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 routines consisting of throws, catches and moves with one or more discs, made extremely challenging with varying winds.

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 difficulty (10), artistic impression (10) and execution (10) of the routine. The team with the highest score wins. A perfect score is 30.

Freestyle is not only refined competition - it is also about what happens in a city park between any novices or enthusiasts.

Catching a disc under the leg, or tipping a high throw and then catching it - this is freestyle, too.

Often you’ll find that world-class players freestyle just for fun - keeping their love for crowd-pleasing attention in balance with the sport's essence.

Improvisation with two, three, or even in large groups can be done with no judges, any time. This is called jamming - to most players, it’s the most important part of the sport.

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