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Frisbee can be a fun activity for exercise that many people like to do on the beach. Now it may be becoming a club activity at STLCC-Meramec. Aletta Speegle, who is a faculty teacher in the mathematics department and member of the Wellness Committee started the club.
“I love ultimate…I play it myself, and I started the clinic, and it was just a one-time thing last semester, and so some of the students just got excited. And that’s how it started,” Speegle said.
According to the Ultimate Players Association (UPA), ultimate frisbee is combining the non-stop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football. The object of the game is to score by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone, and each team consists of seven players on the field. A player must stop running while in possession of the disc, but may pivot and pass to any of the other receivers on the field.
Endurance is not a big part of ultimate frisbee according to Speegle, “You need to be able to get open, so we will show people how to cut; but you know, frisbee is such a nice sport in the sense that everybody can play at different levels and be part of the same team. So, you really have experienced people with inexperienced people on the same team, and we just help each other, and it’s quick to learn the rules and get the hang of it.”
Speegle said she considers herself a coach but more so an assistant to help out with the players and coaches. “I don’t have any coaching experience, but I know several people who are great coaches that are playing on my team or playing in different leagues that I will try and get for us.”
Right now, according to Speegle, the organization just wants to set up clinics to attract more members from Meramec before they can put together a team, with hopes to eventually compete against schools like Forest Park and Florissant Valley.
Speegle said that ultimate frisbee is a recreational sport. “It would be nice if we could play in some tournaments. There are some low-key tournaments here in St. Louis. That could be like a long-term goal for us, but for now it’s just getting to know the game and just having fun.”
For more information, contact Aletta Speegle at ASpeegle@stlcc.edu.
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