Hooray for party injuries ? :) Happy 2012 !
zaterdag 31 december 2011
Random Video - Columbian Ultimate Highlights
Check out this nice artistic video highlights of Columbian Ultimate !
donderdag 29 december 2011
Cristiano Ronaldo - Ultimate Fitness Test
Check out this amazing sports versus science video featuring one of the greatest athletes of these times.
I wonder how the fittest Ultimate players would score on tests like these...
woensdag 28 december 2011
Introducing PLAYSPEDIA - Digital Playbook !
Make sure to check out WWW.PLAYSPEDIA.COM for this nice feature bringing your strategy/plays/tactics into the digital world.
A must-see for all coaches and captains out there !
Show your support by liking the playspedia page on facebook but even way more by using their nice product !!
Promo Video - Sockeye's Training Camp
Check out this little promo video of the upcoming Sockeye Training Camps in Russia and Italy in 2012 !
Update: and another one from Italy :
SLOW MOTION Throwing Footage - Keely Dinse
Check out this slow-motion throwing video footage by Keely Dinse, a Seattle Riot player who has been taking Ultimate training to the next level in her off-season.
More info at http://2012babies.tumblr.com/
Random Picture - Sweet Sense Of Grass & Ultimate
Aah, the sweet sense of grass and Ultimate in the morning.....
Picture as found right here :Amazing Plays - Jerome vs Beau ??
Check out this amazing play by Jerome Simpson (#32 , Cincinatti Bengals).
Not to forget about the amazing play below : Beau Kittredge (#50, Revolver Ultimate).
Wouldn't mind seeing the two of them playing eachother !
maandag 26 december 2011
vrijdag 23 december 2011
Random Quote - Become A Better Athlete (Melissasultimatefitness)
Here's a little quote as found on www.melissasultimatefitness.com
"Too often I hear Ultimate players place artificial limitations on themselves. They think they are too old, too injured, too fat, or too whatever to take their game to the next level. Many players are under the impression that they have peaked in high school or college and it has to be all downhill from there. This is all nonsense. Unless you were doing serious athletic training as a high schooler (and I’m not talking about just being on the soccer team), chances are you have barely tapped into your full athletic potential.
Is anything holding you back?
..
Regardless of what type of athlete you are today, you can become a better athlete tomorrow.
Aim for progress, not perfection."
"Too often I hear Ultimate players place artificial limitations on themselves. They think they are too old, too injured, too fat, or too whatever to take their game to the next level. Many players are under the impression that they have peaked in high school or college and it has to be all downhill from there. This is all nonsense. Unless you were doing serious athletic training as a high schooler (and I’m not talking about just being on the soccer team), chances are you have barely tapped into your full athletic potential.
Is anything holding you back?
..
Regardless of what type of athlete you are today, you can become a better athlete tomorrow.
Aim for progress, not perfection."
donderdag 22 december 2011
News - FULL VIDEO of 2011 USAU Club Championships Open Final
Watch the FULL VIDEO of the 2011 USA Ultimate Club Championships Open Final between Revolver and Ironside right here :
Waaay better than any Hollywood blockbuster !
Sit back and enjoy the show !
woensdag 21 december 2011
Epic Video - ULTIVILLAGE Highlights 2011
You could call this the highlight video of the year, but it's actually even more than that.
Best compilation video I've ever seen by the great folks over at ULTIVILLAGE.
Like,support,spread and share this video !
Keep on reading...
Music For Life - Diabolic Heaven LOGO4LIFE !
All Belgian readers will have heard of MUSIC FOR LIFE, but for those of you who haven't, here's the deal : Studio Brussels, the leading music radio station in Belgium, is organising the 6th and last edition of this fundraising campaign called Music For Life. It's a setup where 3 radiohosts get locked up in a glass house for one week and make radio from that big glass house, which everyone can come to visit. Listeners can donate money while asking for records they want to hear, and all profits go to a special charity chosen by the people from the Red Cross (international aid organisation).
This year all funds go to the battle against dhiarrea, which is the biggest cause of death for children around the world.
Diabolic Heaven, a frisbee team from Hasselt,Belgium, showed us (one way of) how to support the action by donating it's LOGO to this charity fundraising.
"In 2011 we donate our beautiful logo for life.
We encourage all the
Frisbee teams in Belgium to do the same.
