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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: Sarah Griffith, Potlatch Photos, and 1991 Throwback

by July 9, 2014, 9:30am 0

Get Horizontal covers the 2014 Spanish Mixed Championship. Read carefully, mixed folks, Coroc0tta will be making an appearance at Lecco. Last week, r/ultimate talked making a B-team. This week, they…

A Windy Open

by July 9, 2014, 6:36am 0

Having enjoyed a weekend of watching ultimate from the comfort of his own home, Lou writes a tutorial on how to play in the wind.

Tuesday Dumps: Rookie Handler Tips, Crosswords, and Bentley Icehouse

by July 8, 2014, 7:18am 0

Ultimate Rob releases 10 Tips for Rookie Handlers. Think they missed anything? r/ultimate is debating the best player in the world. Chime in with your vote-and why. Is Bamasecs trying…

Monday Dumps: Double Teams, Timecaps, and GUM

by July 7, 2014, 9:30am 0

The US Open Day 2 highlight video is up! r/ultimate is hammering out some of the details of double teams. It’s a good thing Reddit can multitask. They’re also discussing timecaps…

Friday Dumps: US Open Recaps, Force Middle, and Highlights

by July 4, 2014, 8:11am 0

For those of you following along at home, US Open Day 1 Recaps are up: Men’s, Women’s, and Mixed. r/ultimate is discussing the pros and cons of force middle vs….

Thursday Dumps: US Open, Teaching Rookies, and Brian Penner

by July 3, 2014, 7:50am 0

US Open previews are up. Check out the men’s, women’s, and mixed, and watch them on Nexgen. Good luck to everyone there! A college captain is worried about teaching rookies,…

Recovery

by July 2, 2014, 9:00am 0

There are two kinds of recovery in ultimate: the kind you make over a summer after season ends, and the kind you make in the time between points during a game. This week, Lou discusses both.

Froot Loops

by July 1, 2014, 9:25am 0

Anonymous commenters can have their Froot Loops and eat them too. Beau unleashes the smackdown on a commenter's harsh words about Revolver and selling out.

Tuesday Dumps: USABEL Bets, Freedom Poems, and Ultimate Peace

by July 1, 2014, 7:33am 0

The US Men are playing Belgium today in the first stage of World Cup bracket play, and ultimate is getting in on the fun. Head over to the Get Horizontal…

Monday Dumps: Wall Street Journal, US U19, and Sports Psychology

by June 30, 2014, 8:45am 0

The Wall Street Journal talks Pro-Ultimate in New York, as well as mentioning new developments for Olympic recognition. Are you following the US U19 teams yet? Their twitter feeds are…

Friday Dumps: B-Teams, MLU MVP, and Mamabird Highlights

by June 27, 2014, 9:59am 0

What makes an effective B-Team? How do you start an effective B-team? r/ultimate answers one college players questions with some solid advice. Check out the MLU MVP Watch List. Think anyone’s missing?…

Thursday Dumps: MLU Play of the Week, Vert vs Ho, and a Thursday Throwback Game

by June 26, 2014, 7:13am 0

The AUDL has been nice and put all the tickets for championship weekend on one page to make them easy to purchase. Maybe they’re hoping we’ll overlook the fact that…