Ultimate Project #12
Michael looks at 3 plays from the Brute Squad vs Scandal game at the 2011 Boston Invite. He looks at what went right and what went wrong in the two plays and offers some suggestions for improvement.
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Getting to Know Thomas Kuhn
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…
Effective Goal Setting and Progress Tracking
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…
Season of Ultimate Stats – Part 1
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Cold Weather Ultimate – Should I Wear Gloves?
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…
The Ten Commandments of Frisbee
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Talent is Overrated
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Favourite Frisbee Quotes
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