Because Frisbee players DO give a shit"
WANNA DONATE YOUR LOGO AS WELL OR JUST SUPPORT THE FUNDRAISING ?
Check out
dinsdag 20 december 2011
Random Pictures - Scaughty Photography
Picture above: Scott from Scaughty Photography really has a good eye for taking shots like this one of an amazing layout, full frontal GET HORIZONTAL !
All pics by http://scaughtyphotography.smugmug.com/ at the 2011 USAU College Championships
Random Video - Highlights Of German Nationals 2011
Check out this highlight footage of the German Nationals 2011 between Heidees & Woodchicas (winners) in women's division and Bad Skid (winners) vs Heidees in Open Division.
BUIC - Update Division 1
Here's a little report as written by Sigi (Diabolic Heaven) on the second day of the Belgian Ultimate Indoor Championship in Division 1 :
"Last sunday Division 1 played in the nice sportcentre of
Tongeren.
Huyltimate and Eul'chtimate joined Division 1 instead of Gentle and Slijpschijven
First game of the day was between Mooncatchers and Diabolic Heaven.
Diabolic Heaven with only 6 players this day (exam period for the younger players) had only one goal: maintain their place in D1
Moon won the toss and both teams kept on scoring their offence points. In the middle of the game DH managed to score on a turn-over but Moon did the same thing in the next point. When time was over the score was 9-9...universe point with DH in offence...but it was Mooncatchers who took the victory after a turnover near the end-zone...
Huyltimate and Eul'chtimate joined Division 1 instead of Gentle and Slijpschijven
First game of the day was between Mooncatchers and Diabolic Heaven.
Diabolic Heaven with only 6 players this day (exam period for the younger players) had only one goal: maintain their place in D1
Moon won the toss and both teams kept on scoring their offence points. In the middle of the game DH managed to score on a turn-over but Moon did the same thing in the next point. When time was over the score was 9-9...universe point with DH in offence...but it was Mooncatchers who took the victory after a turnover near the end-zone...
FreezzzBeezzz vs Huyltimate
First game in D1 this year for Huyltimate and they took a nice start, leading with 2-0 and 3-1 in the first minutes of the game. FB didn't panic, this young team already has lots of experience, and fought themselves back into the game. Both teams worked hard to score their offence points but during the game FB took over the lead and won the game 8-6
First game in D1 this year for Huyltimate and they took a nice start, leading with 2-0 and 3-1 in the first minutes of the game. FB didn't panic, this young team already has lots of experience, and fought themselves back into the game. Both teams worked hard to score their offence points but during the game FB took over the lead and won the game 8-6
Mooncatchers-Eulchtimate
Also for Eulchtimate it was their first game in D1 this year. Eulchtimate has 2 teams in competition and some of their experienced players played in the second team. Therefore some 'new' players were given a chance to play in the first team. Eulchtimate fought hard but starting off against Moon who where on fire after their first win earlier that day isn't easy...Moon won the game 12-9
Also for Eulchtimate it was their first game in D1 this year. Eulchtimate has 2 teams in competition and some of their experienced players played in the second team. Therefore some 'new' players were given a chance to play in the first team. Eulchtimate fought hard but starting off against Moon who where on fire after their first win earlier that day isn't easy...Moon won the game 12-9
Diabolic Heaven - Huyltimate
There's a good friendship between both teams, sometimes they even form one
team to go to tourney's, so that also means that they know eachother's strong
(and less strong) points. We have to say that the game didn't reflect the normal
level of Huyltimate. They made more drops than they use to do and DH took
advantage of those little mistakes. Huyltimate fought back and the fatigue hit
the 6 DH players but by staying focussed DH took the victory 11-6
I didn't saw enough of the games Freezzzbeezzz vs Eulchtimate and
Mooncatchers - Huyltimate to give you more info but as the scores indicates the
games were again very close: FreezzzBeezzz won 12-8 against Eulchtimate and Moon
won with just one little point against Huyltimate 8-7
Diabolic Heaven - FreezzzBeezzz
The Beezzz won already 2 games and where up for a revenge for the defeat on
BUIC day 1. Both teams gave everything, fought for every centimeter or even
milimeter like Dries said after the game. In this high intensity fast playing
game it looked like Diabolic made a decisive break, leading 6-5 in offence with
only 50 seconds on the clock, but in a thrilling final minute FreezzzBeezzz came
back to 6-6 and at universe point there was a superb diving D from Lode just
before the DH endzone. With a quick short pass Freezzzbeezzz took the
victory...6-7
Huyltimate - Eulchtimate
both teams played eachother on BUIC day 1 with a victory for Huy. Both
teams were playing without fear to loose the game and that made it a scoring
festival with some nice long distance throws. You could see that both teams had
lot of fun playing this game...which was another thing that made the game nice
to watch. In the end Huyltimate won 10-8
FreezzzBeezzz vs Mooncatchers
The winner of this game would win BUIC day 2... FreezzzBeezzz still on a
high after the win against Diabolic started really strong...and kept on playing
strong during the whole game. Moon made a bit more drops than they normally do
and so FreezzBeezzz took the win with a rather big difference: 11-7
Last game of the day: Diabolic Heaven vs Eulchtimate
DH had to win this one to be sure to stay in D1. In the beginning of the
game both teams scored their offence points. DH with their well known fast
playing short combination game and Eulchtimate with some very nice long passes.
