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We're closing out the year with a couple bangers. In our penultimate episode of 2024 we talk to Isaac Saul. Isaac was one of the most interesting people we've ever talked to. In our circles, Isaac is best known for being the fiery coach and former captain of PoNY. In any other circle, Isaac is best known for being the founder of Tangle News. From the Tangle About Page: https://www.readtangle.com/about/ "Tangle is an award-winning media organization that covers the biggest politics stories in the U.S. by summarizing arguments from the right, left, and center (then "our take"). We are independent, non-partisan, and subscriber-supported, with a newsletter read by over 275,000 people in 55+ countries across the world and a podcast that reaches hundreds of thousands of listeners every month. Our audience is made up of conservatives, liberals, independents, and those who don't identify with any political tribe. " Spirt of the Game means different things to different people. At its core, Spirit is about hearing a different perspective and making an informed decision after considering it. Isaac has impacted hundreds of thousands of people doing just that. In this conversation we talk about Isaac's roots in ultimate from Pennsbury and MCUDL to Pitt and PoNY. He comes from a Frisbee family. His dad played. His older brother, Noah, is a club and UFA champion with Ring and Flyers respectively. Isaac also gives his takes on where the sport should go, what we should hold onto, and what we should let go. See Isaac's TED Talk here: https://youtu.be/543mYKKh1EE 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 1:57 - Isaac's Wikipedia Page 3:00 - Isaac's Ultimate Background 9:00 - Tangle News 13:50 - Philly, MCUDL 20:30 - Tangle & Frisbee 25:41 - Perception Gap in Frisbee 31:55 - Ability to Self Officiate 37:52 - Different Rules Game to Game 47:10 - Culture Setters 48:04 - How Isaac Met His Wife 49:39 - Back to Culture Setting

We take a look back on 2024 through the lens of Spotify Wrapped. Thanks to everyone for tuning in. We're humbled and grateful for the little community you've all helped us build. Pod Practice is a passion project for us. As we say, Pod Practice started as a construct for us to hangout and meet new people. It's crazy to think that anyone gets any value out of it. Special shoutouts to BE Ultimate, Greatest Bag, Disc Studios, Excel Ultimate, Advanced Ultimate Coaching, and Kikko Socks! Another shoutout to Ryan Shigley for creating a short doc on The Patch, a core piece of Mamabird tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3NRbAAH9s We also had a time to weigh in on a couple fan questions about catching technique and guarding the front of the stack. Finally, stay tuned for new podcasts debuting under the Pod Practice umbrella in 2025. We're most excited about plans for podcasts dedicated to relationships in ultimate and the history of ultimate. We're not quite done with 2024 yet though! We might take a short break after New Year's, but expect 2 more episodes in 2024. P.S. Congrats to Zeke Thoreson and Tobias Brooks for their U24 National Team selections! 40% off Pod Practice T-Shirts Use Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER 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.

40% off Pod Practice T-Shirts Use Promo Code: PRACTICEPLAYER Pod Practice Store: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice/shop Rowan's back to tell us about Excel Ultimate and the new Excel Classroom. If you want to learn from the best players in the world like Raphy Hayes, Mac Hecht, or Connor McHale check out https://excelultimate.com/. Stay tuned for an upcoming Pod Practice collab with the Excel Classroom! In 2025 Rowan will be playing on the Men's Beach National Team, trying out for World Games, hoping to play another season with DiG, and eyeing a potential return to DC Breeze. We dive into the niche of making a living within ultimate and the challenges of finding players and teams to market to. Specifically, the resistance from US teams to pay for resources. In 2024 Rowan played for DiG after being synonymous with Truck Stop for the better part of the last decade. Even for a player as accomplished as Rowan, self doubt and confidence issues can creep in when you're trying to fit in with a new team. We talk about finding confidence as a player and what teammates can do to help support everyone's confidence. Make sure to listen to the end to hear Alex's keys to a perfect mark. 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 1:30 - Rowan's Back 2:40 - Clinic in Canada 6:00 - Excel Ultimate Updates 25:15 - Beach Roster Announcement 26:10 - Resistance from US Teams to Pay for Resources 35:00 - Prep for World Games Tryouts and 2025 41:40 - Self Doubt, Finding Condfidence as a Player 56:25 - Transition to DiG from Truck Stop 1:07:30 - Functional Breaks 1:10:10 - Push Defense 1:13:05 - General Film Breakdown 1:17:10 - Marking 1:23:10 - Outro

