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Self-Officiation and Ultimate Gameplay
Rasheed hates refs. (This is part 1 of a 3 part series on self-officiation in ultimate. I decided to break one long incoherent post into three shorter incoherent posts) We came to this game for many...
View ArticleSelf-Officiation and the Senses
(This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on self-officiation. Part 1 can be found here.) Referees on TV are dumb. They get every call wrong, especially against the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins and Red Sox....
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Asian Ultimate: A Changing Game
This is a guest article by Aaron Herman and Martin Page from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Here they examine what they see as changes in the attitudes some have had regarding the management of tournaments...
View ArticleThe Argument Against Tournament Lunches
That idea that tournaments should provide a full lunch for all their participants for each day of competition is well accepted by tournament organizers throughout Asia (at least in the tournaments I...
View ArticleGame Play Calculations: Ironside-Bravo, US Nationals Men’s Final, 2014
I know this isn’t about Asian Ultimate, but with the possible development of an observer system in the WFDF, the gameplay issues in US ultimate may foreshadow what we will see in Asia in the near...
View ArticleGametime Calculations for The United States-Philippines WCBU 2015 Open Semifinal
In response to a special request (Wolf), I did the game time math on the US-Philippines Beach Worlds Men’s Semifinal. Is it helpful to compare stats between beach and field, worlds and nationals? Maybe...
View ArticleOn Indian Ultimate
I was asked to jot down some thoughts about India Ultimate in advance of their trip to Under-23 Worlds in London. Didn’t quite make the deadline. They are currently playing their third game of the...
View ArticleThe Best Decision I Made in Korea
This is a guest piece by Thomas Capranica about a man, a disc, and a country. Thanks for expressing feelings that many players, especially expatriates, share. If you’re interested in contributing to...
View ArticleThe Problems with A and B Divisions in Asian Ultimate
Two years ago, the Malaysia Ultimate Open took an interesting risk with their tournament structure. Their 32 teams were divided into eight even (seeding-wise) pools. There were no A and B divisions....
View ArticleYou’ve Fallen, but you CAN Get Up!
I have certain beliefs about athletes. Some of these I have about humans as a whole as well. One of these is that, in general, we don’t take pleasure in each other’s physical pain. As athletes, we try...
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