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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Thursday Dumps: Champs Gear, Heavyweights, Double Rainbow

by July 18, 2013, 8:08am 0

Be sure to pick up your MLU Champion Boston Whitecaps gear from the MLU store, and take a little extra time to check out the interview with newly crowned champ,…

Poaching on the Vert

by July 17, 2013, 8:58am 0

I watched the Sockeye-NexGen game last night with increasing frustration as Sockeye’s very vanilla defense completely failed to generate any defensive pressure.  I don’t blame Sockeye; it is the smart…

Wednesday Dumps: World Games Streaming, Sherri Rose Interview, Jeff Graham Layout

by July 17, 2013, 1:45am 0

Good news, everyone!  Ulti.tv’s IndieGogo campaign to stream the 2013 World Games has been completely funded. Starting on July 28th, viewers will be able to enjoy free live coverage of…

Tuesday Dumps: Crocs, Austrian Nationals, Ontario Ultimate Championships

by July 16, 2013, 4:57am 0

The Showgame previews the Crocs, Australia’s World Games team. Get Horizontal reports from Austrian Nationals, where FWD >> and Box (both from Vienna) took  home victories in the Open’s and Women’s divisions,…

Monday Dumps: Morality, World Games Streaming, MLU Championship

by July 15, 2013, 8:18am 0

Benji tackles Spirit of the Game and its relationship to morality on Understanding Ultimate. Ulti.tv needs $15K in the next 40 hours to be able to livestream all ultimate matchups…

Friday Dumps: Crocs on TV, Nexgen vs. GOAT, Baylis Wins Spirit

by July 12, 2013, 8:07am 0

Australia’s World Games team was featured on the country’s Today Show this morning. NexGen releases their recap and play of the game from the match against GOAT. Revolver recaps the finals,…

Thursday Dumps: Saggy Pants, Bidding for Gold, Get Horizontal Beach Party

by July 11, 2013, 8:34am 0

For those going to Wildwood this weekend, watch out for the city’s new ban on sagging your pants on the boardwalk. (No, this is not satire). More ultimate documentaries are…

Wednesday Dumps: WFDF Newsletters, xEUCF Volunteers, NexGen Pregame Prep

by July 10, 2013, 8:54am 0

Take a trip down memory lane with the freshly-released archive of all past WFDF newsletters, dating back to 1985. The xEUCF (eXtended European Ultimate Championship Finals), which will be held…

US Open: Quick Thoughts

by July 10, 2013, 8:14am 0

Here are my thoughts from the weekend, in no real order: Strategy As a long time observer of Ewo, it was interesting to get a really good look at Josh…

Tuesday Dumps: Incidental Contact, New WFDF Members, Steel City Showdown

by July 9, 2013, 3:30am 0

Is it ever right to deliberately contact another player to establish defensive position? Understanding Ultimate with a fiery piece on incidental contact. Ultimate’s international presence continues to grow as the…

Monday Dumps: Swiss Championships, US Open, Skater Squats

by July 8, 2013, 2:06am 0

Switzerland has been one of Europe’s top ultimate contenders for years. Check out these spectacular highlights from the 2013 Open final between Freedspeed Basel and Flying Angels Bern, which ended…

Monday Dumps: MLU Playoffs, Survey, ECBU

by July 1, 2013, 1:48pm 0

The San Fran Dogfish beats the Seattle Rainmakers 18-17 and the Boston Whitecaps beat the DC Current 23-15 to advance to the MLU Finals. MLU gets some positive press on…