DH adjusted their D strategy which made it harder for Eulchtimate to play long.
DH took the advantage on some turnovers and finally won this game 11 - 8
Freezzz-Beezzz, Mooncatchers and Diabolic Heaven stay in division 1 and see
their chances to play the play-offs increasing...but there are still 2 game days
left with Gentle, Slijpschijven, Huyltimate and Eulchtimate willing to take
their places for the play-offs..."
NOTE : After closer examination it seems to be impossible for Slijpschijven (last year's indoor champions) to reach the playoffs. Mooncatchers 3 will also be battling for a place in the highly-desired play-offs. Thanks to the guys in the comments section for pointing this out.
NOTE : After closer examination it seems to be impossible for Slijpschijven (last year's indoor champions) to reach the playoffs. Mooncatchers 3 will also be battling for a place in the highly-desired play-offs. Thanks to the guys in the comments section for pointing this out.
maandag 19 december 2011
vrijdag 16 december 2011
Christmas Gift Tip # 1 : FORCE Ultimate Beanies
Check out these nice beanies from FORCE ULTIMATE !
One of the best gifts you can get any Ultimate player to stay warm during winter practices (or whenever..) at only 15€.
Check out their website for more 100% custom made European sublimated jerseys and more !
Click the banner below :
donderdag 15 december 2011
woensdag 14 december 2011
Random Picture - Getting Horizontal = DEDICATION
Getting Horizontal = DEDICATION.
Picture taken by Scott Roeder at the 2011 USA Ultimate College Championships.
Article - Ultimate Rob On Captaining A Team
Check out this article on how to be succesfull in captaining a team by Ultimate Rob.
http://www.ultimaterob.com/2011/12/07/know-your-role-and-shut-your-mouth/
Here's an interesting quote :
"The best team is the one who works together and I believe that is done when the captains lead and the players play."
http://www.ultimaterob.com/2011/12/07/know-your-role-and-shut-your-mouth/
Here's an interesting quote :
"The best team is the one who works together and I believe that is done when the captains lead and the players play."
dinsdag 13 december 2011
maandag 12 december 2011
EUCF 2011 - How GENTLE Rocked Like Never Before
So, you most probably already know FLYING ANGELS BERN have won the 2011 edition of the European Ultimate Championship Finals.
In an epic final they beat the other top-favourite team Clapham by Universe/double game point with 16-15 to take their second consecutive European title.
HOWEVER, this is not the (only) reason I am posting this.
All credits to FAB, Clapham, Skogs, Chevron, Freespeed and more for completing the top 5 at this high level European championship, but I would like to point your attention towards a small team from a small country : Gentle.
Some of the readers of this blog may have never heard of this three-time Belgian champion team, but as it is my hometeam I would like to point some things out on our accomplishments.
So, you might think, what is it they did ??
Well, we took an 11th place at the EUCF.
Once again you might think, what is so special about that ??
Well, here's the point of this post.
To Gentle and Belgian Ultimate in general this is quite the accomplishment.
Gentle was created in late 2004 from a few former Freezzzbeezzz members (EUCF 2011 organisers) but has always tried to keep moving forward. This lead to Belgian championships in 2006,2007 and 2010 and this 11th place at EUCF.
