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Davide's Doctrines: Vertical Stack
DAVIDE’S DOCTRINES: VERTICAL STACK BY DAVIDE MORRI • ADDITIONAL EDITING: GIOVANNI SARACCO • VIDEO: ANDREA BEGHELLI FEATURED ATHLETES: CUSB Shout & CUSB La Fotta Hi! My name is Davide Morri. After 23 years in the ultimate world, I’ve realized how difficult it is to find articles and books that connect high-level technical and tactical issues to their implementation on the field. In this column, I will try to provide some concepts, coaching techniques, and drills to improve your routine practice.
Resources for College Ultimate Frisbee Captains
Resources for College Ultimate Frisbee Captains Advice on How to Lead a College Team There’s no way around it: leading a college ultimate frisbee team, whether it be as a captain, coach, or with no title at all, takes time and effort.
Project-Manage Your Tournament To Success
Project-Manage Your Tournament To Success Everyone’s raring to get back on the field, and we need well-run tournaments to make it happen. With this adaptable planning spreadsheet and phase-by-phase guide, you too can manage a small- to medium-sized weekend event with flair! I started playing ultimate in 1985 and have coached high school ultimate for 17 years. I am also a USA Ultimate-certified Tournament Director (TD), and strongly recommend that potential TDs consider getting this certification.
Davide's Doctrines: Horizontal Stack
DAVIDE’S DOCTRINES: HORIZONTAL STACK BY DAVIDE MORRI • ADDITIONAL EDITING: GIOVANNI SARACCO • VIDEO: ANDREA BEGHELLI FEATURED ATHLETES: CUSB Shout & CUSB La Fotta Hi! My name is Davide Morri. After 23 years in the ultimate world, I’ve realized how difficult it is to find articles and books that connect high-level technical and tactical issues to their implementation on the field. In this column, I will try to provide some concepts, coaching techniques, and drills to improve your routine practice.
The Illustrious Partnership of Megan Praz and Meghan Kemp-Gee
The Illustrious Partnership of Megan Praz and Meghan Kemp-Gee The duo behind the long-running Contested Strip comic talk ultimate culture, creative process, and their forthcoming graphic novel One More Year. APRIL 27, 2021 BY MAGS COLVETT IN FEATURES By day, one is an editor-for-hire who teaches writing at Chapman University, and one is an animation industry hand with credits on South Park, Bojack Horseman, and Tuca & Bertie.
How to Throw a Backhand in Ultimate Frisbee
The Backhand BY CHARLIE EISENHOOD One of the best elements of ultimate frisbee is that it requires every player to be versatile. You can’t just be a receiver; you have to be a thrower as well. If you’re an offensive player, you have to play defense if you turn it over. As a result, learning the basics of throwing is one of the first tasks on every new player’s to-do list — and even 20-year veterans still strive to improve their throwing.
The Ultimate Frisbee Glossary
The Ultimate Frisbee Glossary As is the case with almost any hobby or community, ultimate is loaded with jargon and slang that can make it sound like it has a language all its own. If you’re new to the sport and don’t know a “brick” from a “flick,” this glossary is for you. Notice some jargon or alternate definition that is missing from our list? Submit the term and a definition to editor@ultiworld.com and it may be added to our glossary. Looking to learn more about the basics of our sport?
The Play Call: Issue 3 - Help Defense
Fifteen years ago, if you wanted to learn how to play ultimate, your options were pretty limited. Good coaches were few and far between, game footage was limited to a handful of grainy reels a year, and the full catalog of written instruction could be read in a matter of hours by breezing through a couple books and surfing some stray early blogs.
How To Pleasure Yourself Like A Gentleman
When making love to a woman, it is important to behave like a gentleman. The same rules apply when making love to yourself. Take it slow. A gentleman mustn’t rush right into sex with himself, as this would be brutish and uncouth. A gentleman must first woo his penis. Display common courtesy. Politeness is key. A gentleman always tips his hat before lowering his pants. Avoid discussing politics or religion.
Universe Point: Pandemic Special Update
Pandemic Special Update BY KEVIN CRAMER This essay is an extension of Kevin Cramer’s 2017 book Universe Point, published by Skyd Press. Both the book and this update are personal narratives sharing stories from his more than two decades in the sport. Warning, this page contains NSFW language. Part I – Jumping the Fence I knew it wasn’t far away — the final time I’d take off my cleats.
The Ultiworld Crossword: +2
The Ultiworld Crossword +2 We’ve got some big crossword puzzle fans at Ultiworld. For the second time, we’re publishing an in-house puzzle available to subscribers with, of course, an ultimate-based theme. And for those who found the first crossword a bit too challenging, this time we’ve added an easier clue set that you can switch to in the upper right of the puzzle. We’d love your feedback on the puzzle: you can send it to editor@ultiworld.com.
