While working toward his degrees in management and engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, Michael Milliard served as president of the campus Ultimate Frisbee Club. Michael Milliard now lives in Greater Madison, Wisconsin, where he works for the Epic Systems Corporation and continues to count ultimate frisbee among his favorite hobbies.
The origins of ultimate frisbee date back to 1968 and a group of high school students in Maplewood, New Jersey. Since that time, the sport has spread across the globe, played both indoors on hard floors and outdoors on grass and sand.
An “end zone” oriented game that is similar to American football, ultimate frisbee pits two teams of seven competitors against each other on a field. Players can move freely around the field when they are not holding the single disc. The player who holds the disc must remain stationary until he or she throws it to another player. Incomplete passes result in a turnover of possession. Although it is governed at high levels of competition by organizations such as the World Flying Disc Federation, ultimate frisbee places a high emphasis on player self-officiating according to a core principle of ethics and fairness that USA Ultimate calls the “Spirit of the Game.”
The origins of ultimate frisbee date back to 1968 and a group of high school students in Maplewood, New Jersey. Since that time, the sport has spread across the globe, played both indoors on hard floors and outdoors on grass and sand.
An “end zone” oriented game that is similar to American football, ultimate frisbee pits two teams of seven competitors against each other on a field. Players can move freely around the field when they are not holding the single disc. The player who holds the disc must remain stationary until he or she throws it to another player. Incomplete passes result in a turnover of possession. Although it is governed at high levels of competition by organizations such as the World Flying Disc Federation, ultimate frisbee places a high emphasis on player self-officiating according to a core principle of ethics and fairness that USA Ultimate calls the “Spirit of the Game.”
