Section B·Page 6
Entertainment/The Great Outdoors
Thursday. September 3, 1998
Ultimate Frisbee fans rough it up,join clubs
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan staff writer
This is not your parent's game of Frisbee.
Anthony Maltese, Overland Park junior, said when he and his friends played their weekly Ultimate Frisbee games, an injury or two was possible
"Ultimate Frisbee is a cross between football and soccer. But we make it more of a contact sport than it should be."
"Ultimate Frisbee is a cross between football and soccer," Maltese said. "But we make it more of a sport contact than it should be."
"We decide how big the playing field will be by how many players show up," Maltese said. "If there's only three people, we don't want to be running up and down the field."
Maltese said that he and his friends used to play basketball but that it was not as fun because some players were not as good as others. The pain of crashing on asphalt also contributed to the change to Ultimate Frisbee.
The game begins when one team throws off the Frisbee, Maltese said.
Maltese and his friends are not the only ones to catch on to the Ultimate Frisbee trend. All around Lawrence, students gather at empty football and soccer fields to participate in pick-up games.
Anthony Maltese
"We just keep passing it up the field until someone drops it or misses it, which is an automatic turnover," Maitsea said.
Overland Park junior
All year, students can participate in organized leagues, including an Ultimate Frisbee club team through the University of Kansas.
Maltese said that the group's Friday games were just for fun but that there were other options for more die-hard Ultimate Frisbee fans.
She said the team had just begun
Stefanie Kerr, Stillwell senior,
began playing as a freshman and is
now the captain of the women's Ultimate
Frisbee club team.
"I played sports all through high school, and so I was really excited to play a semi-competitive sport," Kerr said. "I really liked the social aspect, and it was a neat realm of people."
practicing for the fall club season, which is open to all ages. The college season begins in the spring, and the Kansas women know living up to last year's success will be a challenge.
Last year, the Kansas women placed first at Sectionals and were seeded first in their region.
But last year's seven players were exhausted from all the traveling they had done — trips to Austin, Texas, Clemson, S.C., and Baton Rouge, La. — and opted not to participate in the postseason.
it was really frustrating," Kerr said. "That's why we want a lot of numbers for this year."
Obstacles promote teamwork
Kerr said the Ultimate Frisbee club team practiced at 4:30 p.m. Thursdays at the fields at 23rd and Iowa streets. Anyone can go, and no prior experience is necessary.
Participants learn about cooperation at challenge course
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
A spider web, a wishbone, an electric fence and a swamp crossing are not always what they seem.
At Adams Campus Challenge Course, they are the names of obstacles.
The course offers 14 challenges that focus on group interaction and on building confidence in individuals, said Bryan Christensen, director for Adams Campus Challenge Course.
The program requires each group to overcome the 14 physical challenges. Each group has a trained facilitator, who describes the physical problems at each station and helps the group decide how to overcome each challenge.
"I think it's a great program because it forces people to work together." Christensen said. "It's a
great way for groups to get to know each other."
Afterward, the facilitator leads a quick discussion and determines what the group members learned while interacting.
Some challenges include scaling a 14-foot wall and swinging on a rope across a designated zone while holding a cun full of water.
Recently, a group of about 50 Student Senate members participated.
"I thought it was a really great way for Student Senate to break the ice," said Kevin Yoder, student body president. "I think the faculty did a great job of putting us in situ-
tions with people that we didn't know very well."
The challenge course is located on Adams Campus, about 12 miles southwest of the University of Kansas near Clinton Lake. The campus has two permanent pavilions with running water and toilets.
Christensen said that about half of the people who participated in the course challenges were affiliated with the University.
The cost for a group of 15 people is $90. Students may call to sign up for a day and time to participate in the course. The course is open all week, and the programs usually run from either 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 1 to 5 p.m. The course is closed mid-November through March 1.
Anyone interested in more information about the challenge course may contact Bryan Christensen at 864-0794.
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