Rob McLeod is a frisbee ambassador and motivational speaker who holds 6 Guinness World Records, 13 World Championships, and the Canadian Distance Record. He created ultimaterob.com in 2009.
Get to know Leif Force and Phil Laak In an article published on Slate, it states there that 4.7 million Americans played Ultimate Frisbee at least once in 2010. It also revealed that more than 1.5 million people play this… Read More »Poker Players Get Into Ultimate Frisbee
This post was inspired by a question on facebook from one of my fans. Let me know if you have any questions related to o-line handling. Q: Hey bro,could you give me some pointers on how to be an O-Handler?… Read More »Tips for O Line Handlers
Along with the most common throws in ultimate, we have the ability to throw a bunch of other throws which aren’t very common or never ever used in a game…but they’re throws and learning to throw them is a good… Read More »Uncommon Throws in Ultimate Frisbee
Meet Andrea Rigler, the 2012 UFO Freestyle World Champion and a former ultimate player turned disc dogger. Andrea used to throw to her dog during halftimes and after games and the more she did, the more she liked it. After… Read More »From Ultimate to Disc Dog
Whether you’re new to the sport or you’ve been playing a long time, there are some throws which are crucial to being a good handler. Some of these throws you will use far less often than the standard forehand and… Read More »Common Throws in Ultimate Frisbee
It’s always interesting whenever some of the most well known players in our sport are brought together to talk about the future of ultimate. It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future So too is this statement true… Read More »UCPC 2013: Future of Ultimate Panel Discussion
I am looking for an intern. An awesome intern. THE ultimate intern. Definition: A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training. What I’m looking for: – Help with writing posts – Help with Twitter/Facebook marketing – Help come up… Read More »Become THE Ultimate Intern
This post is based on the following question from Max S: Question: I had a couple questions about throwing the disk. The first is about throwing in crosswind. My understanding of crosswind throwing seems to be flawed. Example: Wind is going right to… Read More »Throwing in a Crosswind
The Playspedia drill of the week is called 3 Cone Speed and Catch. This drill is executed with full speed, it works on agility, change of direction, speed and catching on the run. Setup Sprint from 10 to 11 Hard cut to… Read More »3 Cone Speed and Catch – Drill of the Week
The Zen Throwing Routine, developed by Ben Wiggins, is a combination of a group of exercises that he found to help develop his own balance and versatility in throwing.
How many times have you been in a huddle during halftime and you heard “let’s stop dropping” or “no more drops the rest of the game’? For me, I’ve heard it many times on teams all the way from first… Read More »“Just Catch”
Kung Fu Throwing is a system developed by Lou Burruss and Mike Caldwell in 2005. He wanted to come up with a structured throwing plan to help developing throwers. As the only two Seattle Sockeye players who lived on Capitol… Read More »Kung Fu Throwing Video Tutorial
Tim Ambery, originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is biking across Canada this summer and will be hitting up as many ultimate frisbee tournaments, games and events as he can along the way. He was in Calgary for a few days… Read More »Interview with Tim Ambery
Sherri Rose, from Alberta Canada, found out about ultimate at a camp 3 years ago and fell in love with it immediately. Since then, she has traveled to 2 college ultimate championship weekends, the 2012 USA Ultimate Championships and the… Read More »Get to Know Sherri Rose
My name is Rob McLeod and I am a disc sports competitor living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This will be my second WFDF World Overall Flying Disc Championships. In 2001, I finished 4th overall (3rd in Self Caught Flight and… Read More »Help Send Rob to the World Overall
The drill of the week is called the Lane Cutting Drill and comes from Playspedia. This is a great drill to work on cutting, recognizing open space and defending a cut. Along with this week’s Drill of the Week from Playspedia comes… Read More »Lane Cutting Drill – Drill of the Week
It’s been a few weeks since my last giveaway so I think it’s time for another! I’m giving away a custom Ultimate Rob Discraft Ultrastar. All you have to do to enter is comment on this post answering the following… Read More »Win an Ultimate Rob Disc
The drill of the week from Playspedia is all about Timing Horizontal Cuts. I find this drill especially useful since running the horizontal correctly is all about cutting to space and this drill will help your players understand where the… Read More »Timing Horizontal Cuts – Drill of the Week
The drill of the week is called the Hustle Drill and comes from Playspedia. This is a great drill to work on cutting, catching while tired, running through the disc and throwing while tired. This is an enlarged display of… Read More »Hustle Drill – Drill of the Week
Malissa Lundgren, Ultimate Canada’s 2011 Female Athlete of the Year, talks about the 2012 USA Ultimate Championships and in particular, how bad the wind was. Mother nature is a factor we can never control so it’s all about doing the… Read More »Windy Sarasota – 2012 USAU
This week’s play of the week from Playspedia is called Storm. This play, used on a brick pull, is really simple yet I feel that it would be quite effective. Since the cutter is striking deep on the break side, the defender… Read More »Storm – Play of the Week