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

Monday Dumps: Jersey Bracket, Poachland, Scallywags Alum

by March 9, 2015, 10:21am 0

  Ladies and Gents, the Bamasecs Jersey Bracket is back! This year, they’re opening it up to any high school or college team, anywhere in the country. Get your submissions…

Maddog Through The Smog: Days 1 and 2

by March 9, 2015, 9:30am 0

Team USA's Anna Nazarov recaps Days 1 and 2 of play, with games against Germany, Canada, and the UAE.

Maddog Through the Smog: We’re Here!

by March 8, 2015, 11:51am 0

See the World Championships of Beach Ultimate through Team USA's eyes: Pretty views, sprint-waddles through the airport, and Yelp's call on what's good to eat around here.

Friday Dumps: Club Tryouts, Trouble in Vegas, Film Session Fridays

by March 6, 2015, 10:47am 0

  Looking for a club team to tryout for? Check out Ultimate Central’s map of club tryouts.  Through Rookie Eyes takes on Trouble in Vegas in their latest post.  Sorry,…

Thursday Dumps: TCT Men’s Map, Team Uganda, and Tufts Emen

by March 5, 2015, 9:42am 0

  Bamasecs has been busy. They’ve put together this map of all the Men’s Pro/Elite teams, and the TCT events. Hopefully they’ll have a Women’s and Mixed one for us…

The Coach I Am Not

by March 5, 2015, 8:44am 0

Focus, a competitive spirit, and productivity can be a lot harder to find at practice than at a tournament. Even a the coach of the reigning national champs can relate.

Wednesday Dumps: Brawls, Sweden, and Ego

by March 4, 2015, 9:00am 0

  Spirit of the Game has been making an impressive number of appearances this week on r/ultimate, with some great discussion. Which is why it’s a bit disappointing that this…

A Partial Discussion of Tournament Formats (Or: Pandora’s Box)

by March 4, 2015, 6:58am 0

As the Triple Crown Tour gains traction and fans join the mix, ultimate needs to reconsider tournaments as a format for competitive play.

Tuesday Dumps: Coaches Role, SOTG, and Centex Dance Offs

by March 3, 2015, 10:18am 0

What is the coaches role, specifically in regards to spirit of the game? r/ultimate is talking about it here. This r/ultimate post (the original post, not the comments) is worthy…

What I’m Up To

by March 2, 2015, 10:17am 0

It's gonna be a big year for Beau, from running a youth camp to training three times a day to making friends. And, you know... maybe taking a shotgun to a frozen cone of poo.

Monday Dumps: The Matty Project, Currier Island, and Illinois Ultimate

by March 2, 2015, 9:00am 0

Matty Tsang, Coach for the San Francisco Fury, has decided to retire from coaching. As a thank-you, his former teammates and players have put together an incredible tribute to him. …

Friday Dumps: Checking, Sports Data, and Ultimate Frisbee Workouts

by February 27, 2015, 10:45am 0

  r/ultimate took some time recently to outline and discuss the different rules and ways of checking a disc. Check (hehe) it out here. Got a question you’ve always wanted…