3 Man Drill – Marking & Faking
One of the best drills I’ve done is called the 3 Man Drill. Basically, it involves one throw, one marker, one catcher and one disc. The flow of the drills works as follows: mark, throw, go. As you’ll see in…
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Receiving Fouls – Force Out Foul
Have you ever caught the disc but landed out of bounds? Yet had you not been pushed, you would have landed out of bounds? Did you make the right call when it happened? Did you even know there was a…
Teaching Your Brain What is Possible
I started playing ultimate when I moved to Halifax in 2000 and began playing competitively on touring teams in 2003 but I have never played on any team outside of Halifax until recently. In fact, I became so comfortable in…
Which Type of Offense Should My Team Use?
With the summer ultimate season fast approaching, many teams are starting to get together for practices and are working on the different types of offense (horizontal, vertical, zone, split stack, german, etc). However, what type of offensive system is right…
Receiving Fouls – The Principle of Verticality
Lots of players don’t realize that they are entitled to the vertical space above them when the disc is in the air. And for those who do know about the principle of verticality, many aren’t always clear on how to…
Glossary of Ultimate Terms
Not sure what a ‘force’ is? Not sure what it means if someone ‘hucks’ it? What about if you’re called as a ‘handler’? Well just click on the link to download the Glossary of Ultimate Terms to make sure that…
Rules of Ultimate Frisbee – USA Ultimate 11th Edition
For the complete rules of ultimate, you can go to the USA Ultimate website here: I’m going to be adding a writeup each week on a rule I choose but feel free to comment or write me a message…
Controlling the Disc in the Wind
A big part of being a good thrower is having the ability to throw in the wind. In order to be a good thrower in the wind, you must learn to control how the disc moves and learn how to…
Planes of the Forehand – Throwing Tips
This video discusses how to diagnose your throw if it’s wobbling on the release. This is usually due to your wrist ‘breaking’ on the snap instead of keeping your palm facing up. To correct this you can have the disc…
Keeping Score…The Easy Way
How many times during a game have you asked what the score was and noone was really sure? With many games/tournaments not having scoreboards/scorekeepers, keeping score is something that we generally take for granted. However, I’ve played games where we’ve…
Rule of the Week – Traveling
Everyone has traveled – but how many times are they called on it? When is a good time to call a travel on someone? When is a bad time to call a travel on someone? These are all important questions but it’s…
Ultimate Frisbee Throwing Outside – Part 2
My buddy Tyler and I went throwing outside and I set up the video camera to capture our throws. Getting out and throwing with someone is a great way to work on your throws but make sure to focus on…
Ultimate Frisbee Throwing Outside – Part 1
My buddy Tyler and I went throwing outside and I set up the video camera to capture our throws. Getting out and throwing with someone is a great way to work on your throws but make sure to focus on…
Improving Forehand and Hammer Throws
I ran a throwing clinic during one of our byes at an indoor tournament in Saskatoon. Two of the main questions I had from people were about getting more spin on forehands and throwing a better hammer.
Individual Roles Within a Team
I’m just coming down from 2 back-to-back ultimate tournaments and I feel awesome. I feel strong, healthy, powerful, effective, and influential. I’m 33 years old and feel fortunate that I’m able to throw my body all over the field in…
Throwing Drill – Into a Soccer Net
I explain what I mean by practicing throwing on your own as a way to develop your throw more effectively. This is one of my favourite drills for improving my mechanics, technique and the consistency of my throws.
The Anatomy of a Backhand
The key to advancing from short throws to long throws is not about using more effort, it’s about using more of your body. In your throwing practice you should think of your arms as being loose like the strings of…
Celebrations in Ultimate
Bobo plays ultimate in Halifax and I was lucky enough to meet him this summer at the Parlee Beach Ultimate Tournament in Shediac, NB. Bobo is a young up and coming player and is super passionate about the sport. He…
Some Thoughts on Offseason Training
I don’t claim to be a personal trainer by any stretch, but I have been playing sports my whole and have been successful at every sport I’ve played – a large part of which is due to my speed so…
Teaching the Brain Motor Skills
Brain science tells us that the brain uses different processes and different parts for gaining different types of knowledge. The type of conscious, or explicit, knowledge we learn in school is controlled by the prefrontal cortex. The logical prefrontal cortex…
Frisbee Grips
This video, requested by Simbadwashere90 on Youtube, talks about the various grips for throwing a disc and which ones I recommend using. Let me know if you grip the disc differently to the ones I show in the video!