Author: Jake

How to Deal with Low Spin

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In this video tutorial, Ryan Young teaches us how to deal with a disc with low spin. His strategy is to quickly and precisly set the disc and make a catch. This is a great skill to master as it allows for using more of the spin before catching and for recovering from errors that use up most of the spin.

Ryan gives excellent detail in the video, but the gist is this; delay the disc in the center as long as possible. Then, spiral out to 10 o’clock for clock spin, or 2 o’clock for counter spin, and just touch the rim long enough to set the disc do it falls into the pocket.

Poll: Do You Take Your Nails Off Immediately After a Jam?

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Lost NailI remember the first time I wore fake nails to jam. I was amazed at how much easier it was to control the disc, especially since I hadn’t yet mastered the center delay. When the jam was over I suddenly a had a sinking feeling. “How do I take these nails off?” I was given instructions to force my thumb nail between the glue and my natural nail to pry the fake nail off. I tried, but “OUCH!” After about an hour of fiddling around I managed to get the nails off.

Since then, my nail removal skill has greatly improved. Still, I don’t enjoy the process so, I typically leave them on for a few days until the glue loosens up and they fall off naturally. Of course, while the nails are still on I get lot’s of funny looks and questions about them.

In this poll, let’s find out what other people do with their nails after a jam. If you have any tips for nail removal, leave them in the comments.

 

Do You Take Your Nails Off Immediately After a Jam?
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Frisbeer 2018 Final Results

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Challenger
Eitan Rei Koren, Yuval Reikoren, Rank: 1, Points: 2929.6
Dániel Kárpáti, Balu Major, Rank: 2, Points: 2869.2
Fabrizio "Nino" Nicco, Lorenzo Telo, Rank: 3, Points: 2806.0
Andre Zaharias, Michal Maciolek, Rank: 4, Points: 2103.2
Simon Wassermann, Sven Deschle, Rank: 5, Points: 2022.2
Edoardo Gargano, Davide Liberti, Rank: 6, Points: 2004.9

 

Women
Ilka Simon, Juliana Korver, Rank: 1, Points: 3136.8
Sophie Rickers, Char Powell, Rank: 2, Points: 2059.7
Bar Bendek, Dominika Matuskova, Rank: 3, Points: 1997.0

 

Open
Jakub Kostel, Ryan Young, Rank: 1, Points: 3796.2
Fabio Nizzo, Manuel Cesari, Rank: 2, Points: 3656.8
Marco Prati, Pavel Baranyk, Rank: 3, Points: 3546.5
Fabian Dinklage, Robert Dittrich, Rank: 4, Points: 3321.1
Christian Lamred, Freddy Finner, Rank: 5, Points: 3282.3
Mehrdad Hosseinian, Andrea Rimatori, Rank: 6, Points: 3222.1
Clay Collerà, Andrea Dini, Rank: 7, Points: 3187.3
Randy Silvey, Kuba Radwanski, Rank: 8, Points: 2869.8
Lukas Zimovcak, Jakub Hosek, Rank: 9, Points: 2777.4

 

Mixed
Manuel Cesari, Ilka Simon, Rank: 1, Points: 3597.5
Juliana Korver, Ryan Young, Rank: 2, Points: 3456.3
Sophie Rickers, Toby Künzel, Rank: 3, Points: 3021.1
Bar Bendek, Ayal Benin, Rank: 4, Points: 2874.6
Char Powell, Balu Major, Rank: 5, Points: 2635.6
Lukas Zimovcak, Dominika Matuskova, Rank: 6, Points: 2236.1

 

Coop
Clay Collerà, Marco Prati, Andrea Sarti, Rank: 1, Points: 5155.6
Jakub Kostel, Freddy Finner, Paul Kenny, Rank: 2, Points: 5044.0
Mehrdad Hosseinian, Christian Lamred, Balu Major, Rank: 3, Points: 4799.1
Fabio Nizzo, Tom Leitner, Andrea Rimatori, Rank: 4, Points: 4778.9
Randy Silvey, Ayal Benin, Daniel O’Neill, Rank: 5, Points: 4727.0
Pavel Baranyk, Ryan Young, Robert Dittrich, Rank: 6, Points: 4563.7
Manuel Cesari, Andrea Piemontese, Mattia Lambertini, Rank: 7, Points: 4505.7
Emanuele Faustini, Stefan Dünkel, Fabian Dinklage, Rank: 8, Points: 3931.5
Andreas Jaderyd, Jens Friebe, Toby Künzel, Rank: 9, Points: 3694.4

 

Episode 57: Dave Lewis and Arthur Coddington Break It Down

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It was after a tournament win in 1993, that Dave and Arthur knew that had something good and decided to become a team. As their game continued to evolve, they found their true test at the FPA Worlds, where they had some serious competition.

