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

Reflections

by November 1, 2011, 10:36pm 0

I’ve stumbled back from Sarasota with a head full of thoughts and ideas and impressions.  I went as a broadcaster working on the NexGen live feed, so while I spent…

Wait!? What was that Score?

by October 26, 2011, 6:39am 0

Regionals and Nationals is the season for throwing games.  Thrown games at Regionals and Nationals?!  Not every team is trying to win.  At Regionals, some teams are content to lose…

How to Beat Revolver

by October 19, 2011, 7:03am 0

Revolver is the putative favorite to win this year in Sarasota.  As defending champs, they are sitting on a 33-1 record (with that loss well avenged) and are peaking at…

Go big!

by October 12, 2011, 5:59am 0

The crowd for the game-to-go at NW Regionals was three deep on the sidelines and wrapped the field.  The endzones (always the best place to watch) were relatively clear but…

A Tale of Two Stories

by October 5, 2011, 6:18am 0

I was in Burlington this past weekend to watch NW Regionals.  A better journalist would have followed the main action and the main story line; I followed my heart.  I…

Defender’s Mentality

by September 26, 2011, 9:53pm 0

A few years back I started playing city league soccer with a bunch of Sockeye guys.  I had played as a kid and though I loved it, I drifted away. …

Flawed Player, Flawed System

by September 20, 2011, 11:10pm 0

If you spend any time reading rec.sport.disc, you quickly run into Toad Leber.  Aptly nicknamed, Toad is widely reviled as one of the greatest trolls on a message board full…

From Good to Great

by September 14, 2011, 6:32am 0

A month or so ago I wrote a post entitled Your Hard Work is Not My Hard Work which aimed to help the coach or captain of a developing team…

Making It

by September 7, 2011, 5:22am 0

With Labor Day weekend in the rear view mirror, most of us (including me) are heading back to school and the beginning of school brings the college try-out season.  As…

Train Like An Animal

by August 31, 2011, 6:00am 0

A few weeks ago I was playing ultimate but not having fun.  It wasn’t because there were too many calls.  I just felt more like I was working rather than…

The JAB Step: Cut Better

by June 27, 2011, 4:00am 0

Cutting and changing direction is all about putting force into the ground in the correct angles. The shin angle dictates the direction you go. Think about it, if you want…

On Ultimate Athletes

by May 3, 2011, 4:00am 0

This sport is progressing. Players are getting faster, stronger and jumping higher than ever before.  We have guys running 40’s in times that would get them a shot at the…