Why Teenagers Shouldn’t Play Ultimate Frisbee Year-Round
Teenagers need a break from ultimate to grow, avoid burnout, and build new skills.
Category Leadership
Train For Ultimate Virtual Retreat
What: A virtual retreat where you can hear from some of the top female minds in training for Ultimate! After the coaches panel, stick around for a Cocktail Camp with Anna Thorn (non-alcoholic cocktails included in activities!) When: Saturday, March…
In Recognition of #BellLetsTalk Day
Today is #BellLetsTalk day. There are many stories being shared and so many people are talking publicly about their struggles for the very first time. For many, that’s the first step on a long journey. Others started on that journey a while…
How To Choose an Ultimate Frisbee Team
One of the biggest factors in your development as an ultimate frisbee player is actually what TEAM you belong to. In this video, I talk about the things to look out for (and avoid) when it comes to recreational ultimate…
College Women’s Ultimate Resources Manual 2nd Edition
The 2nd Edition of the College Women’s Ultimate Resources Manual is now available to you for FREE!
Everyone Needs a Hero – Especially Kids
If we were to ask a kid to come up a list of their heroes from the pro sports leagues, they might say something similar to the following: NHL – Sydney Crosby; NFL – Peyton Manning; NBA – Lebron James;…
Sideline Presence
Teams across the globe know how important it is to have home field advantage. When NFL teams travel to New Orleans or Seattle, chances are, the home team comes out with the dub. Matter of fact, those two teams are…
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 never forget is how regimental our play practice was. Literally we were working on player…
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 can assure you, it’s pretty difficult to find recruits. People are joining organizations left and…
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 whenever my friends learned something new, we’d spread the knowledge with each other. I was…
How to Build a Team
For all those great teams to have become great, there had to be a starting point. You think the University of Alabama just magically got good at football? Although Nick Saban might as well be a Houdini, magic isn’t the…
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 as usual. The morning was spent doing the drills that was part of the curriculum.…
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 writing a log. I asked her if she writes every day and If I could translate…
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 its kind in India. It’s a gathering of about 130 adolescents and 30 coaches for…
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, school, church, and girlfriend. But no matter how stressful the role was, the payoff was…
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 found it boring! I assumed drills, like warming up and stretching, was a waste of…
What Does “Man Up” Mean?
We have been hearing it for years from Brodie Smith when he tells us to “Man Up”. But what does it mean. Check out this fantastic TEDx talk by Carlos Andrés Gómez talking about what it actually means to truly “man…
On Endings
For me, the best part about qualifying for Nationals has always been the opportunity to spend a few more weeks with my team. I have extremely fond memories of those precious extra moments earned at both Cal and Texas, (and…
Deposits in the Bank
Former Australian cricketer, Adam Gilchrist, hits the nail on the head in his biography ‘True Colours: My Life’. Gilly explains beautifully about how pushing yourself in training and in practice games is akin to making ‘deposits in the bank’. He cites the…
Notes & Musings From My Coaching Experience
Agni Nakshatra is Chennai Ultimate Frisbee’s free annual introductory bootcamp + mini-tournament in which volunteer coaches spend time teaching new players the sport. I got to spend some time with some enthusiastic folks who turned up to try out Ultimate for the first…
Changing the Team Strategy
Malissa Lundgren, Ultimate Canada’s 2011 Female Athlete of the Year, discusses how the Capitals were more successful after changing their team strategy following their 2009 semi final loss in the UPA Championships to Brute Squad. In 2010, they would go…