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

Player Coaches and Coaching Coaches

by September 4, 2013, 12:33pm 0

Hi Lou,  There is a lot of advice out there, whether in the digital or physical world, that players can use to get better. However, as a coach, it is…

Wednesday Dumps: USAU Rankings, Sporcle Quiz, Nemesis Highlights

by September 4, 2013, 7:47am 0

USA Ultimate end of season rankings released: Men’s | Women’s | Mixed. This ultimate jargon-themed Sporcle quiz has been making the rounds. Ultiworld recaps the Pro Flight Finale in the…

A Dead Horse

by September 3, 2013, 9:25am 0

Team USA's Beau Kittredge reflects on why he plays ultimate over seemingly appealing alternatives.

Tuesday Dumps: High Five, AUDL in Montreal, AOUCC Highlights

by September 3, 2013, 2:59am 0

Ultiworld’s Adam Velk profiles Open division newcomer Michigan High Five. Looks like Montreal, Quebec will be getting an AUDL team next year. Photos from the Pro Flight Finale from CBMT Creative…

Monday Dumps: Pro Flight Finale, UKU Nationals VOD, Toronto Ultimate Documentary

by September 2, 2013, 1:48am 0

Pro Flight Finale finals summary: Polar Bears over Chad Larson Experience (Mixed), Riot over Scandal (Women’s), GOAT over Doublewide (Open). Push Pass Productions has released their Video on Demand from…

Thursday Dumps: Club Rankings, xEUCF Teams, YCC Mixed Final

by August 29, 2013, 3:20am 0

USA Ultimate’s updated rankings are up: Men’s, Women’s and Mixed. Get Horizontal has a roundup of all qualified teams for this year’s European Ultimate Championship Finals. Mixed ultimate, three parties,…

Omnivore

by August 28, 2013, 9:56am 0

In this day and age of ubiquitous video, access to footage is easy and it is entirely possible to spend days and days watching film.  Film has its uses, particularly…

Wednesday Dumps: Selecting Captains, Ultimate Athlete Project, Zen Throwing Walkthrough

by August 28, 2013, 12:46am 0

Gampfer wants to know how your team chooses captains over at r/ultimate. Pulled Disc releases their 4th Skill Workout of the Week: 25s. This great recruitment idea from Pitt gives…

Tuesday Dumps: Statistics, Skyd Sale, Between the Legs Catch

by August 27, 2013, 7:29am 0

Some nice statistics debate going down in the ultimatesphere lately. Brett Matzuka wrote an article on why holistic team-basted statistics were undervalued. Sean Childers responded with some thoughts on why…

Monday Dumps: Heavyweights, UKU Nationals, Pitt Highlight Reel

by August 26, 2013, 1:55am 0

Chicago Machine (Open) and Nemesis (Women’s) defend their home turf with wins at Chicago Heavyweights. Meanwhile, in the UK, it was all London domination as Clapham (Open) and Iceni (Women’s)…

Friday Dumps: Ultimate YouTuber, UKU Nats, Spin College Sponsorship

by August 23, 2013, 4:35am 0

7 on the Line, a new ultimate podcast, interviews Ultimate Rob. MP3 download here. Ultiworld profiles Marques Brownlee, an ultimate player who’s known for another reason: being one of the most…

Thursday Dumps: CNN, Sockeye Roster, Sectionals Deadline

by August 22, 2013, 12:37am 0

Ultimate and Chain Lightning’s Mark Poole were the subject of a recent CNN article about ultimate. The embedded video is also worth a watch. Sockeye really knows how to keep…