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Another Nationals in the books. After a rocky start with the weather, teams made the most out of the situation. Mike was out there with Mamabird. Quinn and Kins were back home following along. Should USAU have a better plan for weather? Would Brown's style work at higher levels? Did Dawn have the best college career of all time? Should teams ever have to play 4 Nationals level games in one day...

In Part 2 of watching Callahan videos with Callahan winners, Abby Hecko joins us! Abby grew up playing in Seattle and has been dominating at every single level of the game from youth to college to club. After winning the Callahan with Washington Element in 2023, Abby moved cross country to New York where she now stars for New York BENT. This fall she will be representing the US while playing for t...

Emory alum and 2023 Callahan winner, Justin Burnett, joins us to talk shop and watch a few Callahan videos requested by all of you! Justin is one of the most dynamic playmakers in the game today. Recently he played a big role in ending New York Empire's 30+ game win streak while notching blocks against Ben Jagt and Jack Williams for the Atlanta Hustle. Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use...

A fellow 88, Connor has played for Clapham Ultimate for nearly a decade and will be lacing up his boots with Team GB at WUC in 2024. In 2023 Ultiworld named him the second best men's player in Europe. He recently competed with Chicago Machine in 2023 where he was also runner up to the eventual champions, DC Truckstop. Connor also founded Advanced Ultimate Coaching. You can follow him on Instag...

We're excited to host our first Watch Party for the UFA Super Series on 4/27. The first matchup between DC and Salt Lake. We'll have some gear to give away so make sure to tune in, follow on IG, and sub on YouTube to be in the running. Jonny is one of the best handlers in the game today. DC sets him up well by taking advantage of his ability to receive bumps in flow for power position. DC...

Teams love set plays. We love set plays. It's important to distinguish the difference between a set play and organized actions. Set plays are less useful than the response that they trigger. At lower levels we do see set plays or pull plays result in quick goals. At higher levels, plays are more likely going to help your start motion, maybe put certain pieces in predicable spots, but more rare...

We respond to a couple listener emails that outline the challenges faced by mid-level players in making the leap to an elite level and the lack of resources and opportunities for adult players. The main themes include the need for committed and knowledgeable coaches, the lack of meaningful playing opportunities, and rising club teams losing their top talent. We also touch on the current tournament...

After spending a couple hours with Matty it's immensely clear why he's beloved by so many players in ultimate. All of use left the conversation wanting to make him proud. Over the last two decades, Matty has been the embodiment of winning and building team culture. A middle school teacher, husband, and father by day, Matty is best known for coaching San Francisco Fury and the World Games t...

Today we talk about methods to string looks together by playing with pace to change the angle of attack, defensive repositioning, team bonding, and consuming the UFA API for data analysis. We also talk about resources Rowan and Jack put together and kick around the idea of putting out more materials… again. https://github.com/yukikongju/audl Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your ne...

We interviewed Coach Jimmy D the week after he helped lead Colorado College Wasabi to the 2023 D3 National Championship. The episode sat in the archives after we went a little radio silent over the summer. It's possible that we were sad about Mamabird bowing out in pre-quarters at D1. Coach tells us about how Wasabi's attention to resets and a 2 person weave contributed to their success. A...

In this episode we recap the Smoky weekend from a watch party perspective and a coaching perspective. Coach K(ins) was on the ground helping out the Birdies. We also relive some of 2023 Nationals, because we're always living in the past... Finally we talk about using resets as a tool to build advantage and relieve pressure, and give thanks to great teammates! Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD...

Support Ultiphotos! https://www.ultiphotos.com/ Join the Ultiworld streams of Smoky Mountain Invite on March 3rd to listen to us ramble on Jibran's abs, Mamabird Love, and, from time to time, let you know which teams are playing and what the score is. We also respond to a couple listener emails about the stream and providing more resources for adults. Finally, Quinn and Kins talk about the bes...

We're back after a bit of a break. The last couple weeks we've been busy with Summit planning and tryouts. Thanks to all who came out to brave the snow and deal with schedule changes. The vibes were electric. Question for the listeners - would you be interested in doing individual or small group lessons? Anyone in Colorado want to set something up? Anyone else around the world? Mamabird al...

Ian French is a 2x European Championship winning coach and author of the bettereveryday coaching and author of "Games for Coaching Ultimate Frisbee: Using Gameplay to Teach Skills and Tactics". Coach is incredibly thoughtful in his approach to teaching, and produces a ton of great content to help ultimate frisbee players think critically about the game. Check out Ian's Substack: bett...

Charlie Eisenhood, the founder of Ultiworld, joins us this week. An entrepreneur, writer, editor, producer, commentator, podcaster... there isn't much Charlie doesn't do. Over the last decade he has done more than anyone to push the sport forward. We chat about the beginnings of Ultiworld, Charlie's influence on Club and Pro Ultimate Frisbee, Media's role in Sports, Accessibility o...

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We're still on a short break from the Chalk Talk series. Today we welcome Ari Nelson back on to give an update on their mental health. Ari educates us about trauma-informed leadership and gives great perspective on giving and receiving feedback. We discuss the value of communication, being transparent, defining channels of communication for team members, and the importance of forgiveness. Team...

Sans Quinn, we're taking a short break from the Chalk Talk series to answer a few fan questions. Thanks for sending them in! We'll get to the rest of them soon We also go over some of our Spotify Wrapped numbers. We're grateful for all of you who have been tuning in. Hard to believe that we're anyone's Top Podcast! Kikko Socks⁠⁠⁠ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next o...

Coach Charlie Hoppes recently stepped down as coach of the New York Empire after downturns with his bipolar and anxiety. Charlie has long advocated for the importance of mental health awareness. During his 3 years with the team Charlie and Anthony Nuñez led the New York Empire to a 42-3 record, are currently riding a 30 game win streak, and have won back to back AUDL titles. Charlie gives us insig...

In part 2 of our Chalk Talk series, 2023 AUDL Coach of the Year, Bryce Merrill joins us to overview his philosophy of teaching and developing common language for efficient communication. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that Coach also learned a lot from Bob Krier. Coach Merrill does an amazing job of giving tools to his players to solve problems on their own. He details the importance of foc...

In our first Chalk Talk Episode we welcome on Coach Tim Kefalas. We're planning to bring on different coaches to learn as much as we can from the game's brightest minds. In ultimate you force forehand or backhand. Coach TK has broken the mold by finding innovative ways to switch the mark to challenge different spaces in ways that no other coach is doing in the game today. TK walks us throu...

Not just another North Carolina Robot, Ben was easily one of the best conversations we've had. Watch Quinn and Ben form a new bromance while commiserating over drawing the opponent's #1 defender game after game, point after point. Sometimes it hurts to be good. A perfect 3/3 in College National Championships, Ben has won gold at every level including one with the U24 Men's National tea...

Shoutout to everyone who reached out. Hartley Greenwald and Michal Marek have both played high level ultimate in Europe and gave us some perspective on the differences of self officiation and SOTG in Europe and North America. Lucas asks if Kins talks as much trash at practice as he does in games, asks Quinn to unpack his Nationals performance, and asks about off season goals. To wrap it all up, Ki...

Congrats to Truckstop, the new Champs! In Episode 30, the first episode of Season 2, we recap our feelings of Bravo's Nationals experience. https://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2023/10/reflecting-on-3rd-place-finish.html Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube (2:38) - The post-nationals feels...