What Do You Hear!?!

Forget the 'Yanny or Laurel' audio debate, what's more important is what which do ultimate players hear?

Hammer or Dump?

Zip's Tips: Drink Water

Joshua "Zip"  Ziperstein (Brown University Ultimate) wrote down his advice for becoming a better ultimate player. Ziperstein, for what it's worth, would go on to become a doctor.

Zip's Tip: Drink a glass of water before you go to sleep and when you wake up in the morning.

[Night/day image found via Google search]

On This Day, 1983: Melting Pot Won the First Women's Division Title at World Ultimate Championships

On this day (September 3) in 1983, USA's Melting Pot from Boston, Massachusetts, won the first women's division title at World Ultimate Championships (WUC). Four other women's teams competed at WUC tournament which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between August 29 through September 3, 1983.

How they entered the tourney as a pick-up team:
"One of the most fun adventures, and one memory I will cherish forever, is the story about how we got to be World Champions in 1983 in Sweden. I contacted the tournament organizers and made it clear that we were not the US Women’s National Team, but there''s a bunch of us women traveling with the (Boson) Rude Boys. Would it be okay if we competed in the tournament? And they said okay. We pulled together 8 women, which is really insane. One woman had never played before, and we picked up a woman from Belgium."

Lessons Learned:
"...From that experience as a leader, what I brought to the table there was if you don't ask, you don't get. So we opened the door to be able to play. And once we got there, you just give it everything you have. At the end of the week we ended up as so-called World Champions."

"if you don't ask, you don't get. So we opened the door to be able to play. And once we got there, you just give it everything you have."

Melting Pot's 8-person roster: Suzanne Fields, Kate Foulke, Mary Johnson, Daphne Rulf, Chris Rushlow, Corinne Corrigan, Patricia Van Halteren (Belgium), Kelly Waugh.

WUC 1983 Champions: Melting Pot [photo via hartti]

Tournament Results:
WUC women's pool play games were played to 10 (the open division played to 15). Melting Pot went (6-0) in the 4-team pool play. The WUC Final was against Finland - who USA beat twice in pool play by the score of 10-8 and 10-6. USA (Melting Pot) would win the WUC championship over Finland by the score of 10-9.

The Boston Rude Boys also went (7-0) at WUC and win the 1983 WUC open division title.


[h/t Bent Ultimate]

Flooded Beach Ultimate Field at Wildwood

Not expected at Wildwood Beach Ultimate Tournament in Wildwood, New Jersey this beach ultimate field flooded from previous night's heavy rainfall.

"Pool C" #beachultimate field at #Wildwood25 @UltiProblems
[photo via HF/FB] pic.twitter.com/XCAAYnYe3R

— Sludge Ultimate (@sludgebrown) July 29, 2017

[h/t Henry]

More Photos of Canadian PM Trudeau Wearing an Ultimate Jersey

So, here are additional photos of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau sporting an ultimate jersey during a jog at the G7 Summit in May 2017:

Embed from Getty Images

[Photos by Giovannu Isolino]

Tracking Down the Source of Lego Strormtroopers Tossing A Frisbee

This Lego Minifigures image of 3 stormtroopers tossing the Frisbee that always makes the rounds around this time of year (May the Fourth), is actually a copyrighted image by Ken Gillies. The image is titled "Frisbee" with a description of: "Steve and the guys decide to have a game of frisbee, in memory of Fred Morrision."

[image via KWG73]

[Image credit to Ken Gillies]

Summary: D.C. Breeze Game 1, 2017 AUDL Season

The D.C. Breeze won their home opener on Sunday over Toronto Rush by the score of 32-21 (16-12 HT). The Breeze have now won 2 season openers out of their 5 AUDL seasons. 

Game Leaders for the Breeze:

Minutes = Jeff Wodatch (26)

Defensive Blocks = Brian Marshall & Chuck Cantone (3 each)

Completions = Jonathan Neeley (29)

Catches = Jonathan Neeley (21)

Assists = Alan Kolick (5)

Goals = Tyler Monroe (7)

Standings:

At (1-0), DC Breeze sit atop the AUDL East.