Okay, we're not going to be self-fulfilled (at all !) because an 11th place means there were still 10 teams ahead of you.
That's a lot.
But it can be put into perspective when thinking about it.
Gentle was actually accepted as a wildcard on this tournament, due to a drop-out from a Swedish (if I am not mistaken) team and according a EUF (European Ultimate Federation) decision.
We took the confidence that was granted to us, after only just missing the selection at regionals, and had a series of extra hard and focussed practices to get us ready and fired up for the EUCF.
And it worked.
As mentioned before, we only took 11th place but every player on our team felt proud and knew that this was only the beginning of more years to come.
We hadn't had a lot of successes in the European scene before, except for maybe some tight games at maybe Windmill Windup or Tom's Tourney, but there sure was a great atmosphere and vibe in the team during this EUCF.
When asked for his opinion, Gentle coach Morlie had this to say :
(Note : this is not a literal translation but more like a general impression of his words) :
"The team worked harder than ever before. We had a few aspects working in our advantage : home advantage, a good vibe in Belgium after EUC and WCBU and mostly the feeling of having nothing to lose after a year with a quite disappointing Tom's Tourney and Belgian Championship (for Gentle!).
This achievement at EUCF has been the result of many years of work and not only under my own leadership but the leadership of both previous coaches and with the new input of Matt, my fellow coach.
We grew as a team during the championship weekend and only lost 2 of the 9(?) games.
The most important for us was that we showed to be a valid competitor on the European level.
The intention of not going down without a fight lead us to 2 highlights by beating Ragnarok (against whom we've lost more than one tight battles) and also 7Schwaben.
Again we learned a lot from the intensity and efficiency from the bigger teams, and this is something we will be taking to next year's EUCR's and hopefully EUCF's..."
Day one started with a nice,close win over Friselis (French vice champs) by 16-14.
A more easy victory over Helsinki (15-10) took us to another defeat by Ragnarok 15-12.
Saturday morning we played Fusion during an amazing sunrise (pic below) and took victory over this very fast-playing team at 15-11.
Saturday at noon we had one of the most important games of the weekend, and maybe the season. It was a matter of honour of beating our Danish Ragnarok friends. And with the support of a whole bunch of locals, we finally took victory over them by playing our A-game for 15-11.
This time it was Gentle-time.
A hard game with defeat by CUSB La Fotta (15-12) later we only had one more game to play on sunday before getting to the beers while watching the finals.
An enthousiastic Gentle with a big will to win beat a more experienced 7Schwaben team with a crushing 15-10.
Let this be a start for Belgian Ultimate & Gentle to rise.
We will definitely do anything in our power to come out better and stronger to next year's season.
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, come on now, it's Gentle time !
All pictures by Glenn's wife Myriam. http://www.flickr.com/photos/7939659@N08/collections/72157627720188451/
In an epic final they beat the other top-favourite team Clapham by Universe/double game point with 16-15 to take their second consecutive European title.
All credits to FAB, Clapham, Skogs, Chevron, Freespeed and more for completing the top 5 at this high level European championship, but I would like to point your attention towards a small team from a small country : Gentle.
Some of the readers of this blog may have never heard of this three-time Belgian champion team, but as it is my hometeam I would like to point some things out on our accomplishments.
So, you might think, what is it they did ??
Well, we took an 11th place at the EUCF.
Once again you might think, what is so special about that ??
Well, here's the point of this post.
To Gentle and Belgian Ultimate in general this is quite the accomplishment.
Gentle was created in late 2004 from a few former Freezzzbeezzz members (EUCF 2011 organisers) but has always tried to keep moving forward. This lead to Belgian championships in 2006,2007 and 2010 and this 11th place at EUCF.
Okay, we're not going to be self-fulfilled (at all !) because an 11th place means there were still 10 teams ahead of you.
That's a lot.
But it can be put into perspective when thinking about it.
Gentle was actually accepted as a wildcard on this tournament, due to a drop-out from a Swedish (if I am not mistaken) team and according a EUF (European Ultimate Federation) decision.
We took the confidence that was granted to us, after only just missing the selection at regionals, and had a series of extra hard and focussed practices to get us ready and fired up for the EUCF.
And it worked.
As mentioned before, we only took 11th place but every player on our team felt proud and knew that this was only the beginning of more years to come.
