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Ultimate Frisbee and Academic Excellence

Fri, Sep 8, 2006 at 11:48 am Posted in Sports, Ultimate / Frisbee

A friend and fellow fan of the one true sport sent me this link. Here’s a quote:

A study (slated for release September 1) by Dr. Michael Norden of the University of Washington shows that among all 86 private national universities, those ranking in the top half for Ultimate have a graduation rate of over 85%, while those in the bottom half graduate just 60%. The difference in the totals of Rhodes scholars and Marshall scholars among their graduates during this decade is even more dramatic – 208 versus 15. (The odds of this happening by chance are truly infinitesimal). Moreover, the top ten schools based on Ultimate ranking have a slightly higher mean graduation rate and more winners of top scholarships than schools chosen by - not only SATs, but any standard metric including: grades, faculty resources, and financial resources.

Another friend sent this link that shows how to play “half-court” ultimate when you don’t have enough players for the full field. I haven’t had time to analyze it thoroughly but it looks promising.

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  1. 1Bill on Sep 8, 2006 at 9:31 pm:

    If you want a good ultimate game, join us tomorrow morning at 10:00. At the great hill in Central Park — enter at 106th on the west side. We’ll probably be on the field just west of the big circle at the top of the hill.

  2. 2Daniel B. on Sep 8, 2006 at 9:59 pm:

    I’d be there except we have our ward missionary meeting on Saturdays at 10am. But I’ve heard you guys play for hours … so maybe I should just come late.

  3. 3matt on Sep 25, 2006 at 2:29 pm:

    Saw that your blog linked to mine. Definitely checkout goaltimate. (Unless you think ultimate is all about hucking, then it might be a little boring).

    Re: schools and Ultimate, I would suspect that the private schools have a little more money in the budget for their club teams. I think that you’ll notice that the top teams also play more games (more tournaments). Having a larger budget allows for more playing time (thus an increase in the skill of the team). I know that at stanford the team traveled quite a bit (Hawaii, east coast, etc).