We go by the USAU rules for ultimate unless they contradict what is written below. Games are self-officiated. The ten simple rules are a good place to start if you have beginners on your team.
Game Play Rules
1. Games are to 13. Halftime occurs when one team reaches 7 points (please keep halftime brief!!!).
Weekday Time Caps:
Start time: 5:30pm
Hard cap time: 7:15pm (play to end of current point. If tied, play 1 more point. You do not need to win by 2 once hard cap is called).
Saturday Time Caps:
Start time: 2:00pm
Hard cap time: 3:45pm
2. Before each game the captains will flip a disc to determine who pulls, sides, and the gender zone.
3. Each team gets 1 timeout per half and 1 floating timeout. The floating timeout can be used either half. Timeouts are not affected by the cap, but keep them very short.
4. All games are played by the 2022-2023 edition rules of ultimate. Handle all conflict in a respectful manner.
5. If the disc hits a tree it is considered out of bounds.
6. Follow all safety and roster rules (below).
Safety Rules
Rain/Thunder/Lightning rules: We play in rain BUT If thunder is heard or lightning is seen, play must stop immediately. If games make it past halftime before they are stopped then the score at the time of stoppage is the final score. If lighting/thunder happens prior to halftime we will finish those games another day (or at least 30 min after the last thunder/lightning). Captains can use their discretion to postpone games in poor weather, but are responsible for rescheduling their game before playoffs.
Daylight/Visibility: Follow the cap times to ensure enough visibility for safe play. If it is getting dark before cap is called, use your judgement and stop play if it becomes unsafe.
Apparel: Do not wear metal cleats, rings, hoop or dangling earrings, necklaces, clothing with metallic zippers, or anything you think has a risk of causing harm to yourself or others.
Injured Players: If a player is injured during a game, any player may call "injury" and play stops immediately. When the issue is resolved, play resumes back at the point the injury was called.
Daylight/Visibility: Follow the cap times to ensure enough visibility for safe play. If it is getting dark before cap is called, use your judgement and stop play if it becomes unsafe.
Apparel: Do not wear metal cleats, rings, hoop or dangling earrings, necklaces, clothing with metallic zippers, or anything you think has a risk of causing harm to yourself or others.
Injured Players: If a player is injured during a game, any player may call "injury" and play stops immediately. When the issue is resolved, play resumes back at the point the injury was called.
Roster Rules
Gender Balance Rules: A disc flip at the beginning of the game will determine which endzone is the gender-endzone or "genzone"
The gender ratio for each point is determined by the team that is lined up in the gender-endzone at the beginning of the point
That genzone team can put out any ratio that the other team is capable of matching, given they have no more than 5 of any one gender-matching players on that line. Captains should talk about gender balance before the game, and if it's going to be a concern they should agree on any other way they'd like to play it, and that's how it'll be for that game!
Example: If one team only has 1 or 2 female-matching players show up, captains are allowed to change the gender ratios so that those players aren't forced to then play every point of the game. Just talk about it, agree on something, and play that way!
Prevention of playoff stacking:
Players must have played in at least 2 regular season games to participate in playoffs (both round robin and bracket play).
The gender ratio for each point is determined by the team that is lined up in the gender-endzone at the beginning of the point
That genzone team can put out any ratio that the other team is capable of matching, given they have no more than 5 of any one gender-matching players on that line. Captains should talk about gender balance before the game, and if it's going to be a concern they should agree on any other way they'd like to play it, and that's how it'll be for that game!
Example: If one team only has 1 or 2 female-matching players show up, captains are allowed to change the gender ratios so that those players aren't forced to then play every point of the game. Just talk about it, agree on something, and play that way!
Prevention of playoff stacking:
Players must have played in at least 2 regular season games to participate in playoffs (both round robin and bracket play).
