Practice,Psychology,Tournaments 17 June 2010

Ever since I started playing sports, one thing I’ve loved has been the pre game warmup. When I played hockey, we’d come onto the ice to ACDC, Metallia and Guns ‘n Roses and go through our warmup drills. I remember how pumped I’d get from doing the same drills before every game. It helped calm the nerves, helped me warm up and helped me get into the right mindset to focus on the game.

The same is true for any sport.

Basketball, volleyball, soccer can all have similar warmups to hockey with loud music and the usual warmup drills.

 Psychology 28 October 2009

From my experience coaching and playing sports, I’ve come to a few conclusions:

1. The best players aren’t usually the best coaches (more often than not they aren’t)
2. The best teams are the one who play together as a team the best; not necessarily the team with the best players
3. Captains of a team are the players who lead by example, encourage rather than complain, and aren’t necessarily the best players (although many times one of the captains is usually the best player on the team)

Now, when you go to pick your team, I would keep those 3 things in mind and approach it like so:

 Events,Tournaments 28 October 2009

Title: 2009 UPA Club Championships
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Link out: Click here
Description: The 2009 UPA Club Ultimate Championships are a brought to you by the Ultimate Players Association. More than 10,000 athletes on over 600 teams from across North America entered the UPA Championship Series in early September. Two months later only the top Ultimate teams from across North America are left. These teams will meet in Sarasota over 4 days to compete for the 2009 UPA Championship.
Start Date: 2009-10-29
End Date: 2009-11-02

Popularity: 5%

 Training 26 October 2009

I get asked by lots of people about training for ultimate, and what sort of things I do for fitness.

You can break this down into several parts which contribute to being a good player. In order to be successful, I believe you need to have the following:

1. Run fast
2. Jump high
3. Throw consistently/far
4. Be a good catcher
5. Good recovery
6. Quick feet
7. Good endurance
8. Good field sense
9. Understanding of plays

These are important elements which make up a good player. In order to ensure that you’re good at all of these, here is what I suggest:

 Hammer,Throwing 23 October 2009

Why is it important to know how to throw a hammer?

The more throws you are able to throw the better because you will be more of a threat to your opponents and the harder they will have to work to cover all of your players when you have the disc. By having the hammer as an option, you will be a huge asset to your team and you will force the defense to be more aware when you have the disc.

When should you throw a hammer?

You will hear many different things from many different people, but there are several cases in which I think a hammer is useful:

 Pulling,Videos 21 October 2009

This is an instructional video talking about how you can use your core for more power on your pulls and how to engage your entire body instead of only using your arm.

Popularity: 33%

 Pulling,Videos 21 October 2009

This is an instructional video showing the footwork and approach elements which are crucial in becoming a better puller. In this video I discuss my approach to the throw and where I’ve gained my inspiration from.

Popularity: 32%

 Hucking,Videos 21 October 2009

This is an instructional video talking about using your core when hucking and the importance of spin on your hucks. You can gain more power using your core and you can control the flight of the disc in any condition with more spin on the frisbee.

Popularity: 43%

 Hucking,Videos 21 October 2009

This is an instructional video talking about hucking with edges. When you learn how to throw with edges, you will become a better thrower overall, especially when you’re throwing in the wind.

Popularity: 34%

 Hucking,Videos 21 October 2009

This is an instructional video which is the final in the hucking series. In this video I talk about 2 of the common problems you might have when hucking and how to fix them.

Popularity: 30%