Learn about Ultimate Frisbee
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- Introduction to Ultimate Frisbee for Beginnersby Dominick SmythFree
- How to throw a discby Dominick SmythFree
- How to catch a discby Dominick SmythFree
- Self-refereeing & Spirit of the Gameby Dominick SmythFree
- Level 1 – Lesson 1: Basic Game Playby Dominick SmythFree
- Level 1 – Lesson 2: Movementby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 3: Catching Under Pressureby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 4: Game Playby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 5: Forehand throwsby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 6: Self-Refereeingby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 7: Foul Callsby Dominick Smyth
- Level 1 – Lesson 8: Blitzby Dominick Smyth
- Ultimate – Playing a gameby Dominick SmythFree
- Level 2 – Lesson 1: Hammerby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 2: Creating Space for Teammatesby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 3: Throwing to Space Awayby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 4: Throwing to Space Underby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 5: Cuttingby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 6: Clearing and Cutting as a Teamby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 7: Forcingby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 8: Open Side Defendingby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 9: Pivot & Fakeby Dominick Smyth
- Level 2 – Lesson 10: Throwing Under Pressureby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 1: Break Aroundby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 2: Break Insideby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 3: Break Sideby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 4: Cut & Clearby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 5: Team Cuttingby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 6: Flow Offenceby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 7: Dump Open Sideby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 8: Sideline Dumpby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 9: Attacking with Resetsby Dominick Smyth
- Level 3 – Lesson 10: 3 Handler Playby Dominick Smyth
- Essentials by Flik
- Introductionby BrummieFree
- Throwingby Brummie
- Throwing Shapes: Outside in vs Inside outby Brummie
- Face Your Targetby Brummie
- Isolationsby Brummie
- Lead the Receiverby Brummie
- Thrower-led, aka “The German”by Brummie
- Breaking the Markby Brummie
- The Ideal Receptionby Brummie
- Throwing to Cuts Underneathby Brummie
- Throwing to Away Cutsby Brummie
- Tips for throwersby Ian FrenchFree
- Cuttingby Brummie
- Making Cutsby Brummie
- Sealing the Laneby Brummie
- Milking the discby Brummie
- Jink Cutsby Brummie
- Lateral Cuttingby Brummie
- Combining cutsby Brummie
- Isolating defendersby Brummie
- Clearingby Brummie
- Engaging Defendersby Brummie
- Timing Cuts & Setting up Continuationby Brummie
- Handler-led vs Cutter-led Offencesby Brummie
- Communicationby Brummie
- Catchingby BrummieFree
- Lesson Plans by FlikFree
- Level 4 – Lesson 1: Release Point Throwingby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 2: Angle and Tilt of Throwsby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 3: Hucking to Spaceby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 4: Cuttingby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 5: Give and Goby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 6: Markingby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 7: Defensive Prioritiesby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 8: Defensive Footworkby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 9: Dump Defendingby Caroline Ma
- Level 4 – Lesson 10: Aerial Contestsby Caroline Ma
