Fun Team Building/Conditioning Games

We have played Ulitmate Frisbee during the summer as a team building/conditioning game in the past (didn't do it this year, new HC). I added a "football element." A caught kickoff or intercepted pass could be returned with no limit on the number of steps the player can take (it's two-hand tag football when this happens - you tag him, it's his ball at that spot). The conditioning is similar to what you get from playing soccer, with some football ball skills meshed in.

Here are 10 common rules for Ultimate Frisbee
Steve Courlang and Neal Dambra
Copyright (c) Ultimate Players Association, 1993
www.cs.rochester.edu/u/ferguson/ultimate/ultimate-simple.html

1) The Field -- A rectangular shape with endzones at each end. A regulation field is 70 yards by 40 yards, with endzones 25 yards deep.
2) Initiate Play -- Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their respective endzone line. The defense throws ("pulls") the disc to the offense. A regulation game has seven players per team.
3) Scoring -- Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense's endzone, the offense scores a point. Play is initiated after each score.
4) Movement of the Disc -- The disc may be advanced in any direction by completing a pass to a teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The person with the disc ("thrower") has ten seconds to throw the disc. The defender guarding the thrower ("marker") counts out the stall count.
5) Change of possession -- When a pass in not completed (e.g. out of bounds, drop, block, interception), the defense immediately takes possession of the disc and becomes the offense.
6) Substitutions -- Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a score and during an injury timeout.
7) Non-contact -- No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.
8) Fouls -- When a player initiates contact on another player a foul occurs. When a foul disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.
9) Self-Refereeing -- Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players resolve their own disputes.
10) Spirit of the Game -- Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play.

Our Other Adjustments

We make the field longer or shorter based on our level of playing skills and level of conditioning (rule 1). We play with however many guys we want (rule 2), while trying to keep the teams from having too many players. We give the frisbee holder four steps for each possession (rule 4) to catch and stop or to move to get open for the throw. Sometimes we do two games simultaneously (4 teams). We usually have everyone on the field, no subs (rule 6). We don't say non-contact (rule 7) but we discourage hard contact, screening/blocking another player is okay, hitting is not. We as coaches referee (rule 9).

Hehe, I thought we were the only school who did that.

Groundchuck and poweriguy - our players will kill themselves (in a good way!) playing tag. You can do it with our without pads - when we're in pads, sometimes will end up with a guy who hangs back trying to fake the "it" guy out. In that case we often say "Gotta tackle him" (instead of tagging) to see who does the push ups!

Great stuff Guys!!! When we are thinking of games the simplist are the most difficult to come up with OR IT SEEMS LIKE. I love the tag idea.....I think I might have them tackle when in pads instead of tackling. Keepem coming!!!!

We play Navy Ball. WE play sideways on teh field and depending on size we play sideline to sideline. Tream snaps the ball and the QB has 5 secs to get rid of it. If nopt team can rush. YOU can hand the ball off or throw it. THe thing is after your throw the ball or hand it off it is on. You can forward pass it all the way down to the field, the only rule is that you have 4 downs to score. Great conditioning game and is the closet game to the real things since you run catch block etc. Good to see who is your playmakers...