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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine
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10 Ways to Have Fun with a Frisbee

It's an aerodynamic wonder, an international sporting phenomenon -- and one heck of a dog toy. It's the flying disk, of course, and your family's ticket to high-flying fun.

Hammer Throw Gary Auerbach, freestyle Frisbee© champ and founder of the Spinning Bees (a group that teaches Frisbee© skills to kids), says this unusual throw is perfect for beginners--it's forgiving and looks mighty impressive since the disk flies upside down. (Our instructions and diagrams are for righties; lefties should reverse them.)

1. Separate your middle and ring fingers as if making Mr. Spock's Vulcan greeting, putting your index and middle finger on the inner rim of the Frisbee© and your thumb on the other side (as shown). Your middle finger should lie along the rim near the six o'clock position.

2. Bring the disk up over your head, holding it nearly upside down.

3. Take a big step forward with your left foot while beginning your overhand throw. Let go at the same instant you'd release a baseball or football. The disk should slowly rotate into a swerving, upside-down flight path.

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