Past Articles from Tiina Booth

Tiina Booth is the founder and director of the National Ultimate Training Camp, as well as an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts women. She founded the Amherst Invitational in 1992 and co-founded Junior Nationals in 1998. In 2006, she published a book about ultimate with Michael Baccarini, entitled Essential Ultimate. She has coached teams to numerous national and international titles. Her ongoing passion is running sports psychology seminars for coaches and players, mainly through the Global Ultimate Training School, which she founded in 2020. More info can be found at www.NUTC.net.Tiina was inducted into the Ultimate Hall of Fame in October 2018.
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Planning, Performing, and Peaking for College Nationals
5 Tips to Prepare for Nationals
May 8, 2025 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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The Five Critical Pieces of the Competitive Puzzle
Each team needs these pieces in order to compete at their highest potential. Is your team missing one? Or more?
Feb 26, 2025 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Under the Tent [August 27, 2024]
In our new coaching column, top coaches offer advice for reader-submitted questions. In this special edition, rather than responding to questions, Tiina offers coaching advice and shares observations from NUTC camp sessions.
Aug 27, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Under the Tent [June 18, 2024]
In our new coaching column, top coaches offer advice for reader-submitted questions. For the second edition, they tackle starting strong from the first warm-up and tying together your outcome goals and pursuit of them.
Jun 18, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Under the Tent [April 29, 2024]
In our new coaching column, top coaches offer advice for reader-submitted questions. For the first edition, they tackle facing scary opponents and making teams more competitive.
Apr 29, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Changing Team Narratives [Pt. 3]: Perfection & Outcomes
Teams overfocus on the relationship between the perfect situation and the ideal outcome.
Mar 8, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Changing Team Narratives [Pt. 2]: How to Recognize and Reframe the Stories that Damage Your Team
Expectations about the way things should go can keep your ceiling out of reach.
Feb 9, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Changing Team Narratives: How to Recognize and Reframe the Stories that Damage Your Team
Part I of a series about team narratives explores how teams focused on fun might be hurting themselves.
Jan 26, 2024 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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Lessons, Learned and Relearned, from Club Nationals 2023
Tiina Booth is back at Club Nationals.
Nov 6, 2023 by Tiina Booth in Opinion
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On the Road to College Nationals
Your team has qualified for Nationals. What should you focus on during and leading up to the big dance?
May 15, 2023 by Tiina Booth in Opinion