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Cody Spicer anchored the defense for Summit and Bravo for many years, earning DPOTY honors and repeated First Team All-Defense selections in both UFA and Club. Last year, after welcoming his first kiddo into the world, he player coached Fungi and almost helped lead them to their first Nationals birth. In Colorado we're known for running a defense called AP. Coach TK, Tim Kefalas is the mastermind behind the scheme, but TK would be the first to tell you that none of it comes together without the brilliance of Spicer. TK and Spicer had an amazing, symbiotic player/coach relationship that extends far beyond the frisbee field.In this episode, Spice watches our 2023 quarterfinal game against Revolver and breaks down a few core concepts of AP.Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shopPromo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-ShirtsGreatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag OrderPod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcastDownload The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-infoMore from Pod Practice:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_podEmail: show@podpracticepod.comShop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order.0:00 Intro1:50 Daddy Spice5:00 Episode Preivew5:30 Spicer's Summation of AP6:30 TK & Spicer7:05 Film Review Start: Presented by BE Ultimate7:35 Left, Right Language9:35 Force Backs13:00 Slipping, Defending Inside Skinny Lane15:50 Wide, Cross-field Hucks18:20 Containment Angles on the Mark19:25 Lateral vs Vertical Depth20:18 Slipping, Guiding your Matchup22:44 Timing of Force Backs & Forcing Wide24:45 Overpursing26:56 Sagging or Sponging29:50 Spicer's O30:33 Adding juju to your throws32:37 Mistake on the Mark34:05 No Sag35:10 Rolls - Culmination of D42:44 Daddy Spice Roll43:48 Revolver Adjustments44:47 Room for Improvement - Traditional Resets in Crosswind 48:34 Single Direction Point50:42 O-Line playing AP52:44 O-Line plays with their food54:15 Twerkin Griddy Crew55:09 Another O Point56:47 Last D Point 1:01:17 Episode Wrap Up1:03:00 Kins Bomb?1:03:30 Luuuuuuke1:05:19 Outro - Daddy out

The mind behind Super Team, Stefan Rappazzo is a Renaissance man. We know him best as the quick witted, charismatic commentator for ULTI.TV. He has lived all over the world from Canada to Korea to Australia to Nicaragua to France teaching people how to play and spreading his passion for ultimate. Stef has also been an entrepreneur, restaurateur, author, YouTuber, and has even sold real estate in the middle of a battlefield. Behind the scenes, Pazzo has worked hard to promote ultimate and sponsor players. More than anything, Pazzo's infectious energy is what makes the ultimate community a special one. Instead of waiting for all of the disc orgs around the world to get their shit together, Pazzo has his boots on the ground to find big sponsors, promote the game's best players, and collaborate with as many content creators as he can.Speaking of which, keep your eyes peeled for some exciting Super Team news this summer... which hopefully means the Pod will be taking a trip to London.Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shopPromo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-ShirtsGreatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag OrderPod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcastDownload The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-infoMore from Pod Practice:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_podEmail: show@podpracticepod.comShop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order.0:00 Intro3:00 Stef's beginnings16:00 Shit hits the fan33:15 Celebrity Sightings34:24 Selling the game - Refs, Observers, or Advisors38:20 Finding big sponsors49:00 UFA Integrity Rule54:15 Quinn's observer idea 57:30 Stef on USA vs world 59:40 SUPER TEAM 1:07:38 Jim Nolte - The Ultimate Lender1:11:21 Stagnation of our organizers1:17:00 Finding ways to push ultimate forward ourselves1:19:30 "Competitive Integrity," USAU's Flight Requirements1:24:00 Who is USAU really serving?1:30:18 Europe vs USA1:34:50 Stef’s Top 7 European MMPs1:38:37 Stef’s Top 7 European FMPs1:43:00 Shirtless Pod1:46:40 Foul Limits1:54:50 Need for statistics1:56:10 Get Stef to US Open1:57:45 Meeting of the Minds2:12:10 Stef Pazzo MUST EAT2:20:00 Celbrating the ultimate community

Antoine Davis joins to review some defensive film in a longer BE Ultimate Playbook Session focused on D. The majority of this episode is film review. We recommend waiting until you're at a screen to watch.Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shopPromo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-ShirtsGreatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag OrderPod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcastDownload The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-infoMore from Pod Practice:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_podEmail: show@podpracticepod.comShop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order.

From Jim's Hall of Fame page,"A gifted athlete who simply could not be covered, Jim was also a strategic mastermind who was an integral force behind the invention of cutting-edge hybrid zones and elegant offensive formations that frustrated and conquered the best teams in the world."Jim is one of the GOAT players and minds of ultimate. He literally wrote the book on strategy with Eric Zaslow, "Ultimate Techniques and Tactics."With too many titles to list, Jim is most well known for helping lead DoG to 6 straight titles from 1994-1999.In this episode we talk about Jim's history with the game, how and why DoG used certain strategies, and watch some film of a couple classic games.Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shopPromo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-ShirtsGreatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag OrderPod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcastDownload The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-infoMore from Pod Practice:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_podEmail: show@podpracticepod.comShop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order.

