BREAKDOWN of EPIC Universe Point of Women's World Championship Final

I break down universe point of the Women’s World Ultimate Club Championship final between San Francisco Fury and Medellin, Columbia’s Revolución. This was an amazing game and one of the most exciting finals I’ve ever watched.
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[@freelogreen]

Thanks for the helpful commentary, Kurt! This is great. If I could suggest one thing, it would be to condense a more rehearsed video, which will help more people get to all your insightful thoughts. Thanks again!

[@kurtegibson]

Thanks for the feedback! This was an exceptionally long point but definitely understand preference to have everything more condensed and something I’ll look to do

[@dumbusernameiwontuse]

Just increase the playback speed to 1.5x. Same level of insight, delivered faster. Problem solved!

[@russadams36]

Kurt, thanks for creating this video and highlighting the incredible athletes that were involved in that epic game. Generally speaking, I really like your analysis and the way you breakdown that Universe point. There are a couple of things I differ with you, and in the Spirit of all things Ultimate let me mention a couple of points. While I agree that "jitters" can enter into how a Universe point plays out in a Worlds Finals, I think you apply that term a little too often, especially much later in that final point. Yes, there were a couple of shakey passes initially, but as the two squads continue to run, catch, throw and defend I believe they largely "run out" any nervous jitters. No doubt that point is pressure packed, which can lead to sketchy throwing decisions and other miscues between players, but I really don't think these dynamic, finals tested and experienced players were carrying jitters deep into the point. More likely fatigue, a long tournament played in high heat conditions and long back-and-forth nature of the game might have as much to do with the turnovers. I think your critique on the mental aspect of the throwing decisions is really good: in high stakes finals, players sometimes try to do too much when simpler/shorter/safer passes might be better, and that desire to make a big throw can lead to turns - you do a good job of noting that even the best players on the field can make this error. 2nd, I thought I had was that both foul calls were legit. It's tough to see calls made that might influence the outcome or momentum on the point, but one of the replay angles clearly shows that Manuela is bumped as she's making her cut to the disc and it alters her pathway back to the dump pass. Unfortunate that the contact was made by a great defender, but clearly a legitimate foul call. Volcheck's (spelling?) "grandad pass" backhand to flick side also appeared to me to be a strip. Where you froze the tape makes it look like the disc was still back towards her body, starting to move forward and the defender seemed to slap it downwards to the ground before the disc had any forward momentum (generally indicating a strip because of the direction of the disc bounce, IMO). Again, a close play, lots on the line, but strip or foul seemed to be the right call. The defender didn't seem to argue the call, either. Bottom line: great game, great teams and the type of "thriller" ending that the sport thrives on. And helpful analysis. ;)

[@kurtegibson]

I appreciate the analysis and feedback!

[@aymanali7580]

What a great long exhausting point Stress and pressure

[@kurtegibson]

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[@ligemerrill6368]

Thanks so much for this--it's really useful for me, as a relatively new player, to see how top players think about ultimate, but just strategically but psychologically as well. One question that occurred to me as you talked about decisions to huck or not at various points--to what degree, when you're on a universe point, do you feel that it's in your team's best interest to end things quickly before they get tired feet and make dumb mistakes to throw away the game, vs it being "best practices" to take things slowly and cautiously to avoid getting fooled by your tired brain into throwing bad hucks as part of a subconscious desire to see things end quickly?

[@kurtegibson]

I would say 2 things, 1) its extremely important to train practice and train to improve endurance, a physically tired player is more likely to make mental mistakes than when our body is fresh, the more you train to improve endurance the longer you can maintain stronger mental state, 2) the bucks in the final were both to players who weren’t really open and a 50/50 throw at best, so a huck is fine but make sure it’s a high % one.

[@Mohammad-vf6rc]

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[@doncarloancelotti2256]

13:58 it's still difficult for me to understand that call. Was Manuela pushed a bit or something that affected her ability to catch the disc?

[@kurtegibson]

It is difficult to tell. To me it looked pretty clean but Claire clearly felt she got her somewhere in the process.

[@nukeofficial1103]

at 13:54, when they're coming into frame. It looks like Claire pushes Manuela on, though it feels impossible to call from just watching it because we don't know who had what momentum in what direction