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Frisbee Skills, Not Fitness, Wins Games*

5 February 2012

*Having good fitness will help but ultimately frisbee skills are more important

Far too often, I read about players spending all of their time in the gym and barely any on the field spent practicing. I don’t mean being at practice with your team. I mean going out on your own (or with a partner) practicing throwing and catching. Throwing and catching are a huge part of the game. If you are the fastest player on your team but you can’t throw or catch, then you won’t be very useful.

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Where It All Began

Throwing,Videos

10 August 2011

Eleven years ago, I bought a frisbee at the University of Alberta’s club week from the University of Alberta Ultimate team. I started throwing that disc in a field close to my aunt + uncle’s house and would throw 3-4 nights per week for an hour each time.

Looking back, it’s easy to see how I started and how far I’ve come. I really appreciate all the support of my fans over the past 2 years and look forward to providing you more videos and articles to help you improve your game.

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Throw It Early

Psychology,Throwing

17 July 2011

To follow up on my post Checking Your Shoulder – Buttonhook, let’s talk about when to throw to those cuts. In general, you want to put the disc up as early as possible.

There are a lot of factors involved in decision making, but in an ideal world, you want to be releasing your throw after the cutter has planted and has started their first step back toward you. Putting the disc up early has various benefits:

Maximizes yardage on the incut. The longer you wait, the closer to you the cutter gets and the less yardage gained on their incut.

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Two Hucks – Ultimate Project #4

Hucking,Offense,Videos

8 July 2011

In the Ultimate Project #4, Michael combines the first 3 videos and looks at 2 hucks. One from Brute / Riot at 2010 worlds and one from Brute / Fury at 2010 ECC. The two plays are similar and Betsy is the deep cutter in both plays. One play is successful and the other isn’t and this video looks at the differences.

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Long Throw Analysis Part 2 – Ultimate Project #3

Hucking,Main,Offense,Videos

24 June 2011

Similar to Project 2, but 6 examples from the Brute / Capitals finals of 2010 Philly Fusion. This one shows the plays from ground level from both end zones.