Columns

The Grind Skyd Magazine

The Grind features words from athletes and minds at the highest level of the game.

It Takes A Village DeAnna Ball

Championship Coach of Ohio State Fever, DeAnna Ball focuses her column on team development from a philosophical and emotive perspective.

Training Blog Skyd Magazine

Training tips, techniques from our expert contributors. Three Thursdays a month

Ultimate Globe Trotter Elliot Trotter

Elliot Trotter is traveling the globe to produce a web series on ultimate. Here’s the latest from abroad. Follow Elliot’s adventure at ultimateglobetrotter.tv

Beau Knows Blog Beau Kittredge

Beau Kittredge sets his mind free in his column about nothing.

Strings Spike Friedman

I’m Spike Friedman, I’m a sportswriter for Grantland and The Stranger, and I’m going to do my best to become an ultimate fan this year covering the Seattle Rainmakers.

Contested Strip Megan & Meghan

Ultimate’s only comic!

The Zemelist Matty Zemel

Matty Zemel invites you along on his journey coaching Team India Open in preparation for WUGC 2016.

Transultimate Jenna Weiner

Discussions about transitioning and transgender issues in ultimate.

Scooberlicious Ultimate Lawrence McKendell

Scooberlicious is a FB Live show hosted by Lawrence Mckendell. It’s designed to highlight and celebrate the people and events that make the sport of ultimate so cool! As a player, I’ve discussed and debated with teammates and friends, on many facets of the game, and now I am looking for new people to have thoughtful, and engaging conversations on the various topics of this ever-evolving sport.

Latest

Monday Dumps: Strategy Analysis, USAU Move, and Speaking Ultimate

by December 15, 2014, 11:00am 0

A kind  r/ultimate user is planning on taking their holiday break to analyze strategy, and they want to know what everyone wants to see. Get your requests in early.  Ultimate…

Thursday Dumps: Level Up, DC Breeze Interns, and Bad Knees

by December 11, 2014, 10:22am 0

Are you one of the folks who joined the UK Coaching courses round one? Time to level up- they’ve got coaching courses available now to help get you to a Level 2…

Wednesday Dumps: More MLU Sponsorships, Olympic Discussions, and Layout Choreography

by December 10, 2014, 4:58pm 0

Snacktime and Bus Rides- the MLU is fulfilling every kindergartener’s dream. In addition to the new Skippy Partnership, they’ve announced that US Coachways is the official MLU travel partner.  The…

Tuesday Dumps: Coolest Team Name, Gym-Less Workouts, and Humboldt Harvest

by December 9, 2014, 4:00pm 0

 Time to go cast your vote – or get your name in the running for Coolest Team Name on r/ultimate! USAU has announced a new method of selecting the US…

Monday Dumps: Skippy, What Machine Means, and the USAU Foundation

by December 8, 2014, 11:00am 0

The MLU and Skippy have announced a new partnership for next year. Are you #teamchunky or #teamcreamy? One fan wrote up a blog post on what Machine has come to…

Thursday Dumps: MLU AMA, Ultijobs, and Cleats and Cufflinks

by December 4, 2014, 4:41pm 0

MLU founders Jeff Snader and Nic Darling took to reddit today to do an AMA. Check it out. Showgame offers one athlete’s inspiring story of playing ultimate with his prosthetic….

Tuesday Dumps: KanJam Partnership, Masters Location, and Push Pass Coaching

by December 2, 2014, 9:49am 0

MLU and KanJams have announced a partnership that will benefit all of us- because KanJams are currently on sale at the MLU shop at a discount.  USAU announces the location…

Monday Dumps: URCA Webinar, Coaching Award Nominations, and Australian Mixed Championships

by December 1, 2014, 11:00am 0

Melissa Witmer is hosting an URCA webinar, with three of Skyd’s authors! All proceeds will benefit the Skyd Fund. (It’s like she likes us, or something) Looking for a job…

Friday Dumps: Captains, Layouts, and Dan Roddick

by November 28, 2014, 4:06pm 0

r/ultimate is talking captains of all kinds today, go chime in!  r/ultimate is ALSO giving advice on layouts, including how to do it for the first time. Looking to become…

Wednesday Dumps: Ultimate for the Family, ERIC, and Speaking Ultimate

by November 26, 2014, 11:33am 0

New to ultimate and dreading trying to explain it to the family tomorrow? Sludge has got your back.  December 3rd is ERIC awareness day. Join the rest of the ultimate…

Tuesday Dumps: Ultimate Thanksgiving, Ultimate Athlete Project, and Frisbulls

by November 25, 2014, 10:22am 0

Floppy Disc has written a very entertaining piece on what all ultimate players should be thankful for this year.  Drag’N’Thrust’s blog discusses the Ultimate Athlete Project as registration for the…

Friday Dumps: Youth Guidelines, Chicken Wings, and Callahans

by November 21, 2014, 4:35pm 0

USAU released the 2015 Youth Guidelines for competition today. Have YOU ever thrown a chicken wing in a game? r/ultimate is discussing their use.  R/ultimate only discusses the most serious…