Rules of Ultimate

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Affect: Definitions, 16.3, annotation on 15.10

Bleeding: 19.2.1

Boxing out: 12.5, annotation on 12.6

Brick: 2.5, 7.12

Call: 15, Definitions (see also Foul, Travel, etc.)
…, contested: 15.10 (see also comment on 15.10 for an extensive list)
…, continuation after: 16
…, delayed: 15.8, 15.9, 18.3.1.1
…, incorrect: 15.9, annotation on 8.1.3
…, on yourself: Annotation on 10.7, annotation on 15.4, comment on 15.4
…, reasonable grounds: Annotation on 15
…, retracted: 15.11, comment on 15.11

Callahan: Annotation on 14.1

Captain's clause: Comment on 1.2.1

Catch: 12.1, Definitions
…, simultaneously: 12.3, 11.6

Check: 10
…, moving: 10.7.3
…, positioning: 10.2, 10.5
…, touching disc: 10.6

Check feet: Annotation on 11.4

Contact: 12.6
…, accidental: Annotation on 15.1
…, call: 17.6.1.3
…, initiating: 12.6, 12.7, 15.1.1, annotation on 17.1.1, see also Foul
…, intentional: 15.1.1, 12.6, annotation on 15.1
…, minor: See Minor contact
…, simultaneous: 12.8, annotation on 12.8, 17.9.2

Contest: See Call

Dangerous play: 17.1, A12.2

Delay of game: 8.5, annotation on 8.5, 8.5.2, 10.5

Didn't affect: See Affect

Disc space: 18.1.1.3, comment on 13.9 (see also Straddle and Wrapping)
…, contact: 17.6.1.1, 17.6.1.3
…, minor contact: annotation on 17.6.1.3

Double team: 18.1.1.5
…, intentional: annotation on 1.2.1
…, who can call: 15.5.1

Down: See Drop

Drop: 13.1.1
…, after collision or landing: 12.1.1, annotation on 12.1.1
…, after fake: Annotation on 13.2.5
…, after pull: See Pull
…, during interception: Annotation on 13.5.1
…, intentional: Annotation on 13.6, comment on 13.1.1

Equipment: 3, A2
…, faulty: 10.3, 19.2.2, A2.1.2

Fast count: 18.1.1.1

Field: 2, A1

Force-out: See Foul

Foul: 17, 15.1, 12.7, Annotation on 12.6
…, blocking: 17.4
…, calling on yourself: See Call
…, egregious: annotation on 1.2.1, A12.2
…, force-out: 17.5
…, indirect: 17.8
…, marking: 17.6
…, offsetting: 17.9
…, receiving: 17.2
…, relative skill or height: Annotation on 12.6
…, significant number: A12
…, strip: See Strip
…, thrower: 17.7

Game advisors: Comment on 1.11, B6.3

Goal: 14, 4
…, from the endzone: Comment on 14.3
…, jump-in: 14.1.1, comment on 14.1.1, 14.3
…, near end of time cap: 4.5.1, comment on 4.5.1
…, running out after: Annotation on 14.1
…, throwaway after: Annotation on 14.1

Greatest: Annotation on 11.3.1
…, interception: Annotation on 13.1.2

Ground strip: See Drop

Ground tap: 10.6.1.2, annotation on 13.4, comment on 13.8

Hand:
…, contact with: Annotation on 17, 17.2.1.1
…, resting: Annotation on 12.6, 15.1.1
…, signals: 15.13, diagram on F2.3, 20.1, 7.2, 13.11.2.1, F1

Hand-over: 13.2.3, 8.3

Infraction: 15.2, 18, 17.6.1.3, annotation on 8.4 (see also Disc space, Double team, etc.)
…, egregious or repeated: 18.1.5
…, stall after: 18.1.3, 18.1.4
…, who can call: 15.5

Initiating contact: See Contact

Injury: 19.1
…, substitution: 19.2, 19.3
…, while disc in air: 19.1.6

Interception: 13.1.2, Definitions
…, fumbled: Annotation on 13.5.1
…, possession: 13.5.1, 13.1.2
…, stall after: Annotation on 9.2

Jump-in: 14.1.1, comment on 14.1.1, 14.3

Marking infraction: See Infraction

Minor contact: 12.8, annotation on 12.5.1, Definitions
…, hands and arms: Annotation on 17, 17.2.1.1
…, intentional: 15.1.1, 12.6

Observers: Comment on 1.11

Obstruction: 12.5.1, 12.6.1, 12.9

Offside: 7.5
…, calling from the sideline: Comment on 7.5
…, contested: Annotation on 7.5

