Exercise Caution With Set Plays
About 5 years ago, I was at a practice for the men’s team I was on. We were working on a particular play. What I’ll […]
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Recruiting for Your College Team
It’s that time again! College captains are scrambling to find those eager athletes to join their squad. As a captain of a small school, I […]
Freestyle the “Ultimate” Edge
(A fast-freestyle playing exercise/guide for learning and practicing disc handling skills used in ultimate) In the early days of Frisbee before disc sports, the original […]
10 Guidelines for a Rookie Handler
When I was learning to play Ultimate, I didn’t have a coach, mentor, or Ultimate Rob videos. I had to teach myself the game and […]
How to Build a Team
For all things great to have become great, there had to be a starting point. You think the University of Alabama just magically got good […]
Ultimate Doesn’t Need a Name Change
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article arguing for why ultimate needed a name change. It generated a lot of discussion on twitter, reddit, […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 4 / 5
On day 4 we were rewarded with an extra hour of sleep because of the late night spent painting t-shirts. So we went straight to […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 3
25th May 2014 Day 3 was spent in preparation for the upcoming tournament which starts in a day. The teams had two session of Ultimate […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 2
24th May 2014 I happened to be running into the room to hunt for one of my campers when I saw Narmada from Chennai […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 1
A 5 am wake up call is something that people would not want to adhere to during summer holidays. Our campers however chose this […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 0.5
22nd May, 2014 Starting the day with Burmese breakfast is pretty rare when we are in our home towns, it’s the last thing […]
Indian National Youth Camp – Day 0
This is a quick introduction to the first ever National Ultimate Youth Camp at Surat, India. The Ultimate Camp at Surat is the first of […]
Ultimate Needs a Name Change
Ultimate frisbee. Ultimate. Frisbee. For those of us who play the sport, we know what it’s all about. But for someone who has never heard […]
10 Things Every Captain Should Know
Captaining my Ultimate team has been the most stressful job of my college career. Forget the midterms, forget the finals, forget about juggling my job, […]
Handler Cutting
The Basics There is a principle I want to start with here that transcends the position on the field that you’re making your cut (downfield, […]
Effective Coaching of Drills
As an intermediate player I used to wonder why our captains and coaches insist on running the same drills over and over again. Frankly, I […]
Why You Should Play Club Ultimate
Or more specifically…why college players should play club ultimate. Playing Ultimate shouldn’t be reserved just for half of the year. The feeling of skying someone who has […]
The Mexican Offence
Many of you are familiar with the vertical, horizontal and spread offence but not many of you have heard about the Mexican Offence. It’s relatively […]
Throwing Drills To Do On Your Own
For me, I approach throwing practice for ultimate much like practicing hitting balls/putting for golf. You want to focus on repetition, different throws (forehand, backhand, […]
The Interns’ Favourite Articles
During my recent intern contest I ran, I asked the potential interns to submit their favourite articles to me. In the end I chose 4 […]
Review: The Foundation & F.U.T.U.R.E.
If you haven’t heard of Tim Morrill, you should take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with who he is and what he does. He’s […]