Melissa Witmer, Author at Ultimate Rob

Low Release Throwing Drill

October 18, 2011December 17, 2020Melissa Witmer Comment

Excellent throwing drill for intermediate and advanced throwers. Visit scandalultimate.com to learn more about the team and its players. You can get these awesome reversible […]

The Anatomy of a Backhand

February 11, 2010December 5, 2016Melissa Witmer 1

The key to advancing from short throws to long throws is not about using more effort, it’s about using more of your body. In your […]

Teaching the Brain Motor Skills

January 27, 2010October 7, 2018Melissa Witmer 5

Brain science tells us that the brain uses different processes and different parts for gaining different types of knowledge. The type of conscious, or explicit, […]

More Surprising Findings from the World of Biomechanical Analysis!

January 13, 2010November 21, 2012Melissa Witmer 6

This is part II of the summary I began last week (located here). Today’s discussion has important implications for how we instruct new players in […]

Surprising Findings From the World of Biomechanical Analysis!

December 31, 2009November 21, 2012Melissa Witmer 8

I am going to attempt a summary of an article published in Sports Biomechanics called “Biomechanical analysis of the sidearm throwing motion for distance of […]

Throwing Practice Evolution

December 27, 2009November 21, 2012Melissa Witmer 1

What follows are my thoughts on phases a player might go through as they engage in deliberate throwing practice.

These are offered so that you know what to expect and can avoid becoming stagnant.

Deliberate Practice

November 17, 2009November 21, 2012Melissa Witmer 2

Obviously you want to be practicing the right throwing techniques. You should also learn how to practice the right practice techniques. Research by psychologist K. […]

Ultimate Needs a Name Change - Ultimate Rob - This Is How It All Began

[…] you’ve read my post about How It All Began, where I share an interview between Willie Herndon and Jared Kass (who invented ultimate and […]

HESK Digital - Ultimate Needs a Name Change

Great article. As a person who has never played ultimate frisbee. But watching a few games on YouTube the name doesn't do it justice. Go with something like flat ball implies its like football which is the type of audience I would imagine you would want to appeal to. You could also just mesh the two names and call it Ultimate Flat ball?

russell - Imagining Ultimate As A Major Sport

Now imagine what ultimate as a major sport would to to spirit of the game

Book Review: "Anthropica" Spins Wild Web Through Time, Space, and Ultimate | Ultiworld - Mini Ultimate – 3 on 3

[…] be surprised to even know existed, like “Cojones” (who made semis at Nationals!). He also is credited with inventing mini, at least in a standardized […]

Maxime - More Surprising Findings from the World of Biomechanical Analysis!

Hey Melissa! I understand the most of the explications on this page, but I didn't understand what's wrong with the hands shaking? I mean, this is really how beginners throw I remarked that one coaching cue I constantly heard about is "use your wrist when you flick the disc" or something like that. And... You mean that we need to use the flipping the pie... I don't really understand well how to transfer it to a throwing mechanics... I mean... By your explanation I refer myself to the flick throw mechanics Rowan McDonnell show in one of his video. He take the disc, do an abduction with his forearm (at this moment, the disc is up ready to throw like an archer who is ready to shoot, and the forearm face down in a ~45 degrees), so his wrist is in a pronation position (the pie is going down) and when he throw he place his wrist in a supination to proantion position. I tried to figure out the entire throwing mechanics. He explain here how to do this at home (to practice the motion) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49u9-IznjRc