Out-of-bounds: 11, 11.4, Definitions
…, due to fumble: Annotation on 11.4
…, flying over: 11.7
…, heel-toe: comment on 11.4.2, Annotation on 14.1
…, pivot after: 11.3.2.1, 11.8
…, player: 11.2, 11.3.1, 11.4.1, 11.6
…, retrieving disc: 11.9, annotation on 11.9, comment on 11.9
…, stepping on line: 11.1, annotation on 11.4.1
…, uneven lines: Annotation on 2.1

Photos: Annotation on 1.10, A11.1

Pick: 18.3
…, stall count: 9.5.4
…, while disc is in the air: 16.2.3, 16.2.4, annotation on 16.2, annotation on 16.2

Pivot point: 18.2.3, 18.2.4, Definition of pivot, Definition of pivot location, see also Travel
…, after kicking disc: 8.4.1
…, after offside: 7.5.1
…, after pull: 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12
…, after timeout: Annotation on 20.3, 20.3.2
…, end zone: 13.10, 13.11, 14.3
…, out-of-bounds: Annotation on 11.8, 11.3.2.1, 13.8, annotation on 13.8, 13.9
…, running up to: Annotation on 18.2.5.3

Positioning: 12, 12.4, 12.5

Possession: Annotation on 12.1, Definitions

Pre-stall: See Stall

Principle of verticality: Comment on 12.9

Pull: 7
…, caught: 7.9
…, dropped: 7.8, 13.1.4
…, out of bounds: 7.12
…, rolling out: 7.11
…, staying in: 7.10
…, time limit violation: A5.4.1.4, A5.4.2.2, A5.4.5
…, touched by defense: 7.7, annotation on 7.7

Receiving: see Catch

Reckless manner: Annotation on 12.5, 17.1

Rolling disc: 8.4
…, on pull: 7.7, annotation on 7.7, 7.10, 7.11, annotation on 8.5.1
…, stopping: Annotation on 7.7, annotation on 8.4, 7.5.2, annotation on 11.9, Definitions
…, who can stop: Annotation on 7.7

Running without looking: Annotation on 17.1.1, comment on 17.4.1

Scoring: See Goal

Self-catch: 13.2.5, 13.2.4
…, after fake: Annotation on 13.2.5

Sideline calls: 1.11, 1.10.2, comment on 7.5, A10

Spirit: 1, 1.5
…, captain: 5.2, 1.11, annotation on 1.6.4, A7.1.2
…, stoppage: 1.7.4, A13

Stall: 9, Annotation on 8.5.1, annotation on 8.5.2.1, 13.4 (see also Stall-out)
…, after dive: Annotation on 9.2
…, gap after “stalling”: Annotation on 9.6
…, maximum: 9.6
…, on delay of game: 8.5.2.1
…, possession after: Annotation on 13.4, 13.5
…, pre: Annotation on 8.5.1, annotation on 8.5.2.1, 8.5.2, Definitions
…, switching marker: 9.4, 20.3.6

Stall-out: 13.2.2, 13.4
…, accepted: Annotation on 13.4
…, contested: Annotation on 13.4
…, pass after: 13.4.2, 13.4.3

Standing over the disc: Annotation on 8.5

Stoppage: 8.1, 13.2, 15.7, Definitions, (see also Check)
…, due to call: 16.1, 16.2
…, incorrect: 15.9
…, safety/injury: 10.3, 19
…, spirit: 1.7.4
…, tactical discussions during: Comment on 10.5
…, technical: 19.2
…, unspecified: Annotation on 15

Straddle: 18.1.1.3

Strip: 17.3
…, by teammate: 12.1.1
…, in endzone: 17.3.2

Sudden stop: Annotation on 12.6, comment on 17.4.1

Time limits: A5

Time-out: 20
…, duration: 20.2, 20.3
…, none remaining: 20.4
…, substitution during play: 20.3.1
…, who can call: 20.2, 20.3

Travel: 18.2, 18.2.5
…, calling: 15.5.1
…, intentional: annotation on 1.2.1
…, throw-and-go: 18.2.2.1
…, violation: 18.2.7

Turnover: 13, 8.1
…, after goal: Annotation on 14.1
…, contested: Annotation on 9.5.4
…, location: 13.7 through 13.11
…, possession after: 13.5, annotation on 7.12

Video: Annotation on 1.10, A11.1

Violation: 15.3, 18
…, calling: 15, 15.6, 15.8
…, due to obstruction: 2.7
…, marking: 18.1.5

Weather: B4

Wrapping: 18.1.1.4