I’ve been asked by a few friends what events I compete in at an Overall Disc Sports Competition. There are 7 events: accuracy, discathon, freestyle, disc golf, self caught flight, double disc court and distance: ACCURACY – Players get a…
Thomas Kuhn, a member of the 2008 World Champion Canadian Open team, was recently selected to be a member of the Open Team which will be traveling to Sakai, Japan in July to compete in the 2012 WFDF World Ultimate…
I’ve been asked this question quite a bit by my fans and so I wanted to give you an outline for what you should be working on in the gym and in your training sessions. For most of it, I…
One of the key parts of getting more power in your throw is to increase the mobility in your thoracic spine. Prayers, a thoracic spine mobilizer, is an exercise I’ve been doing for a few months in my warm-up before…
This summer, I’m partnering up with the Calgary Ultimate Association. They’re a not-for-profit group focused on growing ultimate in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with their goal being to make ultimate the sport of choice for athletes. They’ve done a great job…
In this video, I introduce my trainer, Curtis Howden, and we talk about how I’m training for disc sports competitions with a specific focus on getting more power in my throw. We’re starting by mobilizing my thoracic spine and by…
If you live and play in North America, official rules are here: If you play anywhere else in the world, the WFDF official rules of ultimate: Here is a quick summary of the rules: The Field: A rectangular…
This page will contain documents and links which you can use to help teach your fellow teammates and to help coach yourself to become a better player. Throwing 101 – Tips and Cues for Teaching Throwing and Catching (pdf) Glossary…
Thomas Kuhn, an ultimate frisbee player living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, won World’s in 2008 with the Team Canada Open team. He was recently selected to the roster again this year and will be traveling to Sakai, Japan in July…
No matter what you’re doing, if you don’t have a way of tracking your progress, how will you know what works and doesn’t work? How will you be able to appreciate how far you’ve come or how will you even…
How do you expect to learn if you don’t play? What I mean by this is, if you spend all of your time practicing throwing or practicing running plays or practicing catching, how are you actually going to get better?…
Before I read The Ultimate Athlete Handbook, I first skimmed it to see how the content was laid out. As an avid reader and writer, this matters to me on both sides. First as a reader, I like to see…
All over the world ultimate is played by millions of players in warm sunny climates, on green grassy fields with a gentle breeze in the air. However, for many of these players, for half the year, the sun hides behind…
*Having good fitness will help but ultimately frisbee skills are more important Far too often, I read about players spending all of their time in the gym and barely any on the field spent practicing. I don’t mean being at…
Some would say there’s a fine line between passion and obsession. First of all, what is the difference? I found a great explanation that I will use here to frame the rest of this post. Passion – when people admire…
I think this is a very important point to make. People aren’t born good ultimate players. Good ultimate players are made out of people who are willing to put in the time to practice, those who are willing to travel…
2011 was a huge year for me – I was flown to Mexico in June to coach Malaki UFC, I competed in the WFDF World Overall Flying Disc Championships in July in Fort Collins, Colorado, I competed in the Skyhoundz…
Too many times in a game, the disc will be thrown, the player on offense will catch it, the defender will turn to their team and shout “Where was the up call?”. However, it’s not up to your team to…
In this video Dan “Stork” Roddick gives his thoughts on what the future of frisbee will look like. He doesn’t think that disc sports should be commercialized like other sports – pods that exists in all areas which allow people…
We’ve heard the story before – a team who is better on paper loses to a team who is a better team. Why is that? There are many reasons but I think it all comes down to respect. No matter…
Is it for the Spirit of the Game? Is it because you love throwing? Is it because you love going to tournaments and getting away from home once in a while? Whatever the reason, we all love this game. Those…