- Zone Concepts 1 – Poachingby Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 2 – Playing deep, mullet or wingby Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 3 – Match handler marksby Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 4 – Recap and communicatingby Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 5 – Containing the disc (Lanes)by Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 6 – Containing the disc (sideline)by Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 7 – Bringing intensity to a zoneby Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 8 – Surrounding the disc (cup focus)by Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 9 – Surrounding the disc (directional focus)by Annie Glasspool
- Zone Concepts 10 – Consolidationby Annie Glasspool
- Cup Zone: Lesson 1 – Teach Front Half of the Zoneby Jodie PalmerFree
- Cup Zone: Lesson 2 – Teach Back Half of the Zoneby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 3 – Lateral Break Containmentby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 4 – Downfield Containmentby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 5 – Setting Up in Different Scenariosby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 6 – Transitioning to Match Defenceby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 7 – Sideline Force Variationby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 8 – Short Deep Variationby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 9 – Assassin Variationby Jodie Palmer
- Cup Zone: Lesson 10 – Reviewby Jodie Palmer
- Vertical Stackby Brummie
- How does vertical stack work?by Brummie
- Key Pointsby Brummie
- Middle of the fieldby Brummie
- Vertical Stack on the Sidelineby Brummie
- Who should cut?by Brummie
- When should I cut?by Brummie
- Maintaining Flowby Brummie
- Handling in Vertical Stackby Brummie
- Variantsby Brummie
- Tips, Pros and Consby Brummie
- Cycloneby Brummie
- Handler Offenceby Brummie
- Horizontal Stackby Dylan Freechild and Jimmy MickleFree
- How does Horizontal Stack work?by Brummie, Dylan Freechild and Jimmy Mickle
- Key Pointsby Brummie
- Who should cut?by Brummie
- Horizontal Stack Cutting Shapesby Dylan Freechild and Jimmy Mickle
- Cutting, Clearing and Maintaining Flowby Dylan Freechild and Jimmy Mickle
- Handling in Horizontal Stackby Brummie
- Comparing Vertical Stack to Horizontal Stackby Brummie
- Pros, Cons, and Tipsby Brummie
- Playing horizontal stack on the sidelineby Brummie
- Endzone Offenceby Brummie
- Defence by FlikFree
- Defensive Conceptsby Brummie
- Zonesby BrummieFree
- Cupby Brummie
- Cup Defence – Objectivesby Jodie Palmer
- Cup – Roles & Responsibilitiesby Jodie Palmer
- Crashby Jodie PalmerFree
- Reacting to swingsby Jodie Palmer
- Dealing with Open Side Throwsby Jodie Palmer
- Recovering from Hucksby Jodie Palmer
- Force Sidelineby Jodie Palmer
- Recovering from short throwsby Jodie Palmer
- 3 Principles for Maximising your Cupby BrummieFree
- Wall or Arrowheadby Brummie
- Hybrid zonesby Brummie
- Transitionsby Brummie and Jodie PalmerFree
- Defensive Strategy by FlikFree
- Ultimate Frisbee Strategy for Beginners – Defenceby Brummie
- Establishing Defensive Prioritiesby Beau Kittredge and Mish Phillips
- Person Defence – Marking Strategiesby Brummie
- Different Strategies and Techniques for Guarding the Dumpby Dylan FreechildFree
- Where can a dump cut to?by Dylan Freechild
- Guarding a Lateral Dumpby Dylan Freechild
- Guarding a Dump Behindby Dylan Freechild
- Anticipating handler movementsby Dylan Freechild
- Defending sideline resetsby Dylan Freechild
- Working with markersby Dylan Freechild
- Things to consider when guarding handlersby Dylan Freechild
- Evaluating successby Dylan Freechild
- Lull the opponent into a false sense of securityby Brummie
- Situational Defenceby Brummie
- Pulling Strategyby Tom AbramsFree
- Coaches Corner by FlikFree
- Coaching Fundamentalsby BrummieFree
- Coaching a Team: Get Organisedby Brummie
- Technical Discussion by FlikFree
- Improving Decision Making in Ultimateby BrummieFree
- Teaching Forehands to Beginnersby Annie Glasspool
- Learning a Good Forehandby Alexander Gan
