Read this strategy and most definitely use it !
woensdag 25 augustus 2010
dinsdag 24 augustus 2010
Neighbour Champions - United Kingdom
Two days ago the champions of the United Kingdom were crowned.
For those of you who have been loyal readers of this blog you might remember I announced the German champions somewhere in august last year and from now on I would like to do this on a more regular basis for nations surrounding us.
It's always nice to know what's going on in our neighbour's countries so here's the deal :
In Women's division the title of UKU Champions went to LeedsLeedsLeeds after beating another very strong team Iceni.
Congrats to both teams and let us belgians only try to take an example on how the sport is being played and more importantly the level of play in the UK...
PS Pictures by somebody named Andrew Moss (stolen right off Facebook :), my pleasure )
Keep on reading !
For those of you who have been loyal readers of this blog you might remember I announced the German champions somewhere in august last year and from now on I would like to do this on a more regular basis for nations surrounding us.
It's always nice to know what's going on in our neighbour's countries so here's the deal :
Clapham Ultimate won the UKU (United Kingdom Ultimate) nationals in open division for the 10th time in a row !!!! An amazing record was set by beating one of their biggest opponents Chevron Action Flash, who won the xEUCF last year and thus have the title of European Club Champions.
Fire of London took 3d place.
Congrats to both teams and let us belgians only try to take an example on how the sport is being played and more importantly the level of play in the UK...
PS Pictures by somebody named Andrew Moss (stolen right off Facebook :), my pleasure )
Keep on reading !
TIPS & TRICKS VIII - How To Layout Safely
Here are some tips and tricks you can use to learn more about laying out (= getting horizontal) while playing ultimate frisbee.
As you can see in the picture below laying out for a disc means you have to give it all you got, and never ever think you can't get to the disc anymore. Remember Andrew Fleming's legendary catch at the quarter finals of WUCC 2010 in Prague ? (Picture by José Pires, http://joez.smugmug.com/ )
Thanks to Robin for sending this to me and thanks to the unknown author of the article (found at http://www.ehow.com/how_2365146_layout-safely-ultimate-frisbee.html ) :
"Laying out can be a glorious thing in ultimate frisbee. A head long dive to grab an errant throw or to block a potential goal gets the attention of the crowd and gains momentum for your team. While it takes only guts to begin laying out - it is more challenging to do so safely. Laying out improperly can put your body parts at risk of being injured and also poses a risk for your competitors. Staying healthy is important so learning to layout in a manner that limits risk to yourself and those around you is a worthwhile exercise.
-Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
-Things You'll Need: Your body.
-Instructions : 1 Survey the area in front of you quickly as you prepare to layout. Are there obstructions on the field or sideline that you might hit? Other players in the area that can not see you? You want to land on the grass in front of you and nothing else.
2 Leave your feet in control. In order to land safely you should leave your feet as part of an extended controled movement rather than flopping or flailing about wildly. Layout with a purpose or goal in mind and this will help you stay in control of your body throughout.
3 Land on your chest. While it may seem logical to break your fall with your shoulders or arms, the safest way to land is on your chest. By providing a large surface area to take in the impact you are less likely to hurt yourself than if you landed on a single wrist, knee or arm. Although it is not always possible, by laying out off of both feet you establish a measure of safety by ensuring that you land with your chest towards the ground rather than topsy-turvey.
4 Recover safely. Often two players will layout simultaneously and land together. If your body becomes intertwined with an opponents, instead of sprinting to get up, take enough time to ensure that you do not injure the opponent by doing so."
Track V by Huyltimate - One Team Cancelled So One Spot Left..
If you have any interest to join last minute with your team, don't hesitate to send them an email !
Even if you're just a player on your own and you wanna play, come over to Floreffe and join the pick-up team !
More info at http://ffindr.com/en/event/track-v-disc-or-a-dive
woensdag 18 augustus 2010
One Spot Left : Dublin Womens Tournament 25/26 Sept
Message from Fiona (from Irish Federation)
"Greetings Europe,
I am very excited and priveleged to announce that for the first time ever an international Women's tournament in Ireland that will be taking place on the 25th/26th of September.