We hadn't had a lot of successes in the European scene before, except for maybe some tight games at maybe Windmill Windup or Tom's Tourney, but there sure was a great atmosphere and vibe in the team during this EUCF.
(Note : this is not a literal translation but more like a general impression of his words) :
"The team worked harder than ever before. We had a few aspects working in our advantage : home advantage, a good vibe in Belgium after EUC and WCBU and mostly the feeling of having nothing to lose after a year with a quite disappointing Tom's Tourney and Belgian Championship (for Gentle!).
This achievement at EUCF has been the result of many years of work and not only under my own leadership but the leadership of both previous coaches and with the new input of Matt, my fellow coach.
We grew as a team during the championship weekend and only lost 2 of the 9(?) games.
The most important for us was that we showed to be a valid competitor on the European level.
The intention of not going down without a fight lead us to 2 highlights by beating Ragnarok (against whom we've lost more than one tight battles) and also 7Schwaben.
Again we learned a lot from the intensity and efficiency from the bigger teams, and this is something we will be taking to next year's EUCR's and hopefully EUCF's..."
Day one started with a nice,close win over Friselis (French vice champs) by 16-14.
A more easy victory over Helsinki (15-10) took us to another defeat by Ragnarok 15-12.
Saturday morning we played Fusion during an amazing sunrise (pic below) and took victory over this very fast-playing team at 15-11.
Saturday at noon we had one of the most important games of the weekend, and maybe the season. It was a matter of honour of beating our Danish Ragnarok friends. And with the support of a whole bunch of locals, we finally took victory over them by playing our A-game for 15-11.
This time it was Gentle-time.
A hard game with defeat by CUSB La Fotta (15-12) later we only had one more game to play on sunday before getting to the beers while watching the finals.
1st of octobre, can you believe it ? Hot, hot, hot !
An enthousiastic Gentle with a big will to win beat a more experienced 7Schwaben team with a crushing 15-10.
Let this be a start for Belgian Ultimate & Gentle to rise.
We will definitely do anything in our power to come out better and stronger to next year's season.
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, come on now, it's Gentle time !
Another big thanks to Glenn aka Sikk'n (picture below) for another impeccable, perfect organisation.
Sockeye Training Camp In Italy & Russia In 2012
Subscribe to Seattle Sockeye's training camp in Italy or Russia in spring 2012 !
Check out the link below and be there, it's a once in a lifetime chance to get educated on Ultimate by one of the best teams in the world (2010 vice world champions!).
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zondag 11 december 2011
Random Video - Trick Shots From India !
Check out this nice video with trick shots from India ! Including a nice parody to the epic speed boat catch by Brodie Smith at Everything Ultimate.
Trick shot craze around the world !
donderdag 8 december 2011
News - Junior Worlds 2012 In DUBLIN !
The IFDA (Irish Flying Disc Association) just announced that the 2012 World Junior Ultimate Championships will be held in Dublin,Ireland on 12-18 august 2012.
More info to come soon !
woensdag 7 december 2011
Random Video - First Throw Callahan
It's a move I've done myself, be it on a small beach ultimate field, but hey, this one's pretty cool.
You got to have some guts for this one, since you might miss the disc and give your man all the space he needs for a big huck.
Nice.
Very nice.
dinsdag 6 december 2011
Random Picture - The Loneliest Teammate
Not meaning to be a hater, but pictures like these can only help you to be focussed whenever playing Ultimate and definitely when trying to catch the pull.
Picture found on the Ultimate facebook page, with a tagline that said "loneliest teammate"...
Sad, but true.
Random Video - Inspiring Rhino Trailer
A nice trailer on the upcoming documentary about USA top team Rhino.
Inspiring stuff if you ask me, we need more vids like this...
maandag 5 december 2011
I Like Ultimate - Win A Disc
A random winner will be picked out on wednesday and will receive a free PLAY PROUD DISC.
For those of you who aren't on facebook, leave a comment below and I will enter you in the 'competition'.
Support the blog, spread the word !
vrijdag 2 december 2011
Inside Report - Diabolic Heaven & BUIC
donderdag 1 december 2011
Frisbee Trick Shots From Belgium - Niek Pothé
Gentle's very own trick shot video with Niek "Brodie" Pothé.
Dope !
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