Category Archives: Drag’n Digest
The Basic Biology of Ultimate (and Other Sprint Endurance Sports)
By Erica Baken You drop your bag next to your teammate, grab your cleats, and start lacing them up. You’re at your weekly Wednesday practice, nothing special, but you’re excited to get out on the field. You see some of your teammates tossing a disc, jogging, warming up. Simply observing others throwing or running increases […]
The Ultimate All-In: How Far Will You Go?
By Jane Lucas There comes a point in each Ultimate player’s life where we have to ask ourselves: How much of my time and effort am I truly willing to commit to this sport? Am I going to push myself to aim for that better team and higher performance, or is my life just too […]
Ultimate: It’s Who You Are.
By Martha Harris I am who I am today because of the sport of Ultimate. Think about how you started playing and why you chose to stick with it over another pastime or sport. I’m willing to bet that if you ask anyone from a weekday league player to a four-time club National Champion, they […]
Why Do I Play Ultimate? (part 1 of 2)
By Josh “Shwa” Hemmesch A couple weeks ago, at the anticipation of starting another round of AccelerationMN, I asked myself why I was doing it. Not because I didn’t want to, but because the thought of starting Acceleration for the 11th time made me wonder if I was crazy. Why do I willingly sign up and […]
Finding Strength Outside the Lines
By Jess Haller Last week a teammate of mine, Pete Carr, broke down the importance of a strong sideline presence (the 8th player). He described several characteristics needed for every player on a team to make a constant positive impact to the seven players on the line. This week, I chose to take it one […]
