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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Expert Panel: Call for Questions – Ask a Sports Medicine Expert

by November 22, 2012, 4:00am 0

Our Expert Panel of top notch training professionals and elite players are back to weigh in on your questions about strength, conditioning and becoming a better athlete. How it works…

Yo Dude, it Worked!

by November 20, 2012, 9:49pm 0

Structure makes me nervous.  Maybe it was all the years playing d-team where the best hope we had was a rambling, grip-it-and-rip-it offense. Maybe it was the four years in…

Measuring Possession

by November 14, 2012, 8:31am 0

‘Possession’ gets thrown around a lot without a clear understanding of what it means from an analytical standpoint.  A big part of the issue is one of vocabulary; we generally…

Up and Down

by November 8, 2012, 5:52am 0

As I watched the Club Championships this year, I was disappointed that once again the wind was the biggest story line.  As a fan and commentator I think USA Ultimate…

Sarasota Morning

by October 24, 2012, 3:00am 0

I wake up before everyone and slip out of the hotel into the dark.  As I walk toward the beach under the glow of the street lamps, the Palm Bay…

The Monkey on our Backs?

by October 17, 2012, 6:43am 0

I watched the giant firestorm (1, 2, 3) that erupted in the aftermath of the Team Japan – Team Canada game at Worlds this past summer and felt like it…

Win the Fields: It’s That Simple

by October 11, 2012, 8:46am 0

Watching NW Regionals a week ago, I was struck by a small and simple thing that separates the great teams from all the rest: they threw to open people.  More…

Northwest Regionals 2012: Final Thoughts

by October 3, 2012, 5:00am 0

This is a coda to the two daily wrap-ups (Sat, Sun) published earlier this week. Grumbles I’m still irked about the schedule.  Like most tournaments, it was set up with…

Northwest Regionals Day Two

by September 30, 2012, 9:18pm 0

Aggravatingly, all the games I wanted to see were simultaneous.  Fortunately, the three biggies were on adjacent fields, so I plopped myself in the middle and caught what I could….

Northwest Regionals Day One

by September 30, 2012, 6:58am 0

I’ve got some quick notes on the first day of NW Regionals. I certainly miss the California teams.  The overall feel of the tournament is diminished as the complexity and…

Win the Fields: Labor Day Video Review – Fish vs Bravo

by September 27, 2012, 10:46am 0

Sockeye You have to love what the Fish have done in the later part of the regular season.  Following ECC, they’ve gone 13-0 in knocking off Revolver, Bravo (twice), Furious…

Expert Panel Responds: Video Q&A

by September 27, 2012, 10:16am 0

Last week, Skyd introduced our panel of training professionals (Alan and Phil Janzen and Melissa Witmer) for our training topic of the month. If you have follow up questions, please…