The Ultiworld Crossword: Final Four
The Ultiworld Crossword Final Four We’ve got some big crossword puzzle fans at Ultiworld. For the first time, we’re publishing an in-house puzzle available to subscribers with, of course, an ultimate-based theme. We’d love your feedback on the puzzle: you can send it to editor@ultiworld.com. Also, if you send in your screenshot of your completed puzzle, we’ll send an Ultiworld swag box to one lucky winner.
A Gentleman’s Guide To Purchasing Illegal Drugs
When purchasing consumer products, it is imperative to maintain certain societal standards. The same rules apply when procuring that good shit. First, determine which manner of illicit drug you wish to imbibe by hiring a peasant boy to try every narcotic, stimulant, and psychotropic on the market. Carefully observe each substance’s effect on the young street urchin - whichever puts him in the gayest mood, and does not kill him, is the drug for you.
The Play Call: Issue 2 - Reset Systems
Fifteen years ago, if you wanted to learn how to play ultimate, your options were pretty limited. Good coaches were few and far between, game footage was limited to a handful of grainy reels a year, and the full catalog of written instruction could be read in a matter of hours by breezing through a couple books and surfing some stray early blogs.
The Play Call: Issue 1 - Endzone Offense
Fifteen years ago, if you wanted to learn how to play ultimate, your options were pretty limited. Good coaches were few and far between, game footage was limited to a handful of grainy reels a year, and the full catalog of written instruction could be read in a matter of hours by breezing through a couple books and surfing some stray early blogs.
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A Decade of Ultimate: 2010-2019
A Decade of Ultimate: 2010-2019 Ultiworld’s “Decade’s Greatest” series is presented by Greatest Bag. Get the greatest bag in ultimate at GreatestBag.com! Between the years of 2010 and 2019, ultimate underwent perhaps more changes than any previous decade in the sport’s history. Competing priorities challenged the status quo and divergent visions for the future were set in motion by an ever expanding set of stakeholders.
51 Fun Ideas For Single People On Valentine's Day
clock more-arrow no yes 86% funny 90.8K views No significant other this year? No problem.
Moby Paints Shirtless with The Shirtless Painter
This episode The Shirtless Painter is joined by the amazing musician, DJ, and animal rights activist Moby. Together they paint their very own trippy blacklight posters, proving once again that anyone can paint and anyone can paint anything! Actor Moby Actor Pat O'Brien Writer Pat O'Brien Editor Pat O'Brien Director/Show Lead Zack Poitras Producer Rob Hatch-Miller Cinematographer Matt Sweeney
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In a life or death situation, they're forced to make the toughest call of their lives. Susan: Pam Cook Carl: Jeff Border Riley: Riley Rose Critchlow Daniel: Daniel Montgomery Jamie: Ellary Porterfield Matt: Ric Barbera Directed by: Adam Battaglia and Kyle Wallace Sound: Zang Angelfire Edited by: Zane Fried and Alex Reeves Special Thanks: Julia Max, Susan Gelb, Cat Elrod
Where Does The AUDL Go From Here? | Ultiworld
The American Ultimate Disc League has made it to five years. But can it withstand the increasing pressure on a niche sport trying to make it big? When the American Ultimate Disc League launched in 2012, few expected it would make it this far. In April 2012, Brodie Smith told Slate, “The goal is just to complete a season.
From UPA To USAU | Ultiworld
While the Ultimate Players Association/USA Ultimate has never been an organization that was widely acclaimed for its communication and transparency by its membership, by my estimation, 2007 was a high water mark in the organization’s favorability. The UPA, as it was called at the time, had completed defining its first major strategic plan.
We Are Not Twins | Ultiworld
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Australia’s Phillips sisters are two of the most important factors in the Firetails’ success at WUGC, but are contributing in different ways. As usual. THIS IS HOW Michelle Phillips introduces her sister Cat: “Please meet Cat. We are not twins. Everyone calls us twins. I’m not sure why, because we are four years apart and we actually don’t look that similar. And also, Cat loves offense and I play as much defense as possible. People are so silly.” Alright, so they’re not twins.
By Jeff Graham Verified, Pat O'Brien, Kyle Weisbrod, Patrick Stegemoeller Verified, Cameron Albert Deitch Verified
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The Grand Canyon Skywire Guy Cheated!
Daredevil Nik Wallenda completed a high-wire walk across the Grand Canyon without a safety harness, repeatedly saying “Thank you, Jesus ‘ along the way. It was all a little suspicious.
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