My Ultimate Friend

My search for someone online that enjoys finding Ultimate Frisbee stuff was actually harder than expected.  Not only did I want to find  a person on the topic of Ultimate Frisbee, but one that was specifically interested in the strategies used in the game.  Using diigo turned out to be fruitless, so I tried me luck on the delicious website.  The searches on Ultimate lead me to one of their public users and they had a decent amount of interest in Ultimate.  This person actually had some websites on Ultimate Frisbee unknown to me.  Here are some of the interesting and useful ones: 

Ultimate Rob’s blog seems to be a well established website with articles on almost any aspect about the sport of Ultimate Frisbee or even disc sports in general.  I think Ultimate Rob is a great resource for improving yourself as a individual player with throwing skill, physical fitness, and keeping on top of the rules.  Ultimate Rob also has a section on psychology, which is unique to most websites about Ultimate Frisbee.  This part of the blog explains how the mental aspect of the game can effect the the events that occur on field greatly.  For example, he has a section on the "pull' which is the first throw of the game similar to a kickoff in football.  In Ultimate, Ultimate Rob explains that a well placed pull allows the defense to get set and show their "intent"; basically this allows the defense to set up and get into the right mindset to shut down the offense.  A pull is a very minute part of Ultimate Frisbee in most people's eyes, but Ultimate Rob brings attention to this play because it almost serves as the anchor for the rest of the point.

One of my favorite Ultimate Frisbee blogs was also publicly linked by this dude: The Huddle.  This blog website is always an easy read for any Ultimate player wanting to learn about strategy or individual tips and tricks.  The Huddle is separated into Issues and Features.  The issues usually are tidbits about skills needed in Ultimate, which is really helpful for a player wanting to improve.  The features are more of whats happening in the Ultimate world and the growth of the game from an insiders point of view, this will be very useful to me in the future for my blog topics.

One of the websites I did not know about is this wikipedia type page for Ultimate: Ultipedia. This website has a huge scope of the history and links to a lot of teams around the world.  Although it is pretty weak on the strategy, it gives a thorough background on how the game was created and progressed over the years.  It also provides information on all notable teams and tournaments available for the Ultimate Community.  This website seems like a hub for all Ultimate related information and directs people to whatever they are interested in.  I will be exploring this website further in the next couple weeks.