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

Help: Part II

by August 6, 2014, 6:00am 0

Lou continues his help defense series with a look at how to play against vertical, horizontal, and side stacks.

Tuesday Dumps: Team Photo Contest, Bobbles, and Opening Ceremonies

by August 5, 2014, 9:30am 0

Have you always wanted to wear a Ring of Fire jersey, even though you might live 200 miles away? Well now you can! Savage Ultimate is having a team photo…

Monday Dumps: Recruiting Season, Itoh’s Packing List, and Stevens Ultimate

by August 4, 2014, 9:30am 0

It’s recruiting season! Get at it, college teams. Good luck spreading the ultimate love. Check out what Sarah Itoh of Scandal packed for the trip to Lecco. You’ll never guess…

Friday Dumps: Club or Country, One4One, and Hand Signals

by August 1, 2014, 9:30am 0

For Club or Country? Great Britain’s The Showgame is doing a great series on that quesetion as we enter Worlds. Read the intro here before getting into the rest of…

Thursday Dumps: YCC Schedule, Ultimate GOAT, AUDL Finals

by July 31, 2014, 9:30am 0

Are you really good at design things that look really cool while flying through the air? If so, Mississippi Ultimate is having a disc designing contest, and wants your help!…

Wednesday Dumps: Without Limits Awards, Thank You Letter, and Sporcle

by July 30, 2014, 9:30am 0

Congrats to all the winners and nominees of the Without Limits grassroots awards! Jeff Snader, MLU Commissioner, wrote MLU Fans a thank-you letter for the season. R/ultimate raises the interesting question…

Help: Part I

by July 30, 2014, 6:00am 1

Lou kicks off a crash course on successful help defense and how to play it.

Tuesday Dumps: World’s Twitter List, Ultimate Hypothetical, and Ultimate Frisbally

by July 29, 2014, 9:30am 0

Before Worlds start, make sure you’re following this list with all the Women’s teams on twitter Fury could find. According to Five Ultimate, this is all you need to make…

Monday Dumps: Wildwood, AUDL Stats, and Paganello

by July 28, 2014, 8:04pm 0

Did you miss Wildwood this weekend? Face the FOMO (fear of missing out) and read all about the adventures on r/ultimate while you recover from the weekend. Uh-oh, Get Horizontal…

Friday Dumps: Interview with Goose, Online Coaching Academy, and Hammer City

by July 25, 2014, 9:30am 0

Happy Wildwood Weekend! Here’s a weather report for the weekend for you slackers who haven’t packed yet. If you haven’t checked out the team lists yet, you can do so…

Wednesday Dumps: Pick Calls, Concussions, and SB Nation

by July 23, 2014, 9:30am 0

Oh pick calls. R/ultimate talks potential offensive reward from a pick call. Thoughts? The fact that r/ultimate is discussing concussions in ultimate is both terrifying and wonderful. Terrifying because you…

The Rulebreaker

by July 23, 2014, 6:00am 0

Lou explains how Beau Kittredge and Jimmy Mickle's skill sets allow them to operate outside of their teams' offensive rules.