Posts Tagged ‘ultimate’

Agni Nakshatra 2010

By manu • May 1st, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

 
Do you want to learn to play Ultimate? Do you know someone who wants to play Ultimate? Good news! The popular Agni Nakshatra summer camp is back this year. Kick start your Ultimate Frisbee game with Chennai Ultimate Frisbee club this summer through this camp.
Just get a group of friends to form a team (or […]



‘Tis the season

By Aj • Jul 16th, 2009 • Category: General

 
Stacking in a row,the D is forcing away,over the head we throw,the hammer is on its waythe sun on bessie can sting,the dogs too can bite,what fun it is to cramp and cringewhile the disc is in its flight,
 
Oh, ankle swells, ankle wellscan’t walk all the wayOh, what fun HENCE… it is […]



Aj’s post #2 of many

By Aj • Feb 24th, 2009 • Category: Game

Ā Part I - Leap before you thinkĀ
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. […]



CUF - Evening Exhibition Game - 27th September 2008

By abhinav • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Chennai Ultimate Frisbee is dedicated to teaching and promoting the sport of Ultimate. In an attempt to create public awareness about the sport of Ultimate, we are holding an exhibition game on 27th September 2008. This exhibition game is a prelude to the All India Tourney that we have scheduled for the last week-end of […]



AJ’s Tips to Ulti-Defense. Post #1 of many

By Aj • Sep 21st, 2008 • Category: Drills, Game

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 […]



Kodaikanal “Fly Baba” Ultimate Invitational - 26, 27 April 2008

By abhinav • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

Bryan Plymale from KIS Kodai writes:
“Vanakam!… Yesterday we all agreed that the Semi-Occasional Kodaikanal “Fly Baba” Ultimate Invitational will be Saturday 26 April and Sunday, 27 April 2008. All are welcome! Get the word out. The more the better. We can even find you floor space if necessary. ”
So if you play Ultimate […]



And that is how the ‘building’ crumbled…

By gapp • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Game

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 […]



Ultimate in Frost - The Sportsday Update

By Sharmishta • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

With a few of us CUFfians working at Frost & Sullivan, Ranjani decided to infuse the Frost sports day with some Ultimate spirit by introducing the game to more of the gang here. With a surprisingly large number of people who signing up, we decided to organize a five team event! The five of us […]



Back from Ahmedabad

By abhinav • Feb 24th, 2008 • Category: Tournament

By Siddharta Govindaraj
Wow, it was a totally AWESOME trip.
Great matches, super hospitality and awesome matches. We finally won 1 and lost 1, but the spirit throughout the trip was fantastic.
Excellent coordination and arrangements by everyone at IndiCorps and Manav Sadhna, including a lovely welcome.
The quality level of the games was a couple of notches […]



Game dedicated to Richard Knerr

By admin • Feb 4th, 2008 • Category: Game, News

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 […]