- Controlling Backhandsby Alexander Gan
- Learning to throw with your off-handby Alexander Gan
- The Around Backhand – Why and Howby Alexander Gan
- Fast Break Principlesby Brummie
- Sports Psychology by FlikFree
- What makes the ultimate leader?by Tom Banister-FletcherFree
- Motivation by FlikFree
- Creating a team identityby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Goal setting in sport by Flik
- Fostering your team’s identityby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Self-confidence by Flik
- Shared leadershipby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Attention and concentration by Flik
- Building relationships with your playersby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Anxiety & stress management by Flik
- Motivating Playersby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Positive Imagery & Visualisation by Flik
- Getting out of your head and into the game: Navigating the challenges of Ultimate with a flexible mindby Sara Svoboda
- Building Team cohesion by Flik
- Preparing for pressureby Tom Banister-Fletcher
- Train Like A Champion by FlikFree
- Fury 2018: A Veteran’s Perspectiveby Cree HowardFree
- Fury 2018: A Rookie’s Perspectiveby Claire McKeever
- PoNY 2018: Show me your superpowerby Bryan Jones
- PoNY 2018: Building a Championship Winning Teamby Markian Kuzmowycz
- Ireland 2019: National Campsby Bríonagh Healy, Fiona Mernagh, Ian French and Sarah Melvin
- Ireland 2019: Solo Trainingby Bríonagh Healy, Fiona Mernagh and Sarah Melvin
- Ireland 2019: Coming from a small communityby Bríonagh Healy, Fiona Mernagh, Ian French and Sarah Melvin
- Ireland 2019: Making the mental Switch to Winningby Bríonagh Healy, Fiona Mernagh and Sarah Melvin
- Ireland 2019: During the tournamentby Bríonagh Healy, Fiona Mernagh, Ian French and Sarah Melvin
- CUSB 2019: Building a communityby Davide Morri
- CUSB 2019: Scouting was the differenceby Irene Scazzieri
- CUSB 2019: Working with La Fottaby Stefan Rekitt
- CUSB 2019: An insider’s viewby Bruno Mine
- Ellipsis 2021: Solo Training through a pandemicby Jodie PalmerFree
- Ring 2021: Booing & Building a Team Cultureby Eric Taylor
- Ring 2021: The Best Ability is Availabilityby Eric Taylor
- CUSB 2022: No Greater Victoryby Irene ScazzieriFree
- Johnny Bravo 2022: Culture, Adversity & Swaggerby BrummieFree
- Johnny Bravo 2022: Defying Expectationsby Chance Cochran
- Ranelagh 2022 – Building a team cultureby Sam Murphy
- France 2023: SHOCKby Gaël Ancelin
- France 2023: Training Focusby Gaël Ancelin
- Well-being by FlikFree
- Misc by FlikFree
- Above all: safety in physical playby John McNaughtonFree
- Analysing team performance using basic metricsby Brummie
- Training alone is truly a mental gameby Michaela Dunmall
- Solo Throwingby Ian French
- Covid Friendly Training Ideasby BrummieFree
- Coming back after having a babyby Dani Alexander
- Using Time Outs Effectivelyby Brummie
- Pull Playsby BrummieFree
- Strength and Conditioning Guideby James MeadFree
- Analysis by FlikFree
- Pony v Revolver, USAU Nationals 2018by Brummie
- Sockeye 2018: Handler Defenceby Brummie
- Sockeye 2018: Switching and Poachingby Brummie
- CUSB v Clapham, EUCF Final 2019by Brummie
- Fury vs Riot, 2008 USA Nationalsby Brummie
- Fury vs Molly Brown, 2018 US Openby Kimberly Yu
- Toro vs Sweet Cat, 2021 Richmond Cupby Kimberly Yu
- Sockeye v Machine, US Open 2021by Brummie
- Ranelagh’s Resets, xEUCF 2021by Brummie
- Revolution Breakdownby Mauricio Moore
- Ring of Fire’s Huckingby BrummieFree
- Boston Brute Squad vs Vancouver Traffic, USA Nationals 2021by Kimberly YuFree
- Canada World Games 2022 Pull Playsby Brummie
- Swampybarg’s Cup Zoneby Brummie
- Johnny Bravo – Handler Switchingby Brummie
- Trust: Johnny Bravo’s Long Gameby Brummie
- USA u24 Men 2023: Poach setsby Brummie
- EUC Women’s Final 2023by Ian FrenchFree
- EUC Open Final 2023by Ian FrenchFree
- Playing in extreme wind: Molly Brown v Phoenixby BrummieFree
- Denver Molly Brown’s Defence, USA Nationals 2022by Kimberly Yu