Posts about ultimate tournaments
The WFDF 2019 Pan American Ultimate Championships (PAUC) will be held in Sarasota, Florida, USA from 3-8 November. Ultimate in the Americas has seen tremendous growth since the first Pan American Ultimate Championships contested in Medellin, Colombia in 2011. Since… Read More »WFDF 2019 Pan American Ultimate Championships
I first heard about Challonge last week during an indoor disc golf putting league. The organizer was using Challonge to run a 5 round tournament with a total of 9 teams of 2 players. I decided to check it out… Read More »Tournament Bracket Generator – Challonge
About a month ago, I received an email from an ultimate player. His name is Daniel and he was wondering what offensive and defensive strategies I would suggest for 3 on 3 since he had a tournament coming up and… Read More »Strategies for 3 on 3 Ultimate
In the 2000 Canadian Ultimate Championship finals, Furious George defeated Calgary Invictus in perhaps the most lopsided championship game ever, with Furious winning 19-1.
In a decisive victory, Furious George defeats Ring of Fire in the 2002 UPA Club Open Ultimate Championship Finals.
Considered by many as the greatest ultimate game of all time, Furious George took on DoG (Death or Glory) in the semi-finals of the 2002 UPA Club Open Ultimate Championships. In a game that saw only 5 turnovers (including just… Read More »Furious George vs DoG – 2002 UPA Semis
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… Read More »On Endings
My name is Rob McLeod and I am a disc sports competitor living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This will be my second WFDF World Overall Flying Disc Championships. In 2001, I finished 4th overall (3rd in Self Caught Flight and… Read More »Help Send Rob to the World Overall
Malissa Lundgren, Ultimate Canada’s 2011 Female Athlete of the Year, talks about the 2012 USA Ultimate Championships and in particular, how bad the wind was. Mother nature is a factor we can never control so it’s all about doing the… Read More »Windy Sarasota – 2012 USAU
Malissa Lundgren, one of the captains of the Capitals, the women’s ultimate team from Ontario Canada, talks about her top highlights. Malissa has played in the finals of the World Championships of Beach Ultimate, the Canadian Ultimate Championships, the USA… Read More »Malissa Lundgren Top 3 Career Highlights
We’ve been working with USA Ultimate on the new Triple Crown Tour (TCT), as well as Caps from the 2012 fall season to put together an exciting 2013 strategy and schedule. This is a little different than years in the… Read More »Capitals Ultimate 2013 Season Outline
I received an email from Richard, a buddy of Aaron’s, asking if I could share this video. Normally I will just share on Twitter or Facebook but after watching Aaron’s highlight reel, I felt like it deserved it’s own post.… Read More »Aaron Neal for Nexgen Tour 2013
Malissa Lundgren, Ultimate Canada’s 2011 Female Athlete of the Year and one of the captains of the Capitals, a women’s ultimate team from Toronto/Ottawa Ontario, Canada, talks about USA Ultimate’s proposed Triple Crown Tour in 2013 and what that means… Read More »Triple Crown Tour Discussion
Waking up on Saturday morning knowing we had already achieved our goal of making top 8 was a really good feeling but we didn’t want to just finish 8th; we wanted to play well on Saturday and see where we… Read More »CUC 2012 – Day 3
Today was the power pools which means that there are 2 pools of 6 teams and the top 4 from each pool go into quarter finals tomorrow. Our goal at the beginning of the tournament was to hold seed which… Read More »2012 CUC – Day 2
I’m writing this after just getting back from our team dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Victoria. The best part about playing a full day of ultimate is that you have a ravenous appetite and get to eat a… Read More »CUC 2012 – Day 1
This week, I’m going to be competing in the 2012 Canadian Ultimate Championships with Bunny Thugs, a mixed team from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The tournament runs Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and consists of 3 games per day (2 on the… Read More »CUC 2012 – Pre Tourney
On May 31, 2012, I traveled to Mexico to play in the 2012 Mexico National Ultimate Championships with Malaki UFC, a team who flew me down a year ago to coach them and teach them more about the game of… Read More »2nd Place at the 2012 Mexican Nationals
I will not be posting any updates on Ultimate Rob until next week as I am flying out tomorrow morning to Mexico to compete in the 2012 National Open Championships with Malaki UFC. They’re the same team I flew down… Read More »Mexican National Championships 2012
When I talk about my sport, I struggle to decide what to call it: ultimate or Frisbee? The latter dredges up images of dogs chasing plastic across a stretch of fresh grass, certainly better manicured than any fields we ever… Read More »Losing is Lonely
So my last post was about how to approach games where your team significantly outmatches your opponent. But the more interesting question is what to do when your opponent is significantly stronger than you. If your team is one of those… Read More »Gunning for Goliath