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: Execution Boxes, New USAU Rankings Algorithm, Aerial Lei-Out Footage

by January 20, 2014, 7:33am 0

Pulled Disc covers “Execution Boxes” for breaking down handler cuts into simple, focused drills in this week’s Skill WOW. USA Ultimate changes their rankings algorithm to more accurately reward teams…

The Great White Ringwraith

by January 20, 2014, 7:30am 0

Beau looks back at a hard loss in the Lei Out finals and reveals some exciting AUDL news.

Friday Dumps: USAU Membership Data, Work for Skyd, WashU Contra Highlights

by January 17, 2014, 9:26am 0

Players who play sanctioned tournaments or leagues the summer after graduating high school may run into problems with the supposed five years of college eligibility. r/ultimate discusses. Nice looking state-by-state…

5 Things They Don’t Teach You in Kinesiology School

by January 16, 2014, 3:24pm 0

A martial arts instructor once told me that “black belt” to him doesn’t mean “expert”, it means “interested learner.” The same could (hopefully) be said of a person with a…

Thursday Dumps: Lei-Out Proposal, Adorable Polish Ultimate Baby, UCF Classic City Classic Highlights

by January 16, 2014, 11:07am 0

The San Francisco Flamethrowers (AUDL) site has launched. One of the best-designed AUDL team sites we’ve seen yet. Adorable moment of the day: with the pristine Santa Monica beach setting,…

Why I’m Still Around

by January 16, 2014, 8:00am 0

The legendary Jim Parinella returns to the ultimate media world with this piece on his legacy and why he still plays the game.

Wednesday Dumps: Zue In The News, VC Ultimate Snags WUCC Bid, Polish Indoor Final

by January 15, 2014, 12:33pm 0

For the Spanish speakers out there: the ultimate apparel company Zue got a writeup in a Colombian business magazine. For those non-hispanohablantes, here’s the Google translated version. The USA World…

Force Middle

by January 15, 2014, 6:00am 0

I love force middle but find it hard to teach the downfield defenders where to be, especially against a ho stack. Who’s covering the deep space? Who’s marking under? Etc….

Tuesday Dumps: Lei-Out Champions, EUC2015 in Copenhagen, GB vs. Canada Open U23

by January 14, 2014, 10:11am 0

The USA World Games team wins Lei-Out’s elite division in a close battle over SWARioKart (Southwest All-Region All-Stars). Using UK Women’s ultimate as a backdrop, Sophie Edmonson examines the balance…

Monday Dumps: High Release Backhand Tips, WFDF Indoor Ultimate, Burning Couch Highlights

by January 13, 2014, 10:13am 0

Ultiphotos has some shots from the the Vancouver Riptide combine. Brady breaks down the high release backhand in the latest Pulled Disc Skill Workout of the Week. A nice primer…

Friday Dumps: It’s Time To Coach, Octavia Payne Profile, UNC Darkside Fall Highlights

by January 10, 2014, 10:43am 0

Valerio Iani on the rewards of being an ultimate coach on Bay Area Disc. Jonathan Neeley previews Scandal’s Octavia Payne on a local DC blog. A couple videos out of…

Thursday Dumps: Throwing Alone, World Games Team Voting, ISUC Highlights

by January 9, 2014, 6:51pm 0

Let us harken back to a time long ago… specifically last year during Lei-Out, when ultimate players were prominently featured in Craig Ferguson’s opening monologue. Forever Alone? Ultimate Rob feels…