea to use the same Pookie.
-The only difference (other than the Pookie) is that Pookies are more fun to throw then Frisbees but don't travel as far, so it's a good idea to make the playing field smaller for Capture the Pookie (basketball court for 30, twice as wide for 60).
-Another version: Ultimate Chicken. Best played in the mud, with Ultimate Chicken you use a live chicken (yes, it's been done and it is fun!).
-Another version of mine is Ultimate Sponge. This is a summer game played in hot weather. Instead of end zones, there are buckets full of water. You use a sponge instead of a Frisbee. The sponge must be dunked by hand into the bucket to score. If the sponge is intercepted near the bucket, it should be duked anyway to be "refilled".
