By: Pat Niles There are plenty of things that I’ve taken away from being able to compete and win at the largest international stage for club ultimate. Competing with CLX at WUCC Worlds 2010 in Prague showed me plenty of things aside from it’s Soviet era dormitories, delicious Czech cafeteria food, constant 95 degrees with […]
Worlds: Reflection and a Look at Lecco
Romance: The Key to Mixed Ultimate Success?
By Andrea Crumrine There’s a good amount of speculation as to what led to Drag’n Thrust achieving the National Championship title. Was it a dedicated focus on offensive strategy? Partially. Could it have been the chemistry many of the men developed playing in the AUDL on Wind Chill? That’s possible. What about the dissolution of […]
The 8th player: your sideline presence.
By Pete Carr 2014 – The year when the Seattle Seahawks claimed their first ever Super Bowl title. Their road hasn’t been easy, however through their dedicated fans they had an edge over anyone who stepped into their home stadium. This year they set a record with a 137.6 decibel reading causing a minor earth […]
Being Wrong
By Austin Lien I’d had the idea to write about something like this several months ago, so I had to laugh when Dave Klink’s article came out not that long ago with such a similar theme. Fortunately, Dave chose to write about a topic more closely related to what makes Ultimate unique as a sport […]
Evolution of Offense: Is It Worth The Risk?
By Patty King I recently read an article titled “Innovation, History, and a Prediction” by Lou Burruss written in September 2013. The portion of the article that resonated most with me was when he discusses offensive strategies…or rather lack of offensive innovation. In the article Lou writes, “What is interesting about the current strategic development is […]