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

Wednesday Dumps: Worlds Finances, Fall Tournament Listing, and Garden State Ultimate

by September 3, 2014, 9:30am 0

Get Horizontal took a different look at the financial woes of worlds by publishing player testimonials.  Working on finding and planning fall tournaments for the college season? Ultimate Central has…

Micro-Posse

by September 3, 2014, 6:00am 0

Lou offers a blueprint for using small groups to improve peer feedback on your team.

Worlds in Words

by September 2, 2014, 6:00am 0

After a few weeks of reflecting, Beau shares some thoughts from Worlds.

Monday Dumps: USAU 2015, Triple Layouts, and Ultimate in India

by September 1, 2014, 9:30am 0

NGN tried to crowd fund the money to stream a mixed game, and missed their goal. r/ultimate has a serious discussion about that this means for ultimate.  Want to help…

Thursday Dumps: TCT Rankings, NCAA Status Questions, and New Captains

by August 28, 2014, 9:30am 0

The latest round of TCT rankings are up. Thoughts? Should ultimate strive for NCAA status or no? This blog post claims the latter.  College season is starting, and new captains…

Three Things We Can All Agree On

by August 28, 2014, 6:27am 0

There's a lot of information on fitness out there, and sometimes experts disagree. This week, Melissa highlights three key ideas that have consensus.

Wednesday Dumps: Level Up, Malaysian Crowdfunding, and Top Ten Throws

by August 27, 2014, 9:30am 0

Especially with the TCT, teams are trying to figure out how to raise themselves up to the next level. R/ultimate took a look at the process this week.  Struggling to…

Healing the Bad Apple

by August 27, 2014, 6:00am 0

What do you do when your team has a bad apple? Lou has some suggestions for bringing them [back] into the fold.

Monday Dumps: Canadian Observer Clinic, Ultimate Freestyle, and Desmond’s Catch.

by August 25, 2014, 10:50am 0

Ultimate Canada’s hosting an observer clinic! Check it out and register here. The Ultimate Results Coaching Academy may be over, but you can still get a VIP pass here to…

Friday Dumps: Fantasy Ultimate, UK Nationals Preview, and U19 Ladies

by August 22, 2014, 9:30am 0

The moment you’ve all been waiting for- Online Fantasy Ultimate for a national tournament. Well done, UK nationals. Let’s see how we all stack up, eh? Don’t know enough about…

Thursday Dumps: TCT Review, Survey Results, and Ultimate Peace

by August 21, 2014, 10:38am 0

One of the Great Britain women’s players is currently playing, and teaching ultimate in Dubai. Check out her video here. Bamasecs took a break from the funny to take a…

WUCC: A Seattle Trainer’s Perspective

by August 21, 2014, 3:56am 0

Ren looks at Worlds-- the unique format, the scheduling and weather challenges, the level of play-- through a trainer's eye.