We welcome on Felix Shardlow of Hive Ultimate for Episode 80. Felix has medaled in the UK and Europe as a player and coach in just about every division. We know him best for developing the Hexagon offense and Flexagon defense. In this episode we dive into the principles of Hex, the benefits of running a Hex style offense, the biggest misconceptions of Hex, some of the challenges of running Hex, and areas to continue innovating. The best part of talking with Felix is how open he is to collaboration, innovation, and even criticism. We recorded this episode in 2 sessions. We stitched them together to make sure the principles of Hex are properly covered before diving into challenges and areas of improvement. Parts of the episode are best to be viewed.Check out his work with Hive Ultimate: https://hiveultimate.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/hiveult/Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shopPromo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-ShirtsGreatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag OrderPod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcastDownload The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-infoMore from Pod Practice:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_podEmail: show@podpracticepod.comShop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order.0:00 Intro1:08 Episode Breakdown2:16 Felix Intro & Hive History5:45 Hex - Misconceptions, Origins, Friction points15:05 Principles of Hex1:19:19 Challenges of Adopting Hex (Visuals)1:28:47 Working Harder vs Working Smarter1:30:18 AlleyCats running Hex Style Offense1:34:00 Tradeoffs of running Hex... more limited deep game1:38:40 Integrating Deep Game, the Challenges1:42:20 Attacking from Stoppage1:44:20 Film Examples of Deep Looks (room for improvement)1:47:06 Film Examples of Field Sense 1:50:00 Benefit of Hex - Developing Field Sense 1:55:05 Areas for Improvement2:01:14 Greatest Strengths of Hex 2:03:50 Innovating through Collaboration 2:07:07 Why the Vertical Dogma at all levels? Flexagon Defense2:10:00 Team Defense - Do we stagnate players as coaches?2:14:30 Felix's thoughts on the State of Ultimate2:30:10 Outro2:30:43 BONUS BE Ultimate Playbook Film Breakdown

Marshall Lian is a masters student studying sports psychology. He has been part of the AMP and Philly YCC coaching staffs. We had been exchanging messages with Marshall about the importance of having a strong mental game in the world of sports and competition. We found the conversations very interesting and helpful for our own teams so we thought it was time to bring him on the pod and share his experience with all of you. Check out Marhsall's IG: @marshall.lian for more information Also check out his photography IG: marshalllian.photo Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-Shirts Greatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/ Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag Order Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Shop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 Intro 1:20 Marshall Lian Intro 3:30 What is Mental Toughness? 6:30 VR Training - Cognitive Performance 8:50 Most common mental weak points - resetting after mistakes 11:00 Tools to Improve Mental Resilience 12:35 Reframing 14:15 Impact on Teammates 21:00 Transformational Leadership - Preparing for the Car Crash 26:40 Cultural Artifacts 29:15 Expressing Emotions - is it okay to Internalize? 32:20 Mental Reset Exercise from "Essential Ultimate: Teaching, Coaching, Playing" 34:45 Types of focus, importance of resetting focus, and physical tools 38:15 "I am excited," cues for positive self talk 40:24 How do you reset when things are out of your control? 45:00 Toxic Positivity - can we be too positive? 48:00 It's okay to feel any types of emotions during competition 51:10 Mental strength needs to be worked on over time 55:00 Joe Mazzulla-isms - reframing a threat to a challenge 57:10 Power of believing, self hypnosis 1:01:10 Emotional Regulation 1:04:30 Physical routines to cue mental focus and visualization 1:08:00 How to visualize 1:14:15 Brian Nevison plug, value of physical and mental self care 1:17:30 A little bundle-ruski? 1:17:50 How to contact Marshall 1:22:00 Be seeing you

In this episode Jake Smart talks about building a culture of honest communication and his constraints led approach to teaching. Jake is one of the best coaches in ultimate frisbee and no stranger to winning. Before joining Brown as a coach, Jake played for the Wisconsin Hodags, another historically great college program. His teams are known for having incredibly efficient offenses and defenses that make opponents always second guessing. A few of Jake's accolades: 3x College Champion (2 coaching BMo, 1 playing for the Hodags) 2x College D-I Men's Coach of the Year YCC Champion Coaching Boston BUDA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-Shirts Greatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/ Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag Order Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Shop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 Intro 3:00 Balancing Commitments 4:20 College vs Club vs Pro 7:00 Jake's Coaching Philosophy 13:00 Switching contexts 16:15 Facilitating honest communication 19:30 UAEs 21:05 Receiving imperfect feedback well 23:00 Honest, imperfect feedback might hurt in the moment, but if it makes you better then it's worth it 28:45 Holding things in creates resentment 30:35 Honesty is a two way street 31:20 Almost every criticism you get is right even if the solution is wrong 33:40 When is it time to give feedback? 40:50 Framing friction as an opportunity to get closer 41:55 Elo 46:25 TrueSkill 48:00 How Jake uses Elo in practice 54:10 Practicing "caring about an outcome" 54:55 Jake's practice structure, pro games, anti drill, learning to use the right tool 59:20 The value of playing more, playing age 1:01:00 How to teach during games 1:05:30 BMo's style of play, response to criticisms 1:14:20 Jake's thoughts on offensive structure, clearing, and zone concepts 1:18:15 Reading the field as a player 1:20:30 Brown's understanding of roles 1:23:15 Jake's line calling philosophy 1:28:40 Decision to play zone 1:33:30 Strategizing for the UFA 1:37:30 Balancing Commitments Pt Deux 1:41:00 Transferrable skills between work and frisbee 1:42:45 All-Time Brown 1:44:50 Jake's offensive meta, front dominated vs the cutter driven 1:49:50 Back to the All-Time Brown Team 1:51:25 All-Time Hodag Team 1:54:44 All-Time Hodags vs All-Time Brown 2:00:20 Outro

