| I live near a beautiful park and, every day, | | | | can prevent injuries to the dog that are |
| I see groups of people enjoying themselves | | | | often associated with more rigid materials. |
| with what has become a favorite recreation | | | | After that, naturally the next frisbee craze |
| here in my neighborhood -- the frisbee. Their | | | | was in the form of disc dog competitions |
| fascination has led me to do my own kind of | | | | which tested the disc-catching skills of |
| research into this frisbee craze. It's really | | | | dogs. There are also now ring-like discs that |
| quite interesting. | | | | are similar to Saturn's rings and these are |
| | | | known as Aerobies and they normally fly |
| The frisbee, as we all know, is the most | | | | farther than the regular frisbee. The latest |
| common name for those flying discs or flying | | | | frisbee incarnation takes the form a lit |
| saucers. They are usually made of plastic and | | | | flying disc which is growing more and more |
| are about 20 to 25 centimeters of 8 to 10 | | | | popular for evening and night time play. It's |
| inches in diameter. These frisbees are | | | | called a flashflight disc and players can |
| designed to fly aerodynamically when someone | | | | enjoy playing with them even when the sun |
| throws them in the air with rotation and they | | | | goes down. |
| can be caught by hand. Playing with a frisbee | | | | |
| is like playing catch with a rubber ball, | | | | There is actually a wide array of different |
| although frisbees are much more fun. | | | | games that utilize flying discs. These |
| | | | include Ultimate, Freestyle frisbee, Disc |
| There are many types of frisbees available in | | | | Golf (the traditional game of Golf played |
| the supermarkets and other commercial venues. | | | | with flying discs (frisbees) instead of clubs |
| There are disc golf discs, which are smaller | | | | and balls), Durango Boot, Double Disc Court, |
| but denser than your typical frisbee, plus | | | | Guts Frisbee, Flutterguts (also known as |
| they are made to follow a particular flight | | | | Flutter Frisbee), Friskee, Disc dog, Dodge |
| profile that can increase or decrease their | | | | Frisbee, Goaltimate, Schtick, Fricket (also |
| stability and distance. Once people realized | | | | known as Cups), Hot Box, Fris-Nok (the |
| that dogs just love chasing those flying | | | | traditional Icelandic-Canadian game), Extreme |
| frisbees down, they designed special discs | | | | Frisbee (a less official, more violent game) |
| made up of more pliable material that are | | | | and Speed Frisbee (like a tennis game with a |
| more resistant to the bite of a dog and which | | | | disc). |