Huck o' the Irish will be a two day grass tournament within half an hour of Dublin Airport, with cheap accommodation nearby. For €25 player fee (and no team fee) you can expect:
2 days of high class play on the lovely green fields of Ireland
Breakfast and lunch both days
On site first aid/physio tent
Quality parties on the Friday and Saturday nights
Travelling from abroad can be made really cheap by keeping an eye out for flight sales with Ryanair (the September sales haven't begun yet).
For any teams interested, you can register by e-mailing huckotheirish@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Fiona Mernagh
IFDA Women's Coordinator"
And here's some girls you might meet :)
(Stolen right off facebook, the/an Irish ladies team at WUCC 2010 in Prague - "Binge" was it, right ?)
Random Video - Belgium U20 vs. USA U20 @ WJUC
Check out this cool video of the belgian Under20 open team at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Heillbron, Germany a little while ago.
Might I just add that this was the very first game for both teams so that might explain while some things didn't work out (yet) like they were supposed to..... (at least that's what I've been told by some of these players).
More important than that of course are the great plays, cuts, passes, catches and D's being done in this film. For example at 1:20 , Lode getting horizontal like he should (damn boyyyyy !)
Strictly niceness !
Go Belgium !
dinsdag 17 augustus 2010
GRITZ - A Game In Between Beach Ultimate Games ?
Invented at the University of Oregon circa 2000, Gritz combines volleyball, frisbee and endless greatests.
The Rules:
- Volleyball basics (score on serve, 3 touches max, rotation)
- Players cannot touch the ground and the disc and the same time
- The disc must not be travelling downwards at the point of release
- No bladey serves
- Err on the side of awesome
Play Gritz, it's fun.
dinsdag 10 augustus 2010
Random Video : Secret Weapon PJ @ WJUC
Video by PJ's father and Freezzzbeezzz co-founder Guido DM.
Merci voor de links Guido !
Random Video : Belgian Huck & Score @ WJUC
Check out this nice huck by PJ to his superquick colleague Freezzzbeezzz player Lode while playing with the belgian national Under20 Open team in Heillbron Germany last week.
Knap, hoor !
maandag 9 augustus 2010
Belgian Under17 Open Team Wins Spirit @ EJUC
The Belgian Under17 Open team took home the Spirit of the Game award at the European Junior Ultimate Championships in Heillbron, Germany.
No, I didn't make a mistake : in the under17 divisions this was a European Championship and not a Worlds !
Congratulations to the boys !
Picture by Guido DM from Freezzzbeezzz who couldn't resist this championship and went down there to support the belgian teams (including his son PJ) as a tourist :)
WJUC Final Results
Picture above : the Belgian Under20 Open team with their coach Robin (yellow shorts on the right) by their side.
Check out http://schedule.wjuc2010.de/ for a nice overview of the results of the World Junior Ultimate Championships.
I would tell you the most interesting results of winners and so but for once just click this link please.
It's a nice visualisation of the results and it couldn't be more easier. (and just a bit too big to repost here..)
And for the really really lazy ones, who don't want to click once : here are the belgian results :
Belgium Under20 Open : 11/18
Belgium Under20 Women : 14/14
Belgium Under17 Open : 4/7
vrijdag 6 augustus 2010
WJUC - Belgian Results After Round 1
The first round is completely over and now all the junior teams need to do is play there final placing games on saturday.
Here are the results for all three belgian teams :
The belgian girls seem to have had a very hard time with some really hard competition. No names like Ireland,France,Netherlands or any other country who might be a little bit more in our league but only 'exotic' sounding names with maybe much more experience in their pool... I would like to give you some more info on their parcours and how they have done but that will be when they get back. For now let's keep our fingers crossed for their placing game against Austria for the 13th/14th place out of 14. Let's go girls !!
More info at http://www.wjuc2010.de/ but also right here !
Keep on reading !
