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.

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Obligatory Recap

by October 23, 2013, 6:20am 0

Defense Wins Two Titles For a long time I have wondered if it is possible for a team to be brilliant offensively and defensively at the same time.  The mindset…

Tuesday Dumps: Caldwell Lecture, Odds and Evens, Dom Clark Pointblock

by October 22, 2013, 9:14am 0

A very interesting lecture segment from Seattle Rainmakers trainer Ren Caldwell about asymmetry, ultimate, and the body. Benji from Understanding Ultimate concisely tackles the odds or evens disc flip debate….

Monday Dumps: Club Champs GIFs, CUUC Results, Wild Card Highlights

by October 21, 2013, 10:50am 0

Some fun GIFs from the Club Championships: Clay Miller footblock, Rehder to Murray hammer, Erica Baken save, Rehder D. Jeff Trosvig layout D. Pulled Disc has a new Skill Workout…

Thursday Dumps: Pokemon Discs, USAU Magazine, Club Champs Tidbits

by October 17, 2013, 9:06am 0

Reddit user kevinthecatcher23’s team is going to Colorado’s Fright Flight this weekend as Pokemon trainers. Check out the discs they’re bringing along. The Fall 2013 USA Ultimate Magazine is available…

Obligatory Predictions

by October 16, 2013, 12:53pm 0

With Nationals on everyone’s mind, I am taking a short break from Q&A to bring you my predictions. Uncertainty There are more unknowns going into this Nationals than any in…

Wednesday Dumps: Revolucion, Husak, U-23 Highlights

by October 16, 2013, 9:44am 0

Excellent production quality on this mini-documentary from Gatorade that follows Colombian women’s team Revolution in a bid to win a spot at WUCC2014. Ultiworld’s interview with Greg Husak, returning to…

Monday Dumps: Iceni, Board of Director Q&A, Machine Highlights

by October 14, 2013, 12:13pm 0

Catchup (Graz) win the Austrian Mixed Championships for the first time, and long-time champions BDM won the France Mixed Championships. Heard of Iceni? This London-based team has become a powerhouse…

Friday Dumps: USAU Report, Ultimate Jobs, Big Wrench Highlights

by October 11, 2013, 11:03am 0

USA Ultimate has released their Annual Report. A lot of interesting data in here. Ultimate jobs are the best jobs, right? USA Ultimate is hiring for an Administration and Development…

Thursday Dumps: Nationals Streaming, Hey Rookie, Fury vs. Showdown

by October 10, 2013, 10:13am 0

Some interesting visualizations from Sludge comparing 2012 finishes for club teams with their 2013 ranking. Great column on Get Horizontal about the need for community-based ultimate with a focus on…

Wednesday Dumps: Sylvia’s Ultimate Throw, TiV Registration, Air Force Drew

by October 9, 2013, 7:56am 0

Patrick Everson is writing a new children’s book called Sylvia’s Ultimate Throw and needs about $3000 to get it finished. Kickstarter here. Trouble in Vegas 2014 registration is already live….

Building New Teams

by October 9, 2013, 6:42am 0

Hi Lou, I’m the President of the Sydney University Ultimate Frisbee Club (SUUFA) and was wondering what advice you could offer as Australian university ultimate transitions from Mixed to Open’s/Women’s?…

Tuesday Dumps: Championships Seeding, Ultimate Rob, xEUCF Highlights

by October 8, 2013, 9:55am 0

Editor’s nice: Forgive us for the absence of dumps yesterday; the Skyd team has moved its offices down to Mexico for the next month and we have some exciting projects…