A flying-disc game built around passing, positioning and playing your zone.
Pass. Position. Play.
Throw, catch, and think one pass ahead. Finsbee is a non-contact flying-disc game built around passing and positioning instead of running the field.
Two teams. One cross-row rule. A field that fits your group.
Learn the basics
Start with the zones. Find your next pass. Then follow a point.
Fins attack right →
← Bees attack left
Two players per zone, one from each side. Each side attacks the opponent’s end zone, marked by a double ring.
12 players → 6 zones
Twelve players is the reference. Other layouts are optional based on the size of the teams.
The receiver can move inside the circle to find space. The defender moves outside to influence the passing lane.
The circle is protected space. Defense must not enter or reach through it. No contact; no pivot-foot rule inside the circle.
The smaller player symbols show the available space. Positions are examples, not required spots.
Fins attack right →
✓ Opposite row · legal pass
A1 → B1 crosses rows and moves toward the opponent’s end zone.
Every pass crosses rows. Go forward, go back, or skip ahead. The zig-zag describes the layout, not a required passing sequence.
These passing examples use the six-zone reference. Catching and scoring have their own requirements.
Fins attack right →
✓ Opposite row · legal pass
B1 → A1 crosses rows and moves back. You don’t have to advance with every pass.
Play-test Reset Pass: both the thrower’s and receiving defenders stand clear. A clean catch is still required; an incomplete backward pass is a turnover.
These passing examples use the six-zone reference. Catching and scoring have their own requirements.
Fins attack right →
× Same row · illegal pass
A1 → A2 stays in the same row. Choose a player in the opposite row instead.
Every pass crosses rows. Go forward, go back, or skip ahead. The zig-zag describes the layout, not a required passing sequence.
These passing examples use the six-zone reference. Catching and scoring have their own requirements.
← Bees attack left
✓ Opposite row · legal pass
A2 → B2 crosses rows, looking past the nearer B1. You can skip a zone; there’s no need for an intermediate pass.
Every pass crosses rows. Go forward, go back, or skip ahead. The zig-zag describes the layout, not a required passing sequence.
These passing examples use the six-zone reference. Catching and scoring have their own requirements.
Fin marks and bee stripes identify the demonstration sides.Team names, diagrams and player positions are illustrative.
Learn by following the disc
Follow one point from the opening Serve through a score. Along the way, compare four possible outcomes when the disc reaches a receiver.
Fins attack right →
Heads · Fins chooses to serve
Tied at time? Next point wins.
Follow one example point. Six zones, twelve players, and two sides taking turns on offense.
The players begin together on the sideline, then enter their assigned zones.
Reduced motion: the field changes immediately. Manual controls remain available.
Player movement illustrates passing lanes, not a required formation or movement speed.
Follow one example point. Six zones, twelve players, and two sides taking turns on offense.
The players begin together on the sideline, then enter their assigned zones.
The coin-toss winner chooses first possession OR which end to defend. The other side gets the remaining choice.
The coin lands heads. Fins choose the Serve; Bees defend.
Fins serve and attack right. Bees defend and attack left when possession changes.
The players move from the sideline into their assigned zones.
One player from each side takes a zone. The current offense plays inside the circle; the current defense stays outside.
Offense Inside and Defense Outside are shown once here; later close-ups remove the repeated labels.
The disc starts in the serving side’s own end zone. The server’s defender cannot interfere; receiving defenders remain active.
This example Serve crosses from Fins’ own end zone to B2.
The receiver moves across the zone and controls the Serve. Normal play is now live.
An untouched incomplete Serve changes possession at the intended receiving zone. The new offense must complete one legal pass before the opponent’s end zone becomes live. A clean Serve interception is immediately live.
With possession, move within your circle and release within the current 10-second play-test count.
The large clock shows the count. No pivot-foot rule applies inside the circle.
The defender moves outside the protected circle to block a throwing lane while the attacker moves to create an angle.
No hand swats, interference with the throwing motion, or contact.
The defender steps into the protected circle. A red X marks the violation; offense keeps possession and the 10-second count resets.
The offending defender stands clear for the rethrow. Receiving defenders remain active.
From B2, A1 and A2 are legal forward choices. B1 and the far end zone are unavailable because they are in the same row.
B2 can pass back to Fins’ own end zone. Both defenders must stand clear for this protected backward cross-row pass.
A clean catch is required. An incomplete throw or drop is a turnover.
The thrower shifts left in B2 and sends the disc to A1.
The receiver shifts inside A1 to create an opening.
The offensive receiver catches and controls the pass.
Possession stays with Fins. No turnover occurs.
The defender touches the pass but does not control it. Possession is awarded to the intended receiver in A1.
A tip, swat or deflection without control is not a turnover.
The defender catches and controls the disc outside the circle, then becomes the attacker inside A1.
The circle changes color as Bees establishes possession.
The disc stops on the ground before roles change. Bees then receives possession in A1.
An untouched bad throw or offensive drop is a normal incompletion.
Bees moves inside and Fins moves outside at every circle.
The full field remains visible while all six pairs change roles. Team identity and end ownership stay fixed.
The Bees complete an ordinary cross-row pass from A1 to B2.
The view focuses on Fins’ own end zone, B2 and A1.
The Bees throw from B2 toward Fins’ own end zone.
A legal reception in the opponent’s end zone scores one point.
The disc lands in Bees’ raised hands. The player and disc celebrate as the scoreboard changes to 1–0.
Fins, the side scored upon, receives the next Serve.
The scoring team rotates clockwise: the Bees teammates move first, the Fins server steps into the end zone for the handoff, then the Bees scorer completes the move to A1.
Fins stays in its assigned zones and becomes the serving offense.
The Bees scorer hands the disc to Fins’ server. The 30-second Serve Clock begins at that handoff.
The scorer has completed their clockwise rotation to A1.
Fins does not Serve within 30 seconds and loses possession. Bees receives the disc in B2.
Normal play begins immediately. This is not an incomplete Serve.
The game ends when a side reaches 11 points or 30 minutes expires.
If tied at 30 minutes, play continues until one side scores the deciding point.
A receiving defender’s touch without control awards possession to the intended offensive receiver. A clean catch and control creates a turnover. An untouched bad throw or offensive drop is a normal incompletion. Turnovers reverse roles at every zone, while side identity and end ownership stay fixed.
Still learning from play
The six-zone reference uses the standard dimensions below.
No outer field boundary is specified by these diagrams.