Handler Cutting Drill
In this video, I talk about the basics of cutting and relate it to a quick and easy handler cutting drill. As a handler, it’s important to get use to cutting a few steps each time in order to get…
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Ultimate Frisbee Drills – MTA’s (Maximum Time Aloft)
If you spend a lot of time practicing throwing by yourself, a great drill is throwing MTA’s. MTA or Maximum Time Aloft is all about trying to have the disc stay in the air as long as possible. This is…
6 Tips for Any Beginner Ultimate Player
I’m often asked by players who have just started playing ultimate if I have any tips for how they can get better. I have answered this question enough that I felt it was worth posting it as an article. Leave…
Three Tips to Prepare for Tryouts
In this video, I give three tips I feel will help you prepare for tryouts for an ultimate frisbee team. With only 3 months before summer, I think the most beneficial things you can do is practice throwing, get stronger…
The Best Advice I Ever Got
I was inspired to write this today because in thinking back over my roughly 10 year ultimate career thus far, I got thinking about the moment that really changed the course of my game. It wasn’t hard to remember that…
The Basics of Throwing
The specifics and mechanics of throwing are the subject of much debate; everyone has their own technique. However, there are undoubtedly core elements, which are key to making good throws; the fact that these may be achieved by a wide…
Drills: Bread and Butter (Stack and Cut)
This is a great drill for the beginning of practice since it gets everyone working on all of the basics – throwing, catching, cutting and marking. You can also set goals in this drill (i.e. 10 completed throws in a…
The Basics of Pivoting
Pivoting is a very workman-like skill that is rarely noticed but is invaluable in allowing a thrower to create enough space to throw. Pivots should be smooth and well directed: generally a pivot is employed once a potential receiver has…
The Basics of Catching
Catching is a skill that is often taken for granted and so not coached, when in fact it should be a cornerstone of every player’s development: catching is as much about good technique as any other skill. There is a…
Free Throw Analysis – Send Me Your Throwing Videos!
I’ve been working on an idea for the past little while since I’ve had a lot of requests from fans via email to help with their throws. As much as they try to describe what their problem is, I truly…
The Basics of Forcing in Ultimate
If you’re a regular visitor then you’ll know that my focus has been primarily on throwing. In my videos, in my articles and on my dvd, I consider throwing to be the most important part of ultimate. A team full…
Ultimate Quick Tips Reference Checklist
I’ve done a lot of reading of other blogs, books, and I’ve talked to a lot of people for many hours about ultimate. In all of that time, I’ve come up with a bit of a quick reference checklist that…
In Perfect Shape
How often do we head to a competition in perfect shape? Cardio is up, no injuries whatsover, well rested in terms of sleep and muscles, mentally fit as we can be, and no leftover twinge in that sprained ankle, pulled…
Expectations of Your Role On/Within a Team
Having clear expectations and setting reachable goals will help you enjoy playing ultimate better. Not only will it help define your role on the team but it will help you become a better player, it will help you enjoy practices…
Thoughts on the Pre Game Warmup
Ever since I started playing sports, one thing I’ve loved has been the pre game warmup. When I played hockey, we’d come onto the ice to ACDC, Metallica and Guns ‘n Roses and go through our warmup drills. I remember…
3 Man Drill w/ Furious George from 2003
Stacked (the DVD) was an ultimate frisbee dvd released in 2003 by Bodhisattva Films. The highlight reel featured 3 members of Furious George in the 3 man marking/throwing drill. Enjoy!
Cutting in Ultimate – The Finer Points
A cut is a simple movement on the field but it’s often done poorly since most people have never learned how to cut. This article contains tips that will help you become a better cutter, that will help you think…
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…
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…
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…
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…