Tony Leonardo wears many hats. He's an author, filmmaker, journalist, commentator, player, and historian of ultimate frisbee. Co-Author of "Ultimate: The First Four Decades" Author of "Ultimate: The Greatest Sport Ever Invented By Man" Tony's latest and most important project is "THE LOT," an independent documentary that tells the story of ultimate frisbee from its beginnings at Columbia High School to today. Learn more about the film and how to support it here: https://welcometothelot.com/ ------------------------------------------------ Support the Landesmans: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-jeff-and-laura-after-home-loss Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER for 40% off T-Shirts Greatest Bags: https://www.greatestbag.com/ Use promo code: PODPRACTICE10 for 10% off your Greatest Bag Order Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Shop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 Support the Landesmans 3:27 Tony's beginnings in ultimate 5:04 "THE LOT" 12:18 Joel Silver, CHS 17:14 What the title means 19:30 Supporting the film 22:17 Wham-O's involvement in frisbee 28:50 Becoming the historian of ultimate frisbee 37:55 Legend of Molly Goodwin 41:00 Legends we need to talk to 42:33 Charles Kerr & The Callahan 51:10 Youth initiative ideas 57:05 Tony's UFA thoughts 1:00:24 Preserving the game 1:04:55 Integrity rule and incentivizing fouls 1:11:10 Telling stories of the sport 1:17:25 Jose Cuervo 1:21:08 Book giveaway 1:25:07 "Flatball" 1:27:25 Female Pioneers 1:29:40 How to conduct an interview 1:33:40 Retro designs 1:35:40 Pod Practice Fantasy 1:39:04 Macho Sidewinder 1:43:00 Wham-O Frisbee Master 1:48:42 Tony Time, Story Time with Tony 1:49:15 Outro

If you've watched a frisbee highlight video in the last 10 years you've likely seen Nathan's work. He's the game's most prolific videographer, traveling non-stop around the world to document the game's most biggest moments. Support the Landesmans: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-jeff-and-laura-after-home-loss --------------------------------- Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Shop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 Landesman GoFundMe 1:43 Intro 3:30 Kaimana Klassik 6:15 Nathan's Start 12:20 Ultimate Full-Time 16:45 Magnet for Big Plays 19:00 Gear 24:10 Filming Process 28:55 Say hi at tournaments 29:55 Editing Workflow 41:25 Choosing Highlights 42:20 Shoutout Garrett Bush 44:25 Shoutout Chuck Clearly 46:48 Back 2 Back 2 Back Highlights 47:35 Finding the Best Games 51:13 Live-streaming POV 53:25 Long Filming Days 54:55 Upcoming Hawaii Trip 1:02:30 Upcoming Projects - Kaimana 1:10:40 2025 Schedule 1:11:50 Outro

Sit back, relax, and listen to Robert “Nob” Rauch recount the last 50 years of ultimate's growth from behind the scenes. One of the forefathers of the sport, Nob is the current WFDF President and a USA Ultimate Hall of Famer. Before WFDF, he became the 4th national director of the UPA (now USAU) in 1987. So much of what we take for granted today was spearheaded by Nob years ago. Nob started playing in 1976 at Williams College, and played on some of the legendary club teams of the 80s and early 90s - Rude Boys, Windy City, KABOOM!, New York New York - winning 6 UPA Club Championships and 5 World Championships. Listening to Nob speak about the history of the game helped put into perspective how young the sport is, and how much growth it's still capable of. Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com/the-playbook-info More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Shop BE Ultimate: https://beultimate.com/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 Intro 3:33 70s 8:45 80s 21:00 Softies Today 22:08 90s 24:00 Sweden Semis 38:17 The Evolution of the Ultimate Players Association 43:04 The Growth of the UPA and Its Impact 46:55 Revitalizing WFDF and Addressing Challenges 53:11 Achieving IOC Recognition 56:33 The Future of Disc Golf and Ultimate Frisbee 01:03:38 The Future of Ultimate and Disc Golf 01:25:55 Legends of the Game: Players Who Shaped Ultimate 01:32:22 The Future of Professional Ultimate 01:38:47 Youth Development and Community Engagement 01:40:44 Global Growth and Olympic Aspirations 01:46:53 Hope and the Spirit of Ultimate