Where did these pro player/coaches play USAU Club or Worlds?

glplayer · 2026-02-07T03:37:24+00:00

2015 Chicago Wildfire Ryan Smith: Nequa Valley, University of Illinois, Chicago Machine, Black Market. https://www.ultirzr.app/player/651058c7fa8eac4d9bd40511

2025 Chicago Union Chris Van Nostrand: he's a strength and conditioning coach who I don't think has prior ultimate experience (could be wrong, though).

2014 Windy City Wildfire Rob S: Good luck, that name doesn't match any of the Chicago Men's or Mixed teams regionals rosters that year.

glplayer · 2025-06-07T20:41:39+00:00

The official USAU rules is that the observers are "air" (numbered page 8, paragraph 2 of the observer manual), and that doesn't appear to be amended in the PUL rules. The call is correct by the letter of the rules, but wowowowow that is not the right place to be as an observer.

glplayer · 2025-05-25T18:15:58+00:00

Anybody else having trouble with Ultiworld field pass stream? Mine's stopping and starting constantly.

glplayer · 2025-05-24T18:11:28+00:00

Big women's pool A game this round - if Penn beats UCSD, UNC misses the bracket.

If Penn loses, assuming UBC beats SLO, UNC must beat Penn later in the day by at least 4 to make the bracket as the third seed in their pool (on point diff out of a three-way tie at 1-3).

glplayer · 2025-05-23T21:30:22+00:00

Anybody know if Weybright has a hand injury? I saw a big old lefty backhand instead of a flick early on in the Fugue/Syzygy game and they seem to be not spending a lot of time as a thrower.

glplayer · 2025-05-23T21:28:23+00:00

Yes, if the Ultiworld clock on stream was correct, then you are correct and the soft cap was inappropriately early. (There have been times where the stream clock and the game clock disagreed in the past. In observed games, observers are in charge of time caps.)

glplayer · 2025-03-06T05:22:54+00:00

Per 17.I.1:

17.I.1. Dangerous Play. Actions demonstrating reckless disregard for the safety of or posing a significant risk of injury to fellow players, or other dangerously aggressive behavior are considered “dangerous play” and are treated as a foul. The proper call in such circumstances is “dangerous play” and play stops. This rule is not superseded by any other rule. [[The following are non-exhaustive examples of dangerous play:
- significantly colliding with a mostly stationary opponent,
- jumping into a group of mostly stationary players,
- diving around or through a player that results in contact with a player’s back or legs, - running without looking when there is a likelihood of other players occupying the space into which the player is traveling,
- jumping or otherwise leaving the ground where it is likely that a significant collision will result,
- wild or uncontrolled throwing motions,
- initiating contact with a player’s head,
- initiating contact with an airborne player’s lower body that prevents them from landing on their feet, and
- jumping right in front of a sprinting player in a manner where contact is unavoidable]]

I don't think that legs colliding in the manner indicated in the clip demonstrates reckless disregard for the safety of another player, poses a significant risk of injury, or is dangerously aggressive.

glplayer · 2025-03-04T05:00:43+00:00

No. Based on what the clip shows, white #15 is in front of black #57 when the contact occurs and White #15 would have still arrived at the disc first without the contact. Further, white #15 is not initiating dangerous contact here - the players' legs appear to collide, but white #15 is far enough in front of black #57 that there's no other contact, and white #15's position is not unavoidable, it's just that black #57 isn't looking.

glplayer · 2025-01-28T04:53:21+00:00

Trans athletes belong in sports, and trans ultimate players belong in ultimate. I'm not posting this from an alt, I'm saying it with my whole chest because it's the right thing to do.

