ROshamBOT

With spring Ultimate frisbee season quickly approaching, you should be practicing your throws. ALL of your throws including Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Test your hand as this traditional RoShamBo version [NYt] which does not offer as many matchup options.

**Practice your RPS throws versus the computer**

My game to 15 - Human Wins!:

Thumbs Down

Sludge doctors have confirmed CHarlie's thumb on his right hand (otherwise known as his writing throwing hand) was injured during a friendly weekend basketball game.

Early prognosis is a dislocated thumb at the "knuckle joint" and also a laceration along the interior crease of the thumb. Recovery and return timeframes are unknown at this time.

Tag, You're shIrT

When was the last time you read a really great book shirt tag? Here's one from an Ultimate clothier - Five Ultimate.


PLAY HARD. HAVE FUN. FIVE ULTIMATE.Shirt Rules
YES:
Skying fools
Wash in cold water
UltimateThings other than Ultimate
Boostin' it
Dance parties

NO:
Dryer
Picking your nose
Bleach
Dropping the pull
Whining
Cheating

Exclusive: CHS Varsity Photo

Some new info surfaced over the past weekend about the famous "original" (1969) Columbia High School Varsity Frisbee team...

Who exactly are the adults in the picture?

• 2nd from left (purple oval) = Listed as "Head Coach" Cono Pavone; Actual = High School janitor
• Far right (green oval) = Listed as "General Manager" Alexander Osinski; Actual = High School security guard

[Joel Silver, standing, is located on the far left with a black Columbia Varsity Frisbee shirt]

Celebrate Pancake Catches

The casual participant of National Pancake Day may think the flying disc is closer related to a pancake rather than a pie; they would be wrong. Notwithstanding, "pankcake" still makes a name for itself .

Whenever possible, catches should be attempted two-handed, with the palms facing each other. The pancake style is close to the body, with hands at right angles to each other. The receiver should attempt to get their body behind the direction of travel of the disc. It has the advantage that if the catch is mistimed, there is a good chance that the disc will hit the body of the receiver and still be caught between the hands. This is the style that should be used for the majority of throws as it is least prone to error.

Not to be confused with the Crocodile Catch: 
The crocodile style is out in front of the body with arms almost parallel, and often with some of the impact being absorbed by the fore-arms. As for the pancake catch, the receiver should attempt to get their body behind the disc. The reason in this case is to get the arms in line with the direction of travel of the disc. The main use for this type of catch is when the disc is travelling at speed relative to the receiver. The forearms provide a longer area to decelerate the disc over, and hard throws are less likely to be dropped. The disadvantage is that because the arms are roughly parallel, the disc has a tendency to flip out sideways if the arms do not move directly up and down towards each other.

Do Over: February 2011

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Been There, Done That

$howing $incere $upport

In-Decision: Spring 2011

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