Photos from Sunday's game:

Welcome sign: "DC Breeze & Other Sport"

"TOR" Bus: Big bus, tiny Toronto Rush logo.

Pre-game [via]

DC Mayor Bowser and AUDL Commission Gordon [via]

So...this smiling D.C. Breeze fan (center) did not win $5000,
but he did win a free T-shirt. [via]

All the Game highlights:

Highlight Reel:


Next Game:
DC's next game is against the Flyers in Raleigh on Saturday April 22.

I LOVE U,LTIMATE

Another day to expression the obvious.

Awww, how sweet!

Seattle Cascades Split From Sockeye for AUDL 2017 Season

Seattle Cascades broke up with Seattle Sockeye.

After a couple of years of partnering with the elite men's club ultimate team in Seattle, the American Ultimate Disc League team has decided to operate independently.

As partners, Sockeye and Cascades shared the same captains, coaching staff, and similar rosters. Throughout the entire season, [Cascades GM] Xtehn worked closely with the Sockeye leadership to plan and execute roster decisions, fitness planning, and on field practices.

Seattle Cascades won the Western Conference Division in 2016 and finished 2nd to Dallas Roughnecks in the 2016 AUDL Championship. Meanwhile, Seattle Sockeye tied for 5th in USA Ultimate's Triple Crown Tour.

Of the three signed players (Mark Burton, Khalif El-salaam, Adam Simon) for the 2017 AUDL season, only Burton played with Sockeye in 2016. With the shutdown of the MLU, the Cascades have a larger talent pool to pull from including players from Seattle  Rainmakers and, perhaps even, from the Portland Stags; in addition, to a wealth of Seattle-area club players from the mixed and women's divisions.

Subreddit Recognizes Sludge Blog as a Source Worth Following

Finally! After 10 years and nearly 4000 posts related about ultimate, the Sludge Blog has been officially listed as a source to "Follow" within the subreddit r/ultimate.

Thank you anyone and everyone who made this possible.

Don't Be Scared to Play Ultimate

Happy New Year's Eve

Enjoy the watching the flatball drop!

Major League Ultimate. Game Over.

Thanks for the ultimate memories, MLU.

Infographic: Bay Area Disc Association Annual Report 2016

In 2016, the Bay Area Disc Association put together nearly 80 programs which attracted over 11,000 registrants. BADA's 2016 revenue ($494,112) increased 66% compared to 2015.

Click for enlarged view

Overall, it was a busy and productive 2016 for BADA. Congrats to BADA for sharing their successes in an expertly designed manner.

RELATED: 2015 USAU Infographic

The Most Successful Play NYNY Ever Ran

"CROSS" was designed to be used as a response to teams that poach into the strong side throwing lane. It was labeled as: "the most successful play NYNY ever ran in terms of how often it worked."

Thanksgiving-Edition Goaltimate

Just bought a Thanksgiving turkey and got a free goaltimate mini-hoop!

Play Ultimate Frisbee

That Time When Sharon Jones Autographed My Frisbee

Saddened to hear the passing of the passing of Sharon Jones (1956-2016). Jones was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. She died on November 18, 2016 of complications from pancreatic cancer, aged 60.

Was lucky enough to see Sharon Jones in concert multiple times. Got this blue disc immediately after a concert in 2009. Sharon Jones was right at the merch desk happily greeting fans and taking pictures with fans. She graciously autographed this flying disc.

Autographed disc by Sharon Jones: "Love Ya!"

Yes, that's a blue 175-gram ultimate disc from Daptone Records.

Life Goal

World Frisbee Champ Victor Malafronte bathes in a tub full of flying discs.

[1980 photo by David H. Wells]

Hammy Halloween

Have a fun and healthy Halloween.

[Adapted from In The Bleachers]