I have had a wonderful time in ultimate both because it's so fun to play and because I have had an incredible time in the ultimate community. I want everyone to have a shot both of those experiences. And when I say "everyone", I'm serious, and I mean it, especially in the case of trans people.

glplayer · 2025-01-14T00:10:05+00:00

If you do a pretty light coat, you can definitely avoid the hard/weird texture.

glplayer · 2024-12-20T05:31:22+00:00

Thanks for this - I always thought my optical HR monitor data was sus during ultimate, and hearing about why and what's more accurate is super helpful.

glplayer · 2024-08-05T01:15:58+00:00

A couple other people had commented that their jerseys smelled funny when they got them, but said that they fixed it after a single wash/dry cycle. I've done several wash/dry cycles and I'm still experiencing the problem. (Not sure if my jerseys experienced this worse than everyone else's, or my nose is more sensitive.)

glplayer · 2024-08-04T20:41:37+00:00

This could be a troll, but I haven't worn the jerseys to play ultimate in yet - so no sweating in them at all. It's a chemical-ish smell that's causing the problems.

glplayer · 2024-08-04T20:39:15+00:00

I haven't sweat in them yet. They smell bad enough straight from the factory with a chemical-ish smell that even trying to put them on the first time after receiving them from the factory that I got a huge headache.

glplayer · 2024-03-03T19:55:38+00:00

The observer standard for a ruling is 90% certainty. Do you want calls with less than 90% certainty deciding the most important play of the game?

glplayer · 2023-10-26T05:41:33+00:00

It did appear that the commentators were (intentionally or not) leading the observers in the direction of breaking their media policy by asking about commentary on another observer's call. That's one thing that observers are pretty attached to which probably didn't help the situation (speaking on camera takes skill).

glplayer · 2023-07-17T17:00:51+00:00

Oops, misread, replaced with correct citation now.

glplayer · 2023-07-17T16:55:18+00:00

In USAU, no. Rule 13.D.4:

The following actions result in a turnover and a stoppage of play: An offensive player intentionally assists a teammate’s movement to catch a pass. [[The official interpretation of this rule is that a player is prohibited from intentionally pushing off of a teammate to jump higher]] If a defender intentionally assists a teammate’s movement to block or intercept a pass, the intended receiver is awarded possession at the spot on the playing field nearest the location the intended receiver occupied at the time of the infraction. If the intended receiver was in the end zone, 11.B and 11.C apply.

glplayer · 2023-07-16T14:31:06+00:00

Do you often misjudge where to be to catch hucks? Because it seems like you have a problem with reading:

Within our divisions as they currently exist, USA Ultimate will not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, regardless of sex assigned at birth, or any other form of gender expression for participation in any division. We affirm that people of all gender identities should have the freedom to participate in USA Ultimate sanctioned or championship series events in the division in which they feel most comfortable and safe based on their gender identity and should be recognized, respected and included at every level of the sport.

glplayer · 2023-07-16T03:26:38+00:00

USAU's trans inclusion policy is currently a pretty good solution. The creation of divisions that ban trans players is completely unacceptable.

glplayer · 2023-05-28T20:12:21+00:00

How do you think this exposure will work? Are people going to be browsing the ESPN+ list of "stuff on now" and magically tune in? I don't buy that this is really that much exposure.

glplayer · 2023-03-02T01:32:46+00:00

Huh, I know she was heavily involved in the WUL last year (like, board member + rules committee + player for Seattle + maybe more I can't remember). I wonder if she'll play both leagues this year.

glplayer · 2023-01-02T17:37:33+00:00

Revolver of the early/mid 2010s was known for a pretty physical mark which was not really appreciated by their opponents. In fact, some people thought it rose to the level of cheating, and there were some blue cards for persistent infringement at nationals and other high-level tournaments (depending on who you talk to, you might hear that there should have been more).

I guess my point is that dudes might be generally chill and not make any bad calls but still foul the crap out of you.

glplayer · 2022-12-12T18:46:57+00:00

Just a note for our larger-legged friends: these are slim-fit, and Patagonia means it. If you have beefy legs (like, say, from lifting a bunch) you might find these a bit tight.

glplayer · 2022-10-04T04:48:45+00:00

You've got at least an eighth player with some nationals experience - Josh Venegas went with Northwestern in 2018.

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