ty this is so cool.

Hey Kurt! Always enjoy watching your ultimate videos. Is there anyway you can make a video regarding FOULS between the mark and the thrower? Mark fouls AND thrower fouls? In particular, disputes I ALWAYS see, even at the club level, is the idea of the THROWER initiating contact with the frisbee on the mark's stationary hand / arm. In fact today, I had my hands and arms fully extended out, wasn't committing any marker violations (straddeling, wrapping, etc). I saw the thrower was about to launch a massive back hand....so I shuffled my feet to the right and kept my arms and hands in the same extended position.....the thrower was unwinding and the disk, while still in his hand, made contact where my stationary arms where. The disk fell out of his hands and it landed a few feet behind me. He called a foul on me. I contested, we talked. After the game I showed him sections 15 and 17 of the USA rule book, and it was confusing for him to understand since there's a lot of jargon in there. From my understanding of those two sections, I didn't foul. I gave him plenty of disc space, my hands / arms were already occupying that space that he threw into, and he made contact with me with the disc. If I'm wrong, definitely let me know, and I appreciate any feedback from you!

Hey Kurt, Love the video. Im a bit of a shorter person and Im a handler for my highschool team, do you have any tips to help me deal with people taller than me while playing ultimate? thanks

Thanks for sharing!

Makes sense 😊

Slick

Thanks for all the tips shared!

This helps a lot ❤

I mean, that was just kind of a bad floaty throw though, no? He had you beat.

That’s so cool 😮

Hey!! This is awesome!

I’ve been starting to learn how to throw discs. This helped me a lot.

Very helpful, I'm gonna have to break down every part of the flick in my practice to get better at this.

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I love this style of video and would love to see more of this

God bless, thank you for sharing.

Skeltor

is this something you should only do close to the endzone or is it applicable anytime you're covering the 1?

Kurt, I agree with Jay.

Hey Kurt, so I'm wondering, at 3:00, if you prioritize covering the inside lane/the break side or the cut to the backfield dump space more. (Or if you even think this way...) It kind of sounds like you say you're covering both at one point, and giving up the long throw to the OS, but then if I get you, you also say when you're covering the backfield cut at 4:48, that you're happy to lose the race slightly to the break side because as you do here, you may get a floaty throw that you can get your hands on. So would you agree that you cover/deny the backfield more than the inside/break lane in this scenario? Thanks!

Continue producing such valuable content! That’s the best way to promote ultimate 🥏

Great analysis. Only thing I'd like is for you to play the clip through in full at the start, just so we can see the flow of the play and then focus on your defence knowing where the disc is. That would maybe ruin the big reveal of your huge block though! 😂

Niiiice!

Awesome! Thanks for the drill! Is there any similar drill for forehand?

Yes! I'm wildly uncoordinated and this helped me back in 2000 or so. Trying to get it to roll behind you.

why does it matter that u are behind? if u can do this: WUGC 2016 - USA vs Japan Men's Gold Medal Game 47:55

Legends!

Love the baby sneaking into the frame! 😂

What are your thoughts on playing farther off the front stack when the thrower is on the flick sideline that way no one move is enough to get you out of position? Is it because you would be out of position for the around throw?

Thanks for the tips! I feel like I've always naturally set up in a similar position, but tend to disc check too frequently. Watching the eyes is a helpful cue.

I think it’s important to note that there are defenses that work against this kind of offense. Leo and Jacques take advantage of the most basic tenet of offense - In a match up where both players are similar in athleticism, the offensive player always has a slight advantage, and that advantage scales with the amount of open space the offensive player can work in. All of Brown’s cutters are very from the disc to give those one-on-one matchups so much room to work. This works exceptionally against teams like Colorado, Pitt, or Cal Poly who share a defensive philosophy of ‘win your matchup’ with athleticism and skill. They consistently leave their defenders on islands as a team ethos, rather than using a more complex scheme of switches and poaches. The majority of college teams are incredibly vulnerable to this two-man game because their defensive schemes are underdeveloped.

Incredible layout instinct and body control😮

Are there any diffences between the grip shown and this grip with your pointer finger out supporting the base of the frisbee?

I would love to hear this on speaker while driving, but Dylan's audio is cutting in and out, making it hard to hear him without the default KZbin subtitles.

definitely the greatest

Also, are you planning on putting these up on spotify? Prefer listening there :)

You've gotta have that guy back on, he's hilarious! :P

Interesting convo from two of the greats! Love to hear about the highest level of the game in this capacity. Keep em coming!

Nice job Kurt. Btw. No S in Jacques. It is pronounced Jahk.

Really like the spiderman analogy lol! Great video!

That was pretty good. If he was so inclined Goose could full on write a book and go on the inspirational figure tour. Especially at churches too. Granted, I'm certain he'd much, much, much rather be out there tearing it up chasing 175 grams of plastic, there are options for him. He could be more of a figure head if he was so inclined. Thanks Kurt, Thanks Goose.

You should get a collaboration podcast with Pod Practice and/or Deep Look!

Bit of echo around the 1 hour 30 mark

his head probably still hurts from laying out into the Japanese 12 years ago

Great breakdown. I primarily play pickup where we often prioritize safe play over jockeying for space, so I tend to ignore highlights like the first one where (at first glance) it just looks like they're both being a little extra "physical" due to the level of competition. You helped me see what a masterful job Raphy is doing at protecting himself in that situation while still keeping the play alive, and that's a skill you can use at any level of play.

All coaches everwhere: “Visualize success. PICTURE WINNING IN YOUR MIND.” Goose: 🤷

Lots of love from Philly. - Canniff

Wow. This is hard to hear. A difficult road, but you persisted. It's great you kept your leg. It's great you you were in the right hospital and found doctors that wanted to work with you. Good luck with your continuing progress.

Bummer man. Get well soon. What was the accident?

Perfect guest to kick off the KGP!