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  • Ultimate Rob
  • January 5, 2010

Ultimate Rob is not just one person. Although the idea of this website was conceived by Rob McLeod, he relies on several contributors for content and without these people, my site would not have the variety, the expertise nor the topics that it does. If you’re interested in becoming a contributor, contact me so we can discuss how you can become involved.


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  • Abhinav Vinayakh ShankarAbhinav Vinayakh Shankar (2 posts)
    Indian player on a personal mission to keep Ultimate fun and Spirited, his proudest moment in the sport, justifiably, came at The World Championships of Beach Ultimate 2011 (WCBU '11) in Italy, where he represented India in the open division and they won the Spirit Award. Abhinav serves as the Secretary at Chennai Ultimate Frisbee Club, the largest club in the country. Every October, he helps conceptualize and run BULA certified tournament Chennai Heat (A 7v7 co-ed Beach tournament on full size flood-lit fields that draws crowds of over 5000 people!) He trains with fitness coach Arvind Ashok (co-founder of The Quad).
  • Bobo EyrichBobo Eyrich (1 post)
  • Brian LoBrian Lo (8 posts)
    I've been playing this game long enough with and against some pretty damn good players to learn a few things from them.
  • Dan Cogan-DrewDan Cogan-Drew (5 posts)
  • Ian Brook FisherIan Brook Fisher (1 post)
    In real life, I play the role of an admission counselor for Reed College.
  • Jason de Puit (16 posts)
    Hi there! I am Jason and I am from Hobart, the capital of Tasmania way down south in Australia. My posts on Ultimate Rob will revolve around sharing some of the learnings I have experienced whilst improving myself as a player. I have experienced many aspects of the sport and hopefully the articles will prove useful for a wide range of players. Generally speaking I hope to appeal to fairly new players, but hopefully well established players may find something useful as well.
  • Jim PalmeriJim Palmeri (1 post)
    Jim’s pivotal work in the early 1970′s helped launch disc golf as a competitive sport. His personal sacrifice made possible many marvelous events, including the 1974 American Flying Disc Open and the 1984 PDGA World Championships. Jim’s knowledge of the flying disc is positively encyclopedic.
  • Keith KriegerKeith Krieger (5 posts)
    Keith has been playing ultimate for close to a decade. He's had the opportunity to play both formally and informally with teams the west and east coast of Canada. His main focus has been playing with Wreckhouse from St. John's NL. Like most, he plays ultimate for the competition, fitness and strategy.
  • Malissa Lundgren (1 post)
  • Mandy WintinkMandy Wintink (11 posts)
    My heart inspires me to write about human nature (mind, body, spirit) as I come to know it, often using my own experience as a segue. I draw upon the knowledge I have gathered throughout my journey into Psychology, Neuroscience, Meditation, Yoga, Intuition, Passion…The journey continues to enlighten me.
  • Melissa Witmer (7 posts)
    Melissa wants to give back a little bit of what ultimate has given to her. She would like to enable all those students/coaches out there who are working hard for their teammates. She hopes that you find her reflections and resources to be useful. Building a team or taking one to the next level requires an insane amount of effort and although the resources here cannot fix that problem, we hope to give you confidence in doing the work and that your work may be made more effective. Good luck!
  • Michael LawlerMichael Lawler (15 posts)
    Michael Lawler (former Brute Squad/Riot coach) has created a series of videos analyzing footage from the past couple of years and utilizing them as teaching moments. They are a fantastic resource for new players and coaches.
  • Michelle NgMichelle Ng (5 posts)
    Michelle currently plays for Phoenix, and is a former captain of Texas Showdown, Bay Area Slackjaw, University of Texas Melee, and the UC Berkeley Pie Queens. She was a Callahan Top 3 finisher in 2006, an All-Region selection in 2008, and won the Kathy Pufahl Award in 2010. She is a two-time College Nationals Qualifier with UC Berkeley and University of Texas, and a four-time Club Nationals Qualifier with Showdown, Molly Brown, and Phoenix. Michelle started running tournaments in Fall 2005 out of a desire to create more playing opportunities for her college team. When she moved to Austin in Summer 2006, she saw a huge disparity between the number of opportunities she had on the West Coast and the opportunities she now had in the South Region. With the help of her college teammates at the University of Texas, Michelle strove to change that. Michelle's efforts have continued to grow over the years and she has run dozens of tournaments and clinics all over North America, the majority of which have been fundraisers for college teams. Michelle also works as an Events & Relationship Manager for VC Ultimate.
  • Stephen WintersStephen Winters (4 posts)
    I grew up in Minnesota and spent lots of time as a kid throwing around frisbees just to see them fly. Somehow, I never played ultimate until I was 25, but I joined a summer league then (in 1999) and haven't stopped playing since. When I'm not playing ultimate, I profess linguistics at the University of Calgary, calculate all the baseball stats at www.basesproduced.com, and take pictures of the beautiful things I see in the world around me.
  • Ultimate RobUltimate Rob (203 posts)
    Rob McLeod is a disc sports competitor, a 9 time World Record holder (including 2 Guinness World Records), a 3-time World Champion and a Quadruped National title holder who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also known as Ultimate Rob and founded ultimaterob.com in 2009.
  • Vincci TsuiVincci Tsui (1 post)
    Vincci is a Registered Dietitian with. Vincci is also a long-time member of World Health and can often be found taking Muay Thai at World Health Richmond. You can tweet her @VincciT.