Past Articles in preparation
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We Are Teaching it Wrong: Throwing Without the Body
Traditional wisdom says that power in a frisbee throw is developed from the ground up — what you might call the full kinetic chain.
Jan 27, 2014 by Benji Heywood in Opinion with 34 comments
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40 Lessons I Learned (And Didn’t) In My Coaching Career So Far
Below are three lists of what I learned, and didn’t learn, as a coach at Amherst Regional High School in the past 23 years.
Jan 7, 2014 by Tiina Booth in Opinion with 54 comments
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The Seven Deadly Sins Of Captaining
A constant debate in ultimate is how to successfully build a winning program.
Dec 13, 2013 by Jesse Kummer in Opinion with 22 comments
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Optimizing Winter Training For College Ultimate Teams
It’s cold outside. Nobody wants to workout. And some people will use the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” excuse to keep them from working out.
Dec 11, 2013 by Tad Wissel in Opinion with 43 comments
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Don’t Choke: Optimizing Performance Through Mentality & Goal Setting
A veteran teacher always knows when she is losing her students.
Dec 10, 2013 by Tiina Booth in Opinion with 27 comments
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What to Eat on Saturday Night: A Mid-Tournament Food Primer
There’s no question that playing ultimate burns a significant amount of calories.
Dec 5, 2013 by Kate Schlag in Analysis with 20 comments
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Bringing Humanness Back Into Ultimate
It’s been a while now, but it’s still something I think about every day. The relentless wondering: what if I had played?
Nov 26, 2013 by Alec Surmani in Opinion, Other with 16 comments
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Building Your Tribe: Why Your Team Needs A Culture
It was the best of times. It was the grossest of times.
Nov 26, 2013 by Tiina Booth in Analysis with 6 comments
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Where to Stop and What to Eat: The Importance of Pre-Tournament Breakfasts
I know elite ultimate players who swear by McDonald’s Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit as their pre-tournament breakfast, I know some who go out of…
Nov 20, 2013 by Kate Schlag in Analysis with 23 comments