Ethnography

Ethnography

November 23, 2014

The Ultimate Frisbee



The day is November 22, 2014, 11:30 p.m. the time is 11:30 a.m. Today I decided to analyze the Schools fitness center at USMN University. The gym was called center fitness and I decided to observe the recreational area, where they had numerous events going on such as intramural leagues. Whether the games be basketball, volleyball, or even flag football, I was even surprised how they had ultimate Frisbee as a league as well. For this blog I will write about a specific few people whom I found interesting. The three people I will write about is an African American known as Falsetto, he was 24 years old, there was a 19 year old gorgeous Hispanic female whom was named Fierro Jasmine, Finally there was a handsome Samoan and Hispanic male whom was 20 years old, his name was Sole Luv. They were honestly the most interesting group of people that I have ever met in my life. Through their comedy, love for one another, and family bonding I was able to pinpoint those members out of everyone that was playing throughout the recreational sports.
                These few people had an interesting swagger about them if you will. They had a bond that no other player had; first off I will talk about ultimate Frisbee they seemed like the Harlem Globetrotters for the USMN University. Falsetto would throw the Frisbee to Fierro Jasmine with a key phrase that only those three knew. He would say “ Hoah Bruh run for the shoots Dogg, oh and don’t forget the sauce yea!!!” Fierro Jasmine would then do a slant and run for a post route; finally he would throw the Frisbee directly to her and she would catch it. Finally Fierro Jasmine would throw the Frisbee to Sole Luv, personally it seemed that those two had a personal connection with one another. Almost as if they were in a romantic relationship with one another. She would yell out routes for him to run that had nothing to do with his specific direction that he was supposed to run. For instance she would yell “Babe Dishes are in the sink tonight from pasta, oh and don’t forget to take out the trash while you’re at it. Don’t forget that I love you”. From there sole luv would run a straight route, where he would cut left and juke the defender. From there Fierro Jasmine through the Frisbee and he caught it for a touchdown pass. The three were inseparable, they all used key phrases, and I remember one play where I observed Sole Luv and Falsetto running a route for a touchdown play with only those two players. The play begins at the end of the basketball court where Falsetto convinces Sole Luv that he was a little girl, and started making fun of him in front of the whole team.
                Sole Luv would then respond in an angry comment like “Shut Up man I’m so Tired of you thinking that you are better than me, honestly man you are nothing but old. You judge me too much man, screw it!!!!! I don’t even care about this sorry team anymore just find another player. The scene was so dramatic that the Refs came to intervene to see what was wrong. The whole team was saying “nothing ref” afterwards the game resumed. From there Falsetto told Sole Luv in front of everyone that “You aren’t going to do anything for this team wasn’t going to do anything for the team and snapped the Frisbee. I noticed that Falsetto winked at sole luv whenever he said it. From there Sole Luv ran a slant, and post come back route where he was in the end zone. Honestly no one expected the route, and Falsetto threw the winning points to Sole Luv. At the end of the game I noticed that Falsetto said to Sole Luv “You know I didn’t mean anything that I said to you little bro, I love you bro till the end”.

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