Bailey Shigley & Noah Coolman join us along with Della Moran (Alex's sweetheart) to talk about dating in ultimate from the perspective of couples who both play and dating a frisbee player as a non-player. Frisbee takes up a lot of time across UFA and Club, and doesn't always leave a ton of space for a relationship. Listen in to hear how they navigate those challenges. Bailey and Noah also talk about growing up in the Seattle ultimate scene and what makes it so unique. Both live in Colorado now and play for Molly Brown & Johnny Bravo respectively. Bailey is a (reluctant) champion with Molly Brown & was a captain in 2024. She also is a Quandary alum and WUL Champion with Alpenglow. Bailey is very familiar with winning, and gives us some insight on what has made Molly Brown & Quandary so successful year after year. Noah is one of the most explosive athletes in the game. He is an Oregon alum, played for Sockeye & Cascades before joining us in Colorado where he plays for Johnny Bravo & Summit. He fills up the stat sheet with huge blocks and insane skies. A big reason why Quinn is such a good player is because he has to go against Noah at every practice. Check out Noah's IG: https://www.instagram.com/noahbeskyin Della Moran is Alex's sweetie pie. She tells us what it's like to date an ultimate player as someone who doesn't play the sport. She is pursuing her master's in psychology & has a keen interest in relationships from that perspective as well. You may have seen her in the background of Alex's camera making a few cameos from time to time. 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 8:00 - Bailey's Beginnings 10:24 - Ultimate in Seattle 14:27 - Noah's Origin & Moving to Colorado 16:39 - Coaching in Colorado vs Seattle 20:12 - Finding Other Outlets During Injury 25:00 - Using Natural Athleticism 29:46 - Physicality in Ultimate, UFA, Club 36:30 - What Makes Molly Brown So Successful? 42:41 - Importance of Player Ownership of Team 59:10 - Building Culture Around Strengths 1:02:45 - Accepting Feedback as a Leader 1:06:24 - Love & Frisbee

Nick Stuart is a College, Club, and World Championship. He was introduced to the sport by his dad and grew up playing in Gainseville, FL. In high school he played on mixed teams with his dad before playing Vicious Cycle and Ronin. He has since played for Carleton CUT, Sub Zero, Revolver, and Sockeye. We may also have a Nick Bomb of news to share about who we may or may not play for in 2025. We've been meaning to bring Nick on since WUC tryouts. We reconnected after recording Episode 68, because he can relate to a lot of Kins' experience of being told to change his behavior, being told his behavior is wrong, and being unable to escape preconceived opinions. This was a great conversation about different ways to connect with teammates and finding opportunities to make those connections. In this Spirit of Thanksgiving, those connections are something we can be thankful for. Nick also lays out the roadmap to making a World Games team. Step 1 has nothing to do with being able to throw a forehand. For Steps 2-4 it will help to be 6'4", 220, and fast. P.S. We recorded this before our IG questionnaire closed, so weren't able to get to all listener questions for Nick. Thanks for submitting questions. Hopefully we'll be able to have Nick on again in the future to answer all of them. BE Ultimate is offering free shipping in North America for the rest of November. Use promo code: FREESHIPNOV. 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/collectio... Download The Playbook: https://betterthanever.beultimate.com... More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice... 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 0:27 - BE Ultimate: FREESHIPNOV 1:08 - Nick Stuart 3:01 - Father's Influence 5:13 - Early Career 8:31- Physicality in the Old Days 10:18 - Physicality in the UFA 13:22 - Intentional Fouling in Ultimate 20:34 - What is a Foul Anyways? 23:55 - Nick's Journey with SOTG 29:21 - How Reputation Influences Spirit 31:29 - How Should Spirt Influence All-Club/Player Eval? 37:21 - All Club Thoughts in General 39:01 - Team Culture & Communication 1:00:01 - Is it important to be friends with teammates? 1:04:39 - Ways to Build Trust 1:09:28.- Nick's Coaching Style 1:12:52 - Nic's Training Style "Disclaimer" 1:25:41 - Playing a UFA Game 1:26:01 - Bring back Power Pools 1:28:11 - Team USA Men's 2024 vs 2016 1:34:45 - Frisbee Hot Takes 1:40:11 - Nick Bomb!!! 1:41:11 - Differences in National Team Tryouts Year to Year 1:43:43 - Who was Faster? Beau vs Nick 1:45:23 - Remembering James Adams, Michael Goodgame, and Paxton Harvieux 1:52:03 - A few Fan Q’s 2:04:18 - Philosophy with Kins 2:05:53 - Thanks to Darkstar's Nick Stuart!

