Huck Like a Girl

World Championships of Beach Ultimate - Women's USA vs. Germany 

Beginner throwers, especially women, should be encouraged to practice throwing harder and farther than they would typically feel comfortable doing to push their boundaries, build strength and to get past the fear of making mistakes and not having the disc go exactly where you want it to go every time.  Throwing with people that are better than you or that you want to emulate can be very instrumental for novice throwers to improve their own skills.  

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In this, Malissa Lundgren discusses how to balance competing at higher levels while staying back in Canadian cities to make sure women rising within ultimate get the coaching and support they need to improve faster and that Canada remains competitive.

"The community of women this weekend brought me so much joy. To see all of us out there, with no men in charge, was glorious. Because, how often does that happen? In our workplaces? In our local and national government? In our schools’ senior leaders? Rarely, rarely, rarely. Yet there is so much value in complete self-determination for women, as when we are playing on a women’s sports team. You have complete control over your body, and this is no small thing, when we live in a culture where women’s bodies are policed, critiqued, picked apart by the media, by passerby, by families, by friends. On the field, my body is completely mine." Click the post to read more.

I’ve had my own battles with failure and so have many of my friends. We feared failing as leaders, as teammates, as coaches, as players. We stopped trying because it was easier to let it go than to risk failing. But instead of giving up, let’s ask ourselves: why are we so scared of failure? 

Scandal’s Sandy Jorgensen and Riot’s Sarah “Surge” Griffith are two of the game’s most impressive defenders, in any division. Learn from their techniques and styles in this video analysis about great defense.