Here are the results for all three belgian teams :
Our Under17 open boys seem to have gotten the highest belgian ranking in this championship. They played the semi final against a seemingly very strong Great Britain, which they lost to with 15-5 and tomorrow they have to play against Sweden for the 3d/4th place out of 7. The belgian youngsters were already beaten by Sweden in pool play but this can only mean they will be more motivated to seek (and find) revenge ! Let's go !
The Under20 boys had 4 wins and 4 losses but still gave the top teams a big battle.
Coming home with 4 nice victories over Ireland,Israel,Japan(!) and Finland we can be very proud of our youngsters for their nice achievement.
They will be playing for 11th/12th place out of 18 also against Sweden on saturday.
Rock on dudes !
More info at http://www.wjuc2010.de/ but also right here !
Keep on reading !
woensdag 4 augustus 2010
"The Greatest" at WJUC in Heillbron, Germany ! Nice !
Check out this "greatest" by Ethan Kovacs of the Canadian Junior U20 Open team (final catch by #15 Robert Schmidt) against Colombia.
If you ever wondered why this is called 'the greatest', it's just because this is about the greatest move you can ever do on a frisbee field. I actually had another one to show you but I've lost it. Does anybody remember where you can find one of those highlight videos with somebody scoring a massive greatest between 3 other defenders who already fell down on the floor somewhere in the right deep corner of the endzone in some USA or UPA or college championship ?
dinsdag 3 augustus 2010
Tourney Preview - World Junior Ultimate Championships
These are the teams competing at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Heillbron, Germany from monday 02/08 until saturday 07/08.
After the Worlds in Prague with Mooncatchers and XLR8RS, and the World U23 Champs in Firenze with the belgian mixed team bringing home the silver medal; Belgium has the honour to be represented by 3 different teams as you can see, which is also quite a prestation for a small country as ours.
Hope they will have a very good time, play some nice games and learn a lot of new things and maybe do a stunt here or there.
The belgian future is at our doorstep ! Better be ready !
All info can be found at http://www.wjuc2010.de/ , and here's another trailer of this event.
http://www.wjuc2010.de/
maandag 2 augustus 2010
Tourney Preview - XL Hat Upcoming Weekend ! - Players Wanted !
XLR8RS are hosting their annual XL Hat right in our belgian capital Brussels, more specifically Ixelles.
Tell your friends about this lovely hat tourney because they still need a few more players.
About 75 enthousiastics already signed up and I can assure you you'll be having fun since last year was a blast !
Get your spot by checking out their website at www.xlr8rs.be/xlhat
"Freeschijnset" Wins Brussels Beach Tournament
"Freeschijnset", a combination of Freespect/Schijnwerpers/Jetset players, won the 5th edition of the Brussels Beach tournament.
They played a nice final against Gentle, who couldn't stop the offensife flow by Freeschijnset - but did manage to win both parties (friday and saturday) as well as the Spirit of the Game award.
Congratulations to both teams and a big thanks to Mooncatchers (especially Ollie and Pat) for organising this little beach tournament in the centre of Brussels.
It's cool to see all those different kinds of tourney's going on in Belgium... This way everybody gets a chance to play here and experience the Belgian Attitude !
As I am writing this there are some other really interesting stuff going on : Smack The Beach Up is being held today at the market square in Mechelen and also the World Junior Ultimate Championships with an amazing 3 belgian teams competing !! More info on that later on this day.
They played a nice final against Gentle, who couldn't stop the offensife flow by Freeschijnset - but did manage to win both parties (friday and saturday) as well as the Spirit of the Game award.
Congratulations to both teams and a big thanks to Mooncatchers (especially Ollie and Pat) for organising this little beach tournament in the centre of Brussels.
It's cool to see all those different kinds of tourney's going on in Belgium... This way everybody gets a chance to play here and experience the Belgian Attitude !
As I am writing this there are some other really interesting stuff going on : Smack The Beach Up is being held today at the market square in Mechelen and also the World Junior Ultimate Championships with an amazing 3 belgian teams competing !! More info on that later on this day.
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