It’s Not About You
After a bit of a hiatus due to holidays and focusing on other sports (mountain biking yay!) I have spent the last couple of weeks […]
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Call On Me
Here’s a few tips on what to do when an opponent makes a call on you. There’s a bunch of calls that could be made […]
Pulling Power
As a player you might, at times, think about ways you can improve your contribution to your team. Alternatively you might be looking for a […]
Good Mistakes
All ultimate players make mistakes on the field. There’s a huge range of things that you can do wrong, affecting the game, your team and […]
Cutting with Flow
Years ago a friend of mine linked me to a blog post where the author was speaking to an ultimate team about their strengths and […]
Let’s Talk About Space
Recently I have been consuming quite a bit of Ultimate. After an injury-induced hiatus I am now playing in two leagues and I have also […]
Catch the D!
This post contains a lesson that will be familiar to many Ultimate players. It is a lesson that I learnt the hard way, on the […]
The Captain’s Conundrum
This past weekend saw me returning to Ultimate after a three month break due to an ankle injury that I suffered whilst playing in a […]
The Throwing Comfort Zone
In previous posts I have made reference to The Throwing Comfort Zone. This post will explore the concept of The Throwing Comfort Zone whilst also […]
Throwing for Connections
This is the last post in a mini-series on why connections count within Ultimate. The first post highlighted that all passes, including scoring passes, rely on an interaction between […]
Cutting for Connections
In my previous post I highlighted the importance of connections within ultimate. I’d recommend having a read of the full post. As a recap, the […]
The Connections Count
Aside from ultimate, think of another sport where the act of scoring a point or a goal requires an interaction between two players…. I can’t […]
Calm Under Pressure
Arguably one of the most pressure intensive parts of playing ultimate is when you have the disc in your hand. The outcome of the point is completely […]
Ultimate Intelligence – Head to the End Zone!
This is the first of a series of Ultimate Intelligence posts that I hope to write. These posts will hopefully provide some useful information that […]