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Charlie Eisenhood, the founder of Ultiworld, joins us this week. An entrepreneur, writer, editor, producer, commentator, podcaster... there isn't much Charlie doesn't do. Over the last decade he has done more than anyone to push the sport forward. We chat about the beginnings of Ultiworld, Charlie's influence on Club and Pro Ultimate Frisbee, Media's role in Sports, Accessibility of Players, Disc Golf, and the UFA rebrand. Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube (02:00) - Charlie's origins (08:30) - Ultiworld's origins (14:40) - Beginnings of streaming and influence on semi-pro leagues (18:30) - Growing pains of Ultiworld (25:00) - Influence of Ultiworld on the Sport (29:00) - Mike's First Request (32:00) - Mike's Request for All 14

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We're still on a short break from the Chalk Talk series. Today we welcome Ari Nelson back on to give an update on their mental health. Ari educates us about trauma-informed leadership and gives great perspective on giving and receiving feedback. We discuss the value of communication, being transparent, defining channels of communication for team members, and the importance of forgiveness. Team building and relationships can be complex. We like to break things down into simple, black and white situations with a right or wrong outcome. Ari challenges us to look at those moments through a different lens and embrace conflict when it's needed for growth and understanding. We often say that we need to be comfortable being uncomfortable. In Ari's words, "Conflict is beautiful." Kikko Socks⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube

Sans Quinn, we're taking a short break from the Chalk Talk series to answer a few fan questions. Thanks for sending them in! We'll get to the rest of them soon We also go over some of our Spotify Wrapped numbers. We're grateful for all of you who have been tuning in. Hard to believe that we're anyone's Top Podcast! Kikko Socks⁠⁠⁠ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube

Coach Charlie Hoppes recently stepped down as coach of the New York Empire after downturns with his bipolar and anxiety. Charlie has long advocated for the importance of mental health awareness. During his 3 years with the team Charlie and Anthony Nuñez led the New York Empire to a 42-3 record, are currently riding a 30 game win streak, and have won back to back AUDL titles. Charlie gives us insight on what the Empire has focused on during their dominant run. We also talk about what players should be focusing on to push the sport forward. Charlie believes that thrower are only scratching the surface of what we can do with a disc. Kikko Socks⁠⁠ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube

In part 2 of our Chalk Talk series, 2023 AUDL Coach of the Year, Bryce Merrill joins us to overview his philosophy of teaching and developing common language for efficient communication. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that Coach also learned a lot from Bob Krier. Coach Merrill does an amazing job of giving tools to his players to solve problems on their own. He details the importance of focusing on the fundamental parts of the game that occur countless times every single point vs strategies that may occur a handful of times a game. Coach is an incredibly humble and thoughtful family man. Kikko Socks⁠ Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube

In our first Chalk Talk Episode we welcome on Coach Tim Kefalas. We're planning to bring on different coaches to learn as much as we can from the game's brightest minds. In ultimate you force forehand or backhand. Coach TK has broken the mold by finding innovative ways to switch the mark to challenge different spaces in ways that no other coach is doing in the game today. TK walks us through his philosophies as a coach, the challenges of getting buy-in, and the defenses he was most impressed with at Nationals. Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube (00:00) - Intro (03:00) - TK's journey to Bravo (06:30) - Relationship with Cody Spicer (14:50) - Defensive Philosophies, switching the mark (20:00) - Taking CSU to their first Nationals appearance (25:00) - TK on getting buy-in on new innovation (30:40) - TK rips into young Quinn (36:00) - TK's Coaching Philosophy (51:45) - Balancing Positive and Negative Feedback (56:00) - Balancing Indivdual Needs and Needs of Teammates (58:48) - Kins 4D Chess (01:08:15) - Machine's Will, Experience of Big Games (01:13:30) - Most Challenging Offenses to Plan For (01:20:50) - Most Impressive Defenses we Played against (01:30:00) - What to look for when evaluating players (01:40:00) - Finer Things

Not just another North Carolina Robot, Ben was easily one of the best conversations we've had. Watch Quinn and Ben form a new bromance while commiserating over drawing the opponent's #1 defender game after game, point after point. Sometimes it hurts to be good. A perfect 3/3 in College National Championships, Ben has won gold at every level including one with the U24 Men's National team where he played with Mamabird standouts, Danny Landesman, Calvin Stoughton, and Nathan Buchholz under Mamabird legend, Coach Bob Krier. Still a pup, even now, Ben also talks about how being in big games from such a young age has prepared him to compete against his idols on the biggest stage today. Even with all that success, Ben is a humble guy. We all share a couple of our "Welcome to Club" moments. Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube

Shoutout to everyone who reached out. Hartley Greenwald and Michal Marek have both played high level ultimate in Europe and gave us some perspective on the differences of self officiation and SOTG in Europe and North America. Lucas asks if Kins talks as much trash at practice as he does in games, asks Quinn to unpack his Nationals performance, and asks about off season goals. To wrap it all up, Kins talks about his approach to returning from injury, and, former Mamabird player, Jakob Rheins asks us about raising the floor of a new ultimate team. Kikko Socks Use discount code: POD15 for 15% off your next order. More from Pod Practice: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube (4:22) Self officiation in North America vs Europe (21:30) Perspective on Pony's Nationals and their abs (28:30) Does Kins talk as much trash at practice? (39:00) Quinn on his Nationals Impact (47:30) Off Season Goals (57:00) Returning from Injury (1:21:45) How to practice as a new team