Pod Practice

In this episode Jake Smart talks about building a culture of honest communication and his constraints led approach to teaching. Jake is one of the best coaches in ultimate frisbee and no stranger to winning. Before joining Brown as a coach, Jake played for the Wisconsin Hodags, another historically great college program. His teams are known for having incredibly efficient offenses and defenses tha...

Tony Leonardo wears many hats. He's an author, filmmaker, journalist, commentator, player, and historian of ultimate frisbee. Co-Author of "Ultimate: The First Four Decades" Author of "Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man" Tony's latest and most important project is "THE LOT," an independent documentary that tells the story of ultimate frisbee fro...

If you've watched a frisbee highlight video in the last 10 years you've likely seen Nathan's work. He's the game's most prolific videographer, traveling non-stop around the world to document the game's most biggest moments. Support the Landesmans: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-jeff-and-laura-after-home-loss --------------------------------- Pod Practice Store: https://ko-f...

Sit back, relax, and listen to Robert “Nob” Rauch recount the last 50 years of ultimate's growth from behind the scenes. One of the forefathers of the sport, Nob is the current WFDF President and a USA Ultimate Hall of Famer. Before WFDF, he became the 4th national director of the UPA (now USAU) in 1987. So much of what we take for granted today was spearheaded by Nob years ago. Nob started playin...

We're closing out the year with a couple bangers. In our penultimate episode of 2024 we talk to Isaac Saul. Isaac was one of the most interesting people we've ever talked to. In our circles, Isaac is best known for being the fiery coach and former captain of PoNY. In any other circle, Isaac is best known for being the founder of Tangle News. From the Tangle About Page: https://www.readtangle.com/a...

We take a look back on 2024 through the lens of Spotify Wrapped. Thanks to everyone for tuning in. We're humbled and grateful for the little community you've all helped us build. Pod Practice is a passion project for us. As we say, Pod Practice started as a construct for us to hangout and meet new people. It's crazy to think that anyone gets any value out of it. Special shoutouts to BE Ultimate, G...

40% off Pod Practice T-Shirts Use Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Rowan's back to tell us about Excel Ultimate and the new Excel Classroom. If you want to learn from the best players in the world like Raphy Hayes, Mac Hecht, or Connor McHale check out https://excelultimate.com/. Stay tuned for an upcoming Pod Practice collab with the Excel Classroo...

Bailey Shigley & Noah Coolman join us along with Della Moran (Alex's sweetheart) to talk about dating in ultimate from the perspective of couples who both play and dating a frisbee player as a non-player. Frisbee takes up a lot of time across UFA and Club, and doesn't always leave a ton of space for a relationship. Listen in to hear how they navigate those challenges. Bailey and Noah also talk...

Nick Stuart is a College, Club, and World Championship. He was introduced to the sport by his dad and grew up playing in Gainseville, FL. In high school he played on mixed teams with his dad before playing Vicious Cycle and Ronin. He has since played for Carleton CUT, Sub Zero, Revolver, and Sockeye. We may also have a Nick Bomb of news to share about who we may or may not play for in 2025. We've...

A short, quick hitter recap of WMUC - Kins gets a history lesson on some of the players that came before him, as Mike puts his player hat on while reflecting on losing the Gold Medal Match to Team Canada. We discuss the mental switch of putting cleats on vs holding the clipboard in big moments. Mike also gives some shoutouts to TC, listeners that said hello, and some of his teammates. Spoiler - if...

An After Action Review. There's no doubt we were hoping to perform better at Nationals this year. We look back on what we could have done better, give some props to the players that spanked us, and spend some time diving into individuals in a team setting. Also introducing, "Philosophy with Kins" BE Ultimate has Free Shipping in November. Use Promo Code: FREESHIPNOV Support the Pod: https://ko-fi....

A Rhino and one of the GOATs, Dylan Freechild, joins us to kickoff Season 3. Dylan has been in the frisbee spotlight since he was running with EGO. Over the years, Spikezilla has been known as one of the most firey competitors in the sport. He helped start the media age with Nexgen from 2011-2013, won the Callahan in 2013, has been on more National Teams than we can count, and added his second Clu...