A short, quick hitter recap of WMUC - Kins gets a history lesson on some of the players that came before him, as Mike puts his player hat on while reflecting on losing the Gold Medal Match to Team Canada. We discuss the mental switch of putting cleats on vs holding the clipboard in big moments. Mike also gives some shoutouts to TC, listeners that said hello, and some of his teammates. Spoiler - if you haven't watched Bart Watson play, start YouTubing old JAM, Revolver, and Johnny Bravo film ASAP. Kins also touches on his desire to teach the generation that comes after him while balancing his playing career and updates us on his offseason mentality focuses he worked on while scrimmaging Mamabird. 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 0:55 - Mikey's WMUC Experience 7:20 - Offensive Rhythm as a D Player 9:38 - TC Shoutouts 12:50 - Missed Opportunities 13:48 - Bart Watson GOAT 15:07 - Anatoly Vasilyev 16:26 - Fan Shoutouts 21:51 - Roldy, Greatest Ultimate Bags 24:51 - Teammate Shoutouts 29:33 - Ultimate Frisbee Influencers 33:27 - Teacher Kins 40:20 - Taking Action on Goals 42:53 - Internal vs External Cues 46:47 - Paternal Scrimmage 49:14 - Defensive Mentality 55:28 - Doing your Job Offensively 56:47 - Scrimmage Highlights 59:31 - World Games Application 1:00:43 - Thanks for Listening

An After Action Review. There's no doubt we were hoping to perform better at Nationals this year. We look back on what we could have done better, give some props to the players that spanked us, and spend some time diving into individuals in a team setting. Also introducing, "Philosophy with Kins" BE Ultimate has Free Shipping in November. Use Promo Code: FREESHIPNOV 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 1:15 - BE Ultimate: FREESHIPNOV 2:35 - What Happened? 38:12 - Some Love 40:49 - Chain Lightning Round 1 44:34 - Furious George 50:30 - Reflecting on Individuals in a Team 59:15 - Rhino Slam 1:00:47 - Ring of Fire 1:03:01 - RDU 1:03:28 - Doublewide 1:05:21 - Chain Lightning Part Deux 1:09:58 - Michael Fairley Questions 1:21:32 - Fan Shoutouts! 1:28:00 - Thanks for Listening 1:33:46 - Philosophy with Kins

A Rhino and one of the GOATs, Dylan Freechild, joins us to kickoff Season 3. Dylan has been in the frisbee spotlight since he was running with EGO. Over the years, Spikezilla has been known as one of the most firey competitors in the sport. He helped start the media age with Nexgen from 2011-2013, won the Callahan in 2013, has been on more National Teams than we can count, and added his second Club Championship to the trophy case this past weekend. Underneath the firey, trash-talking exterior is an incredibly humble and thoughtful human. Dylan has given as much to the sport as anyone else and is a very deserving 2x Champion. 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 3:15 - Feelings Post Nationals 5:20 - Rhino's Playstyle and Nationals Run 11:45 - Jack Hatchett on Offense 14:00 - Deciding to Split Dylan and Raphy 15:30 - Similarities Between Dylan's Best Teams 22:00 - Dylan Breaks Down Game Plans for Nationals Opponents 23:00 - Furious 28:47 - Chain 31:51 - Bravo 39:33 - Truck 44:13 - Machine 46:48 - Pony & Mentality Going into Finals 53:07 - Playing against Jimmy 56:00 - Resurgence of Rehder 59:05 - Glue Guys? 1:01:37 - David Sealand 1:04:04 - Best Finals Performance Ever? 1:06:19 - Mount Rushmore 1:09:13 - BE Ultimate Playbook 1:22:30 - Bouncing Back 1:24:50 - The Streak - Who are we Rooting for? 1:32:20 - Advice 1:35:19 - Dylan Inspring Quinn

Come find us at Nationals with Johnny Bravo. We've got free stickers for any subscribers. We'll also have Pod Practice Tees and Bravo Stickers for sale. This is our Nationals Preview Episode of the Men's Division. We talked to Leo Gordon from Revolver, our very own Tobias Brooks from Bravo, Tobe Decraene from DiG, and Pawel Janas from Machine. I think you're going to enjoy this one. Everyone's personality shines through. Leo is super thoughtful. Wait until you hear about Brown's Elo style player ranking system at practice. Tobias is absolutely hilarious. He comes from a frisbee family and Ring of Fire royalty. I'm proud to hear how self aware and hungry he is for a cocky 20 year old kid. Tobe is a frisbee machine. For Tobe, Frisbee is life. He lives and breathes it. Having Pawel on is like family Thanksgiving. A lot of shouting and yelling and a lot of love. We're still yelling at each other even when we agree. This will be our last episode of Season 2. A sincere thanks to anyone has tuned in over the first couple years. This is a passion project. It's a construct to hangout and talk about the sport we all dedicate our lives to. It has been incredibly rewarding to make connections in our first 2 seasons. Good luck luck to everyone competing at Nationals. See you in San Diego, and back here for Season 3. 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.

It's Nationals Week! Today we bring on Claire Revere from Phoenix, Claire Trop & Kami Groom of Scandal, and KJ Johnson & Skittles McQuaide of Fury to get to know them as individuals and hear a bit about their mindsets heading into the tournament. 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.