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 including fouls, travel, disc-width, fast count, pick and numerous others. Ultimate is a sport full…
Month October 2012
Gym Class Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate Frisbee is a fun, challenging, inclusive team sport. It is played in over 50 countries around the world and continues to grow rapidly. In the US, nearly 1 million people play the game. Competitive- level players who are members of USA…
How to Throw a Flatter Flick
The key here is mechanics and muscle memory. As Michael Jordan said (and we can apply this to throwing a frisbee): You can practice throwing (shooting) eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become…
30 Quick Tips on my 30th Birthday
Today I turn 30. I started throwing a disc 12 years ago and started playing ultimate 11 years ago. In that time I’ve played on roughly 19 teams in 3 different countries, been to over 50 tournaments, have met thousands…
Dumping the Disc: Offence & Defence
This tutorial video for the Calgary Ultimate Association talks about how to cut into space. The key points are: recognize what the dump mark is doing, fake the marker to create space, work with the dump. For more info on…
Pull Diagonally and Have Better Pulls
At the 2008 Canadian Ultimate Championships, my men’s team from Calgary, Invictus, was playing the men’s team from Montreal, Mephisto, in the semi finals. A good friend of mine, Elliot Negelev was watching our game and after one of my…
Cutting Into Space
This tutorial video for the Calgary Ultimate Association talks about how to cut into space. The key points are: Know where the open and break side are, cutting to the break side is easy space for the cutter; requires a…