Come find us at Nationals with Johnny Bravo. We've got free stickers for any subscribers. We'll also have Pod Practice Tees and Bravo Stickers for sale. This is our Nationals Preview Episode of the Men's Division. We talked to Leo Gordon from Revolver, our very own Tobias Brooks from Bravo, Tobe Decraene from DiG, and Pawel Janas from Machine. I think you're going to enjoy this one. Everyone's per...

It's Nationals Week! Today we bring on Claire Revere from Phoenix, Claire Trop & Kami Groom of Scandal, and KJ Johnson & Skittles McQuaide of Fury to get to know them as individuals and hear a bit about their mindsets heading into the tournament. Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Downl...

Quinn's finally back after almost a month in Australia and New Zealand. Hear about his experiences at WUC playing with the USA Men's Team. Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https:/...

Alex's trainer, Brian Nevison, joins us to talk about how to train for performance as an ultimate athlete. Brian has a degree in Kinesiology and has been a Strength and Conditioning Coach for a decade and a half. He has also been playing ultimate since high school. Brian walks us through what frisbee players get right and areas where we should focus more in terms of joint and tendon health. In our...

What is a Dominator? What made Brown the best offense at College Nationals in 2024? What has made Truckstop's offense so unstoppable for the last 3 Club seasons? Typically a dominator is a 3 person weave focusing on short passes and give-go movements. In this episode Alex and Mikey talk about the spaces Brown and Truck attack so well, how it differs from a classic dominator, and how they'v...

Introducing our new Pod Practice Tees! This is a limited release. We had a really small quantity of each design printed. We'll get them listed and include a link to the store in the description once that's done. Ordering one is a great way to support the podcast. Proceeds will help us dedicate more time to create instructional content. We recorded the first part of the episode before WUC ended so...

Ben Feldman is the Owner, GM, and Head Coach of the Minnesota Wind Chill - a team he's cleated up for in 5 different seasons. Ben has been a fixture of Minnesota Ultimate Frisbee for 20+ years. He was a high school standout at Hopkins before winning a U-19 Gold Medal with Team USA. He's a two time college champion with the Wisconsin Hodags. He also played in 10 USAU Club Championships with...

We had some technical difficulties recording this episode. Hope to have Anders back on to finish the tour of https://ulti-verse.com/ Ders and the Flyers took down Atlanta by running out the clock for nearly 6 minutes. Now they're headed to Championship weekend to play Seattle in the semis in pursuit of a 2nd UFA Championship. Immediately afterwards he'll fly to Australia to compete as Quin...

We recap our US Open with Bravo and discuss the parity of the open division in the US this year. Thanks to so many of you for saying hi at the tournament! Quinn names his All-Tournament Team. We also have our new BE Ultimate gear in house. Links below or in bio. Stayed tuned for a Pod Practice Playlist AND Mike just bought a drone. Also checkout Benson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.co...

Apologies for the delay! We recorded this episode over 2 sessions in early/mid July. In this episode we talk about the ups and down of our Summit season after being eliminated from the playoffs, Quinn gives us a recap of USA Training Camp, and we answer some questions from all of you! Article Mentioned from Max Weiler: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/10/03/mental-training-performance-cycle...

This episode was recorded on June 11th. Calvin Brown is one of the best young throwers in the game. He helped lead Cal Poly SLO to a Finals appearance at College Nationals after taking down the 3 time defending champs, North Carolina Darkside in semifinals. Down 12-8, SLOCORE went on a 7-1 run to win 15-13 in large part because of Calvin's ability to throw through the wind and rain, and a clutch b...

Jump to 41:49 to listen to our conversation with 4x Defending Champs: Allison Reilly and Emily Przykucki of UNC Pleiades. We think you'll learn a lot about what Championship teams focus on the most to stay on top. It starts with culture and loving hard work. It also takes a little bit of luck. As we talked it became clear that luck is often the manifestation of a ton of preparation, and Pleiad...

We're on the road again in Madison and Minnesota this weekend, but Matty, Kins, and Mike recap last week's Oakland/Salt Lake City road trip. It's a gauntlet of a trip. The Spiders and Shred are two of the most physical teams in the league. The team had some ups and downs, bonded, and came home with a win. We talk about the challenges of a double header weekend in the UFA, and the impac...