  • Dave and Arthur break down their journey together.
  • Find out how the Beast’s feedback, and others, influenced their future play.
  • They also started using the judging sheets as a tool, watching the audience reactions, and breaking down the moves of other players.
  • Once they connected all the dots, they were scary good.
  • Sometimes they felt others were critical of them for “practicing too much.” Strange and mysterious! Have you ever felt criticized in a way that didn’t feel good when you were just trying to put your best foot forward?

It’s Frisbeer 2018 Weekend, and Randy is experiencing it firsthand. Hope everyone is watching the livestream!

Frisbeer 2018 Day 2 Results

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Mixed Semi
Manuel Cesari, Ilka Simon, Rank: 1, Points: 3085.6
Char Powell, Balu Major, Rank: 2, Points: 2939.1
Juliana Korver, Ryan Young, Rank: 3, Points: 2786.6
Sophie Rickers, Toby Künzel, Rank: 4, Points: 2680.5
Bar Bendek, Ayal Benin, Rank: 5, Points: 2566.4
Lukas Zimovcak, Dominika Matuskova, Rank: 6, Points: 2427.1
Mark Trout, Elena Dalmasso, Rank: 7, Points: 1954.9

 

Coop Semi A
Jakub Kostel, Freddy Finner, Paul Kenny, Rank: 1, Points: 4366.9
Randy Silvey, Ayal Benin, Daniel O’Neill, Rank: 2, Points: 4316.9
Andreas Jaderyd, Jens Friebe, Toby Künzel, Rank: 3, Points: 4067.4 
Jakub Hosek, Lukas Zimovcak, Jakub Sedlak, Rank: 4, Points: 3843.3
Antonio Piccione Cusmá, Thomas Nötzel, Andrea Meola, Rank: 5, Points: 3769.2
Peter Honzik, Andre Zaharias, Dominika Matuskova, Rank: 6, Points: 3048.8
Philipp Kleis, Simon Wassermann, Sven Deschle, Rank: 7, Points: 2224.2

 

Coop Semi B
Fabio Nizzo, Tom Leitner, Andrea Rimatori, Rank: 1, Points: 5371.3
Manuel Cesari, Andrea Piemontese, Mattia Lambertini, Rank: 2, Points: 5060.2
Emanuele Faustini, Stefan Dünkel, Fabian Dinklage, Rank: 3, Points: 4516.6
Pepyn Tavernier, Steffen Verstichelen, Naim Megassabi, Rank: 4, Points: 4142.8
Raphael Legrand, Francesco Santolin, Char Powell, Rank: 5, Points: 3216.9
Elena Dalmasso, Mark Trout, Juliana Korver, Rank: 6, Points: 2915.1
Mikey Callaghan, Cedric Stevens, Iwan de Moor, Rank: 7, Points: 2268.5

 

Coop Semi C
Mehrdad Hosseinian, Christian Lamred, Balu Major, Rank: 1, Points: 5182.6
Clay Collerà, Marco Prati, Andrea Sarti, Rank: 2, Points: 5135.6
Pavel Baranyk, Ryan Young, Robert Dittrich, Rank: 3, Points: 4861.5
Kuba Radwanski, Konrad Patris, Mateusz Gajewski, Rank: 4, Points: 3817.6
Eitan Rei Koren, Yuval Reikoren, Jakub Matula, Rank: 5, Points: 3725.3
Ondrej Kolega, Jiri Weiss, Jakub Zahradnicek, Rank: 6, Points: 2867.5
Chris Bellaj, Edoardo Gargano, Davide Liberti, Rank: 7, Points: 2607.6

 

Frisbeer 2018 Day 1 Results

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Results from Day 1 at Frisbeer Cup 2018. Don’t miss the action tomorrow!

