Ultimate Peace

By Tom Bomberg In 2008 I began coaching for Hopkins High School Ultimate Frisbee team. I quickly became passionate for teaching and introducing kids to the joys of playing Ultimate. A year later, I decided to spend 7 months living and studying in Israel. Although I still wanted to continue teaching frisbee; soon after my […]

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Ultimate Learning

By Eric Olson Like pretty much any activity ever, improving at ultimate requires learning.  There are many ways to go about learning in ultimate, but the more efficient varieties involve learning from others.  Over the past five years I’ve played for at least seven distinct college/club/pro teams, coached middle school and high school kids, and […]

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Why do you coach?

By Sarah Meckstroth Almost every sports team I ever played on growing up had a coach. Whether it was soccer, badminton (yes, badminton), Nordic skiing, or Ultimate, there was always someone devoting his or her time to instructing a bunch of kids on how to excel at their chosen sport. I think coaches play a […]

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Building and Fulfilling a Team Vision

By Jake Henderson Coming into any new endeavor, leaders have a vision.   Each school year, I have a vision and plan of what math concepts I want them to learn, how I want my classroom to run and how I want them to grow as people and students.  As the only teacher in my small […]

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Rising to the Challenge of Roster Turnover

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By Jordan Hupp Drag’n Thrust’s 2013 season represented the realization of a dream shared by every player, coach, and supporter of the team.  That’s not to say that the entire season went perfectly, that everything went according to plan, or that we never had any doubts or frustrations, but the overcoming of adversity and the […]

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