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

Friday Dumps: Erin Andrews Plays Ultimate, Rhodes on Referees, AUDL Week 7 Highlights

by May 30, 2014, 11:00am 0

The latest TruBiotics commercial features Erin Andrews playing… ultimate? Bama Secs launches BSwap, a forum for trading ultimate gear. Dusty Rhodes muses on referees and continuation on the MLU Blog….

Thursday Dumps: Nationals Statistics, Without Limits Grassroots Organizing Award, Nethercutt Flick Huck

by May 29, 2014, 9:22am 0

Full statistics in CSV format from the College Championships. Bill Mill has already started to make some neat graphs. Here’s assists vs. turnovers. Get Horizontal’s Ravi predicts the top 8…

In Season Training: Avoid These Two Common Mistakes

by May 29, 2014, 7:44am 0

With the club season about to start, check out Melissa's tips on maintaining the fitness gains you made in the offseason as well as pointers on big mistakes to avoid.

Wednesday Dumps: Nationals on ESPNU, Bad Skid TV, RISE UP Season 6

by May 28, 2014, 10:42am 0

ESPNU will be showing video from the College Championships from 8-11 PM EDT tomorrow night. The Ugmo Blog is still the best blog in college ultimate. Germany’s Bad Skid are…

How to Cheat to Win (without Cheating): Marking

by May 28, 2014, 6:00am 0

Lou on how markers bend the rules and how throwers can fight it.

Tuesday Dumps: Callahan Winners, Nationals Plays, Ultimate on SportsCenter Top 10

by May 27, 2014, 8:31am 0

Dumps is back as we recover from a long College Championships weekend. Fun fact: this year was the first that both Callahan winners (Cassie Swafford, Ohio State and Jimmy Mickle,…

175 Grams: The Running Game

by May 27, 2014, 7:32am 0

As his team gets closer to States, Jackson explains a throwing drill that gives kids a feel for how big a margin for error they're working with.

E-Men and UVixens Highlights, Defending the Iso Stack, Nihal Bhakta

by May 22, 2014, 12:53pm 0

Tufts shares their regionals highlights. Bill Mill’s excellent Ultimate Strategy blog has a new post about defending the iso stack. University of Victoria’s Uvixens release their story from Northwest Regionals….

I Got This

by May 22, 2014, 9:09am 0

When the conditions aren't fun or your team's energy is low, somebody's gotta step up. Who's your team's I Got This?

Wednesday Dumps: Pledge for Women in Ultimate, AUDL DroneCam Footage, MSU RumRunners Highlights

by May 21, 2014, 11:28am 0

Seattle Riot’s Nora Carr has started a “Simple Pledge for Women in Ultimate” during this year’s US Open. What’s your pledge? Put this video on mute and watch it for…

The Ticky-Tack Foul Call

by May 21, 2014, 9:50am 0

We continue our look back at Lou's How to Cheat to Win (Without Cheating) series, this time with a focus on throwing fouls.

Reminiscing on DoG

by May 21, 2014, 9:20am 0

DoG's streak of six national titles is among ultimate's greatest legends. But what was the team like on the inside? And what did everyone else think of Boston? Hear them tell it.