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Professional ultimate player Anders Juengst shares insights on his thrilling playoff run with the Raleigh Flyers, detailing strategic clock management during a tense matchup against Atlanta. He discusses preparing for a semifinal clash with Seattle and reflects on his journey as a member of Team USA, including intense tryouts and workload management. Anders also introduces the innovative Ultiverse project aimed at enhancing USAU's online experience, promising a fascinating look into both competitive ultimate and the future of the sport.

We recap our US Open with Bravo and discuss the parity of the open division in the US this year. Thanks to so many of you for saying hi at the tournament! Quinn names his All-Tournament Team. We also have our new BE Ultimate gear in house. Links below or in bio. Stayed tuned for a Pod Practice Playlist AND Mike just bought a drone. Also checkout Benson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ @flatballclub  00:00 - Intro03:00 - Pod Practice Playlist? 18:55 - BE Ultimate Gear 20:20 - US Open 46:40 - Double Doubles 51:00 - Quinn's All Tournament Line 57:20 - Matty's Feelings on the Tournament 1:06:43 - BE Ultimate Playbook 1:14:15 - Fan Q: Elite Team's Running Vert Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice 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.

Apologies for the delay! We recorded this episode over 2 sessions in early/mid July. In this episode we talk about the ups and down of our Summit season after being eliminated from the playoffs, Quinn gives us a recap of USA Training Camp, and we answer some questions from all of you! Article Mentioned from Max Weiler: https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/10/03/mental-training-performance-cycle/ Use code UFA24 to get to get 15% off UFA Sun Hoodies and Bucket Hats. 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Summit Season Recap 23:35 - USA Training Camp 32:50 - How to Be Hard on Teammates 40:00 - BE Ultimate Sun Protection Promo Code 41:41 - BE Ultimate Playbook 49:07 - Listener Questions 49:25 - Chalk Talk Requests 51:00 - Darkside Lines against SLO 56:45 - Brown Player Development 1:13:35 - Line Structures 1:39:10 - Using your off-hand 1:45:33 - Staying Focused as a Team 1:58:00 - Jumping to Higher Levels 02:04:40 - Importance of Mental Training Pod Practice BE Ultimate Store: https://shop.beultimate.com/collections/pod-practice-podcast Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice 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.

This episode was recorded on June 11th. Calvin Brown is one of the best young throwers in the game. He helped lead Cal Poly SLO to a Finals appearance at College Nationals after taking down the 3 time defending champs, North Carolina Darkside in semifinals. Down 12-8, SLOCORE went on a 7-1 run to win 15-13 in large part because of Calvin's ability to throw through the wind and rain, and a clutch block at 13-13. BMO also had two amazing throwers of their own in Leo Gordon and Jacques Nissen. Calvin gives us some insight on the difference of style in SLO and Brown. BMO is more known for shorter, dominator movement while SLOCORE is more aggressive in the deep game. Support the Pod: https://ko-fi.com/podpractice More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. 0:00 - Intro 01:00 - Calvin Brown 09:30 - SLO's Style vs Brown's Style 14:50 - Who would fit Calvin, Quinn, Kins 34:35 - Calvin's Approach to Throwing 47:20 - IO vs OI 59:54 - BE Ulimate Playbook 1:08:27 - National Team, What's next for Calvin

Jump to 41:49 to listen to our conversation with 4x Defending Champs: Allison Reilly and Emily Przykucki of UNC Pleiades. We think you'll learn a lot about what Championship teams focus on the most to stay on top. It starts with culture and loving hard work. It also takes a little bit of luck. As we talked it became clear that luck is often the manifestation of a ton of preparation, and Pleiades is more prepared than any other team in the country. Certainly more prepared than any team we've been involved with. We were blown away to learn that neither Alli nor Kooski started playing until they got to UNC, because they speak about the game like 15 year club veterans. You can only learn that much that fast through hard work and dedication, but they credit a lot of their rapid development to the culture of Pleiades and Coach Jessi Jones. Before we talked to Alli and Kooski, Quinn gave us some updates on Team USA and Windmill Windup and how it felt to play his first Summit game of the year. Shoutouts: Shoutout to Coach Mary Rippe for connecting us with Alli and Kooski. Shout to everyone who said hi to Quinn at Windmill. Especially our boy, IHACKER! It means a lot to know people are listening. We appreciate you more than you know. Shoutout to Colorado Cutthroat! Mike played against the U-20 Boys team at Solstice with Johnny Walker. The O-40 team vs the U-20 team. Walker was down the whole game by a couple breaks and finally clawed back to save some remaining pride. Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com

We're on the road again in Madison and Minnesota this weekend, but Matty, Kins, and Mike recap last week's Oakland/Salt Lake City road trip. It's a gauntlet of a trip. The Spiders and Shred are two of the most physical teams in the league. The team had some ups and downs, bonded, and came home with a win. We talk about the challenges of a double header weekend in the UFA, and the impact we can have on our team negatively and positively with our body language and eye contact. Having fun is often a choice, but not always an easy one. Thomas Edmonds also joins us to talk National Team, learning new systems, and share stories. We recorded his segment about 10 days ago. As we release this episode, he and Quinn are competing with USA Men's National Team at Windmill Windup. Edmonds is a dual Canadian and American citizen and chose to play with the American team. He has been a well known player for many years for Pittsburgh Temper. In 2023 he joined DC Truckstop and DC Breeze and had an enormous impact for both teams. We're also launching our recurring segment with BE Ultimate a little more officially this week. Thomas goes over a few pull plays that DC Breeze runs, and gives us some insight on what he looks for. Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com

Another Nationals in the books. After a rocky start with the weather, teams made the most out of the situation. Mike was out there with Mamabird. Quinn and Kins were back home following along. Should USAU have a better plan for weather? Would Brown's style work at higher levels? Did Dawn have the best college career of all time? Should teams ever have to play 4 Nationals level games in one day? How do teams prepare mentally for big games? Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com

In Part 2 of watching Callahan videos with Callahan winners, Abby Hecko joins us! Abby grew up playing in Seattle and has been dominating at every single level of the game from youth to college to club. After winning the Callahan with Washington Element in 2023, Abby moved cross country to New York where she now stars for New York BENT. This fall she will be representing the US while playing for the National Team at WUC. Abby is no stranger to international play, having played for the U24 and U20 National Teams as well. Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com

Emory alum and 2023 Callahan winner, Justin Burnett, joins us to talk shop and watch a few Callahan videos requested by all of you! Justin is one of the most dynamic playmakers in the game today. Recently he played a big role in ending New York Empire's 30+ game win streak while notching blocks against Ben Jagt and Jack Williams for the Atlanta Hustle. Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com

A fellow 88, Connor has played for Clapham Ultimate for nearly a decade and will be lacing up his boots with Team GB at WUC in 2024. In 2023 Ultiworld named him the second best men's player in Europe. He recently competed with Chicago Machine in 2023 where he was also runner up to the eventual champions, DC Truckstop. Connor also founded Advanced Ultimate Coaching. You can follow him on Instagram and YouTube. AU offers 1:1 and team consulting and many free resources through socials. He taught us a lot about the structure of European ultimate, some of the differences in Europe and the US, and gave us some insight on what it's going to take for GB to take home a medal at this upcoming WUC. More from Advanced Ultimate: https://www.youtube.com/ @advancedultimatecoaching  https://www.instagram.com/advancedultimatecoaching/ Kikko Socks: https://kikkosocks.com/ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podpractice_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@podpractice_pod Email: show@podpracticepod.com