Wednesday 30 January 2013: The Physics Of Playing Frisbee

The physics of playing Frisbee is rather simple, and yet destructive and damaging when done incorrectly.

So, this is me (a teenager with absolutely shit hand-eye coordination and therefore, almost by definition, no skill at frisbee) telling you (potentially similar, but possibly very different) readers how to play frisbee. And the logic behind frisbee is watch where the wind is coming from so the frisbe doesn't jack-knife and smack you in the face.

The main goal is, instead, to aim correctly so that it doesn't jack-knife at all, and instead smacks your opponent in the face. If this ever happens, you can pretend it was an accident, but we all know that it wasn't, don't we?

But  enough social politics. Seriously though if you jack-knife too many frisbees you will get laughed at.

So here is my simple tip to completely avoid any humiliation of any levels when playing frisbee. Don't play frisbee.

Playing frisbee is one of those sports where you either impress everyone by landing / catching (whichever you prefer) the frisbee every time, or humiliate yourself by arsing it up (sometimes literally). The part of that statement that applies to you is literally a 50-50 split.

So ultimately I cannot help you, except for one tiny little pointer thing. The wind direction and intensity directly affects your ability to aim, and/or get smacked in the face.

So good luck, or bad luck, depending on how good you are.

Till later.