Challenger Semi A
Dániel Kárpáti, Balu Major, Rank: 1, Points: 2744.7
Lorenzo Telo, El Nino, Rank: 2, Points: 1875.3
Andre Zaharias, Michal Maciolek, Rank: 3, Points: 1865.8
Pavel Hanka, Jirí Sedlácek, Rank: 4, Points: 1626.1
Mark Trout, Elena Dalmasso, Rank: 5, Points: 1455.7

Challenger Semi B
Eitan Rei Koren, Yuval Reikoren, Rank: 1, Points: 2161.0
Simon Wassermann, Sven Deschle, Rank: 2, Points: 2110.5
Edoardo Gargano, Davide Liberti, Rank: 3, Points: 1922.5
Cedrik Stevens, Iwan de Moor, Rank: 4, Points: 1650.3
Chris Bellaj, Maurice Eugene, Rank: 5, Points: 1235.1
Kuba Opaluch, Jan Skladanowski, Rank: 6, Points: 1043.2

Top 3 Advance
Pro Open Semi A
Fabio Nizzo, Manuel Cesari, Rank: 1, Points: 3230.3
Christian Lamred, Freddy Finner, Rank: 2, Points: 2750.8
Randy Silvey, Kuba Radwanski, Rank: 3, Points: 2584.0
Andreas Jaderyd, Toby Künzel, Rank: 4, Points: 2383.9
Mattia Lambertini, Andrea Piemontese, Rank: 5, Points: 2335.5
Juliana Korver, Jason Salkey, Rank: 6, Points: 2303.2
Thomas Nötzel, Jens Friebe, Rank: 7, Points: 2093.4

Pro Open Semi B
Jakub Kostel, Ryan Young, Rank: 1, Points: 3728.0
Mehrdad Hosseinian, Andrea Rimatori, Rank: 2, Points: 3239.8
Fabian Dinklage, Robert Dittrich, Rank: 3, Points: 3232.1
Antonio Piccione Cusmá, Andrea Meola, Rank: 4, Points: 3109.9
Pepyn Tavernier, Steffen Verstichelen, Rank: 5, Points: 3085.0
Raphael Legrand, Naim Megassabi, Rank: 6, Points: 2356.4
Ilka Simon, Sophie Rickers, Rank: 7, Points: 2095.4

Pro Open Semi C
Marco Prati, Pavel Baranyk, Rank: 1, Points: 3755.3
Lukas Zimovcak, Jakub Hosek, Rank: 2, Points: 2808.8
Clay Collerà, Andrea Dini, Rank: 3, Points: 2737.4
Francesco Santolin, Mateusz Gajewski, Rank: 4
Emanuele Faustini, Stefan Dünkel, Rank: 5, Points: 2517.0
Ondrej Kolega, Jiri Weiss, Rank: 6, Points: 2410.0
Daniel O’Neill, Ayal Benin, Rank: 7, Points: 2259.4
Jan Zahradnicek, Jakub Zahradnicek, Rank: 8, Points: 1693.1

Meet Bianca Strunz

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Back at FPAW 2015 we had a chance to briefly interview of few of the competitors. Here’s our interview with Bianca Strunz. If you want to learn more:

 

How to Practice the Kick Tip

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Learn how to practice a kick tip, also called the toe tip or toe tap. The goal is simple, kick the disc with your toe to pop it back up into the air.

Kick tips are great for a couple reasons. First, it is a gateway trick to begin integrating feet into Freestyle Frisbee. Second, kick tips a great way to save a disc that can’t be reached with the hand.

To practice, set the disc flat in front of you just under leg’s length. This can be done with a self set throw, or from a center delay. Now, point your tow towards the sky and kick the center of the disc with medium power. The goal is to lift it back up to chest height to regain control.

To improve your kick tip, watch the disc intently. You want to aim your toe to hit the center. To judge how close you came to the center, watch the wobble of the disc. If there is no wobble, you hit the center correctly. The more wobble there is, the further from the center you contacted. As you watch, you’ll get the feel for how to hit the center every time.

Have a kick tip story? Let us know in the comments below.