Rules of Ultimate

6. Starting a Game

1. 6.1. Representatives of the two teams fairly determine which team first chooses either:
   Annotation: Team representatives

   Team representatives should ensure they have the authority from their team to make the decisions listed in this section.

   Annotation: Fairly determining choices

   It is recommended that team representatives use the process described in the WFDF Rules of Ultimate Appendix to fairly determine the choices.

   1. 6.1.1. whether to receive or throw the initial pull; or
   2. 6.1.2. which end zone they will initially defend.
2. 6.2. The other team is given the remaining choice.
3. 6.3. At the start of the second half, these initial selections are switched.
4. 6.4. For Mixed games, teams should discuss any strategies to make personnel match-ups easier to identify.
   Steinar's comment (unofficial!): Identification strategies

   See A6.4 in the appendix for a possible strategy of reusing the “gender ratio” hand signals for the purpose of identifying each player's male/female-matching status.