Performing creative, artistic and athletic moves with flying discs is the essence of freestyle. One of the most dramatic events in disc sports, competitive freestyle combines aspects of gymnastics and dance with the basic game of throw and catch.

Teams of two or three players perform choreographed rou-tines consisting of throws, catches and moves with one or more discs. Starting with simple moves like a behind-the-back catch, freestyle has evolved into a crowd-pleasing event with moves such as air brushes, nail delays, and triple-spinning catches.

Routines are three to five minutes in length and are evaluated by judges who base their scores on the difficulty (10), artistic impression (10) and execution (10) of the routine. The team with the highest score wins (30 is a perfect score).

Freestyle is also about what happens in a city park between novices. Catching a disc under the leg, or tipping a high throw and then catching it. This is freestyle too. Often you�ll find competitive players freestyling just for fun. Im-provising with each other, often in large groups - and no judges. This is called jamming, and to most players, it�s the most impor-tant part of the sport.

Pulling off co-operative moves (�Co-oping�) is jamming at its best, whether it�s planned during a routine or it just happens spontaneously between players at a park. For example, a jammer may kick the disc to a second player who then chest rolls the disc to a third player who finishes the move off with a leaping flamingitis catch.

News

18 July 2007

World Overall Champions Crowned in Ithaca, NY

Competitors from Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden and the United States were put to the test in Accuracy, Discathon, Disc Golf, Self Caught Flight, Distance, Double Disc Court and Freestyle en route to naming the WFDF World Overall Champions for 2007. The week long event run by Mandy Carreiro, Paul Brenner and Harvey Brandt took place in Ithaca, NY from July 9th through July 14th. more

13 February 2007

Ithaca, NY, USA to Host 2007 World Overall Championships

The World Flying Disc Federation has announced Ithaca, NY as the host city for this year's World Overall Championships. The event will take place from July 9-14, 2007 in conjunction with the World Masters and Juniors Overall Tournament. Long time overall players Mandy Carreiro and Paul Brenner are co-directing the event, with competitions scheduled for Disc Golf, Discathon, Self Caught Flight, DDC, Accuracy, Distance and Freestyle. Further information about the competition and the surrounding upstate New York area can be found on the website referenced above.

7 July 2005

Sandstrom wins World Overall title

Christian Sandstrom has been crowned WFDF World Overall Champion for the third time. He narrowly took the title over Harvey Brandt and Conrad Damon at the recent World Championships in San Diego. Jennifer Griffin took the Women's title and Conrad Damon the Masters' title. A full list of results is available on the event website. more

15 June 2005

World Overalls to be held in San Diego

Following the cancellation of the World Disc Games, the World Overall Championships 2005 have been moved to San Diego and will join with the World Juniors and Masters Championships to be held there at the end of June. more

1 January 2002

FPA launches new website

The Freestyle Players Association has just anounced its new web site - www.freestyledisc.org This totally updated site offers jamming tips & great surfing for both rookie and crusty freestyler. The site includes over 150 pages of new content and over 200 new or seldom-seen photos from the 70s to now. more

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