In 1990, Lou was born into ultimate behind the library on the Carleton College campus winning his first game ever, a 11-10 3rd Goodhue v. 2nd Goodhue grudge match. He played for the B Team his freshman year and then four years for CUT, reaching the semis at Nationals twice. Moving to Seattle, Lou played ten years for the Fish, winning a World's gold (97), bronze (02) a Nationals gold (04) and three silvers (96, 97, 05). As a coach, Lou led Syzygy for four years (97-00) winning gold (00) and two silvers (98, 99). Since moving to Oregon, he has coached Fugue 4 years and won a title in 2010.

Underdog

by September 25, 2013, 5:54am 0

Lou, What advice would you give a team going into a game against a superior opponent? If the other team does everything better than you, what gives you the best…

Innovation, History and a Prediction

by September 18, 2013, 12:45pm 0

Lou, I tend to find defense more interesting than offense, so maybe this is a little biased, but my impression over the years is that defenses are much more complicated…

Mini with Zombies

by September 11, 2013, 6:10am 0

Lou answers reader's questions about mini and field awareness.

Player Coaches and Coaching Coaches

by September 4, 2013, 12:33pm 0

Hi Lou,  There is a lot of advice out there, whether in the digital or physical world, that players can use to get better. However, as a coach, it is…

Omnivore

by August 28, 2013, 9:56am 0

In this day and age of ubiquitous video, access to footage is easy and it is entirely possible to spend days and days watching film.  Film has its uses, particularly…

Pressure

by August 21, 2013, 2:22pm 0

I spent last weekend cooking and watching the West Coast Cup.  It’s hard to express how delightful it is to have live ultimate to watch from home.  The tournament got…

National Character

by August 14, 2013, 6:00am 0

I’m sorry I’ve been gone, there are some big changes coming to Win the Fields (see below) that needed sorting out.  In the meantime, I’ll have some odds and ends…

Poaching on the Vert

by July 17, 2013, 8:58am 0

I watched the Sockeye-NexGen game last night with increasing frustration as Sockeye’s very vanilla defense completely failed to generate any defensive pressure.  I don’t blame Sockeye; it is the smart…

US Open: Quick Thoughts

by July 10, 2013, 8:14am 0

Here are my thoughts from the weekend, in no real order: Strategy As a long time observer of Ewo, it was interesting to get a really good look at Josh…

5 Months of Thinking

by June 26, 2013, 5:15am 0

It’s good to be back – I hope you missed me – I know I missed you. I had something come up this spring that needed my full attention, but…