Spirit of the Game Commission

After his first game of Ultimate in 1999 and struggling to organise local games, Wolf decided to make the availability of Ultimate one of the factors in his choice of location. Since 2004 he has played Ultimate in Europe (Sweden, Switzerland, Norway) and in Asia (India, Singapore) and been fortunate to be able to participate in tournaments across the globe at all levels from fun tourneys to world championships.

The community is what makes Ultimate special and SOTG is what creates the community. Wolf's views on SOTG had been reinforced by his time involved in building India's Ultimate community: Seeing how Ultimate and SOTG more than any sport teach (young) minds about conflict resolution, responsibility and not winning at all cost inspires how Ultimate can change mindsets, behaviour and thus society for a better. He's been an active member for the SOTG committee since 2018, aside from his involvement in Beach Ultimate and organising teams. His goal is to make sure that SOTG survives as an integral and reliable part of the game as the sport gets more popular and more professional.

Professionally, Wolf is working as a product architect tackling the exciting challenges and opportunities that a globalised and digitalized world creates. He graduated as a software architect from Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (AUT) and an interaction designer from Chalmers University of Technology (SWE).

José Amoroso (he/him) Professor at the Polytechnic University of Leiria. Sub-Coordinator of the Quality Of Life Research Center. He also currently serves as the PE expert at the International School Sport Federation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing new ideas in PE for schools in the world.

José Amoroso founded Leiria Flying Objects in 2012, when he was playing and coaching the team. In 2017 he became president of the Portuguese Ultimate and Disc Sports Association. Since 2016 he has been developing the Ultimate and Disc Sports in Schools project. This project continues to grow to other countries. Since 2019, José Amoroso has been working to highlight Ultimate and disc sports at an academic and scientific level.

José Amoroso enjoys Beach Ultimate and DDC, Padel and Beach Volleyball recreationally.

José Amoroso received his PhD degree from Lúsofona University in PE and Sports.

Samir is a great fan of flying disc sports, more famous as " SAM SOTG '', he started playing ultimate in 2013 in Morocco. He is the founder of the club ULTIMATE CASABLANCA of which he is a coach and player. In 2015 he was champion of the first ultimate tournament organized in Morocco, in July of the same year he organized the first Hat tournament in the city of Casablanca, and began to participate in tournaments in Spain and Portugal, 2017 he participated in the WCBU in France with the UAE GrandMaster team. Sam has participated in the organization of several local and regional tournaments and has volunteered to run several clinics for the benefit of young people in order to popularize the practice of disc flying sports in several villages. Samir is currently a volunteer member of the SOTG committee and has the goal of playing ultimate on all five continents. In July 2022 Sam flew to Atlanta, USA for a tournament and a game against the German national team that was preparing for the 2022 World Games.

Anna Grünewald is an Ultimate Player from Germany. Her home team is NXT from Nuremberg. The team is playing in the first league of the mixed division. Besides Ultimate, she is an engineer, working as a project manager for a meter company.

Stefan Ignjatović (he/him) is a project management and marketing professional with ten years of experience in product launches and business development. He has led go-to-market efforts for various technical products and has a strong background in user research, technical storytelling, and performance analysis. He currently works as a Freelance Product Specialist and serves as the Secretary General for the Serbian Flying Disc Association.

Stefan's passion project is building permanent disc golf courses in Serbia and focusing on growing the local player community. As the Secretary General of the Serbian Flying Disc Association, he is responsible for facilities development and community growth.

Kate started playing ultimate in college and has been playing and coaching ever since. She has had the honor of competing nationally and internationally over the past two decades. She values Spirit of the Game and hopes to find ways to share her passion through her work on this committee.

Dario Lucisano is an Italian high school mathematics teacher currently living in France who discovered Ultimate during his Erasmus exchange in the United Kingdom in 2008. Since then, he has played and coached in the UK, Italy (Barbastreji), and France (Friselis). A passionate player and strong advocate for the Spirit of the Game, Dario believes that respect is at the heart of enjoying Ultimate together. He seeks the basic joy of play in all its forms — from practices and tournaments to involvement with national and international federations.

Chihiro "Senco" Ono started Ultimate in 2001 at the University of Tokyo. Since her early stage she has been into Ultimate rules and loved to discuss on and off the field. In 2006 she met a diverse pick up community called "Tokyo Ultimate", which gradually formed itself into IKU, a mixed club team. IKU played WUCC 2010 in Prague. Senco also played WMUCC 2018 in Winnipeg, where she captained a master mixed team Wasabi and won Spirit Award. It was one of the most memorable tournaments for her and she started sharing the knowledge and experience in the Japan Ultimate community. Around the same time she founded the JFDA SOTG Committee and joined WFDF SOTG Committee as well. She was also a Game Advisor and served at WU24 2019 in Heidelberg.

Eric is an ultimate player from Mexico City, Mexico. He is passionate about SOTG, particularly its potential as a tool for social change. He’s been working under this vision in México for a few years now, currently focusing on a project that promotes frisbee for peacebuilding and gender equity with at-risk-youth. He currently plays with Mexico City club Condor.

Godfrey is form Rwanda (East Africa), is a dedicated Ultimate Frisbee player and a proud member of the Spirit of the Game (SOTG) Committee. He has played Ultimate since 2009, serving as both team captain and spirit captain, and is deeply committed to promoting fair play, respect, and community within the sport across Africa and beyond.

Beyond the field, Godfrey is a Civil Engineer with over 12 years of experience in infrastructure development. He applies the same principles of teamwork and integrity from Ultimate to his professional work, helping to build bridges that connect and empower communities.

Yukie Yamaguchi (she/her) is a passionate Ultimate player and coach active in both Japan and Australia. She began playing in 2008 and represented the Japan Women’s National Team in 2012. Since then, she has remained deeply engaged in the international Ultimate community. After relocating to Australia in 2023, Yukie continued her dual role—competing with the Australian Masters Women’s Team in 2024, coaching the Australian Masters Mixed Beach Team for 2025, and leading the local open team ‘Krank’.

Yukie is committed to upholding and promoting Spirit of the Game at all levels. Her work focuses on especially addressing language barriers and cultural differences that can hinder smooth communication in multilingual and multicultural contexts. With a Master’s in TESOL, she brings a unique lens to communication, fairness, and respect.

As a member of the SOTG Committee, Yukie advocates for culturally sensitive spirit practices and strives to build bridges through language, empathy, and shared values.