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Guts frisbee (or Flutterguts) is a frisbee team sport, similar to murderball. Five team members stand in a line with two teams lined up parallel to each other. One team starts with the frisbee after "flipping the disk", an action similar to a coin toss, but using the frisbee itself. One member of the team is then selected to start play. A Wham-O Professional Frisbee While the word Frisbee is a registered trademark of the Wham-O toy company, the term is often used generically to describe flying discs similar to those made by the company. ... Murderball is a tag game that is commonly played on schoolgrounds. ...

That member then raises their arm to indicate they are ready to throw, at which point the members of the opposing team "freeze". The thrower then throws the frisbee as hard as possible at someone on the opposing team. If they miss the "scoring area" (roughly the area of the opposing team) the receiving team scores a point. If the throw is within the scoring area and the receiving team drops the frisbee, the throwing team gets a point. The receiving team then picks up the frisbee and becomes the throwing team.

The receiving team must catch the frisbee cleanly, in one hand. The disc may NOT be trapped between the hand and any other part of the body. This frequently results in a challenging and exciting sequence of "tips", each of which slows the disc down, and involves multiple players on the receiving team.

Play continues until 21 points are scored by one of the teams, and there is a difference in score of at least 2 points.

The sport was started by the Healy brothers in Eagle Harbor, Michigan. Eagle Harbor Township is a township located in Keweenaw County, Michigan. ... Official language(s) English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 11th 96,889 miÂ² / 250,941 kmÂ² 239 miles / 385 km 491 miles / 790 km 41. ...

There is a tournament played in Atlantic Mine, Michigan, July 4th every year, (the IFT). Adams Township is a township in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ...

External links

The Guts Homepage[[de:Guts]

Categories: Frisbee | Team sports

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Guts frisbee (175 words)
	Guts frisbee is a frisbee team sport, similar to murderball.
	One team starts with the frisbee after "flipping the disk", an action similar to a coin toss, but using the frisbee itself.
	That member then raises their arm to indicate they are ready to throw, at which point the members of the opposing team "freeze".

Frisbee (169 words)
	While the word Frisbee is claimed as a trademark of the Wham-O[?] toy company, the term is often used generically to describe flying discs similar to those made by that company.
	The Flyin-Saucer, originally invented by Walter Frederick Morrison[?] and codeveloped and financed by Warren Franscioni[?] in 1948, was unsuccessful, but a later model made by Morrison in 1955 and sold as the "Pluto Platter" was bought by Wham-O in 1957.
	Wham-O renamed the toy "Frisbee", a (probably deliberate) misspelling of the name of the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose pie tins had been used by college students in the area for similar purposes.

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