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