Ultimate: here & there

Having played ultimate only in the U.S. before, I have found playing in India to be a fun, eye-opening, and a fantastic experience. I have realized what ultimate means: it is more than just a sport. Since SOTG is so woven into the sport, it gives a few […]

Am talking about the days when you seem to be dropping everything coming your way and throwing away the disc every single time you do manage to catch it. The mark on you seems larger than life. You seem to be running in exaggerated slow motion. And whats worse no one seems to be catching […]

 Part I - Leap before you thinkÂ
Ultimate is known to be a “thinking person’s sport”.
Correction - a thinking person, who happens to be a lot fitter than the usual suspect.
Again correction- and does all the thinking off field.
Manu’s emphasis on attending pre-game drills is because that is when players should be doing the thinking. […]

This is the scenario:
Man defense. Your man is away from the disc looking for a pass from
the handler. You have just got to your man, who is looking for a
slice of the action.
Let’s start with positioning the body with respect to the ground and
the offensive player.
• Stay on your toes.
The conventional […]

“I’ll go for every conceivable catch on the condition that someone makes the throw first, i’m not going to go run somewhere and wait for a throw. I expect the disc to arrive at the same time as me, like it’s destiny or something. Oh yeah, if the end-zone is free, regardless of where I […]

Today’s game saw a lot of drops and picks. The high winds and the summer heat too didn’t help the game. Most of us kept substituting after every 2 points. But the highlight of the day was RV knocking Vatsan down. Yup! The building has fallen. Let’s all celebrate. (Is there a player of the […]

Hi,
i am Venky from Blore. We play Ultimate here on weekends and are very interested to explore playing with Chennai disc enthusiasts.
Would be happy to hear from you …you could call me on 98804 09375
venky

Tomorrow’s game will be dedicated to Richard Knerr, co-founder of Wham-O.
“Knerr and his boyhood friend Arthur “Spud” Melin founded Wham-O n Pasadena in 1948. Later the company moved to its current home in Emeryville. According to the LA Times obituary, the best friends named the company after the sound their first product, a slingshot, made […]

Mama, one of the guys who brought Ultimate Frisbee to Chennai, gets irritated when a person doesn’t turn up for the game after confirming (and eventually spamming) everyone of his attendance the previous day.
“Duh….almost 50% of the people who confirmed did not land up” quips Mama. “I think we should have some kind of fine […]