Team USA U23 Mixed

It is has come time again for people to think about coaching this team. Here's the link, everyone apply.

Applications Open for 2019 U-24 National Team Head Coaching Positions — National Team Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 17, 2018) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and proud member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is in search of head coaches for the 2019 U-24 Mixed and Women’s National Teams. Following huge successes at the 201...

Usually this page is about celebrating the exploits of our current and former players. But I wanted to take a minute to direct people to an article about race in ultimate. Item #6 is incredibly important to me, and I imagine all of you. The rest of the post is also important and something that I think is close to everyone's heart. While the issue of representation in our sport might feel large and difficult to tackle for some, this article gives a few concrete examples that we can work towards in our local communities.

On Ultimate And Race: A Way Forward | Ultiworld This article was written by Chris Lehmann, founding principal and CEO of the Science Leadership Academy and the Science Leadership Academy Schools network, a network of three progressive…

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Two recent gold medalists from Perth are in the finals of Ultiworld's Block of the Year. Anna and Mike are also AMP players during the club season. Get in there and vote!

Ultiworld’s 2017 Block Of The Year Bracket: Final, Presented By Friction Gloves | Ultiworld It all comes down to this.

I've said this too often in the past two days for it to not feel a little trite, but this is one of the best games I have ever been involved in. Japan played amazing ultimate and it was an honor to be challenged by them and to get to watch our players rise to the challenge.

WFDF World Under 24 Ultimate Championship: Mixed Final - Japan vs USA WFDF World Under 24 Ultimate Championship: Mixed Final - Japan vs USA

Nancy Sun is a complete baller.

This is the woman who’s in charge of engineering Uber’s driverless trucks Nancy Sun is trying to get driverless trucks on the road and convince truck drivers to trust Uber, too.

Congrats to Alex Snyder for winning Ultiworlds' offensive player of the year award. I once said that if I could make a team for any tournament for any reason Alex would be on that team. I still stand by that statement and this article discusses why. Way to go, Alex!

2017 Women’s Club Awards, Presented By VC Ultimate | Ultiworld The Ultiworld 2017 Women’s Player of the Year award is presented by VC Ultimate. All opinions are those of the authors.

Not to be out-done, BOTH Anna Thompson and Tannor Johnson get the Ultiworld Mixed Division Player of the Year runner up spots. Can't wait to see them both on the same team this weekend.

2017 Mixed Club Player of the Year, Presented By Universe Point | Ultiworld And the award goes to...

Congrats to Nutt for winning Men's Club Player of the Year from Ultiworld.

2017 Men's Club Player of the Year, Presented By Spin Ultimate | Ultiworld And the award goes to...

Interesting Fact: The 2018 USX team has players on all four of the mixed division semifinalists (AMP - Michael Ing, Anna Thompson; BFG - Alissa Soo; Slow White - Tannor Johnson; Mixtape - Ari Lozano, Claire Revere, Henry Phan). So no matter what the family picks up another championship this weekend, but it also means a difficult time cheering tonight.

If you have a chance, share, like, or even contribute to the cause. These players are going through a lot to get to Australia, so any way you can help them makes a difference.

The U24 US Mixed National Team Needs Your Help | RallyMe The U24 US Mixed National Team Needs Your Help by U24 US Mixed National Team featured on RallyMe, the No. 1 online sports crowdfunding platform. | USA Ultimate

Towards the back end of the page on "underrated" players is one Emmy Kolanz. The write up is good, although I find the idea that Emmy is underrated laughable. It looks like the rest of the world is catching up to what we already knew.

Upwind Underrated 2017 Organization community that supports women in ultimate and increase the value of trans people. ultimate frisbee.

Claudia makes the top . . . ONE! Was to go Captain!

SportsCenter: #espnWtop10 Relive the top ten plays of the week in women's sports around the world.

As is my style, I am late to get this out. This time my excuse was that I was playing something called frisketball. All the same I am super excited to introduce everyone to some new friends. Jake, Lauren and I are very lucky to get to work with them between now and January. I have already begun working on excuses for why I haven't finished their highlight reel yet. Tracey Lo was probably spot on.

Last cycle, after our last game, a reporter asked me about our team's youth involvement and what I did with that. I chuckled in my head and thought "nothing" but then was swelled with unfounded pride when I thought of the people we have had on this team and how they have given back to their communities. Today USAU recognized Jon Nethercutt with a coach of the year award for his region. Good job, Jon, and well deserved! And thanks to all of the former and future U24 players for all the things they have done to help youth (or college in this case) grow in their regions.

2017 Coaches of the Year - College Championships

And finally congrats to all the USX alums who tore the beach up in France this past week! I think there were six total players winning medals on those teams. Eli Kerns, Jack Hatchett, Jon Nethercutt, Sarah Meckstroth, Claudia Tajima and Simon Higgins. I guess all of those Lei Out trips were really just practice.

Listen to Assistant Coach Lauren Boyle's interview about tryouts this past weekend on Ultiworld.com

U24 Tryouts 2017: Interviews With Lauren Boyle, Tom Manewitz | Ultiworld The first day of West Coast tryouts is in the books.

Thanks to all of the tryouts that gave us two great weekends and some difficult choices to make. It is the most energizing (and then agonizing) part of this process to see all of the young talent out there that is going to be crushing it for years. Also thanks to our alums (Elliott Erickson, Rebecca Miller, Lisa Pitcaithley) and guest appearance by Men's team alum Marcuss Ranii-Dropcho for giving us more eyes both weekends. It is an impossible task to see all of the awesome that happens at these tryouts so the help is much appreciated.

I got permission to share this. One thing that I have greatly admired about ultimate communities, and some of the people who have graced this team, is their desire to give back. This is a (pretty sweet) way to do that as well. Please thing about applying.

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Awards are up! Way to go Eli Motycka and Clare "No Pantz" Frantz for getting 1st team and Claire Revere for getting 2nd team honors. Congrats to Tracey Lo and Khalif El-Salaam for winning Player of the Year in the Great Lakes and Northwest Regions, respectively.

2017 D-I All-Region Teams - College Championships

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Congrats to new USX member and former U24 Women's team coach Lauren Boyle for winning coach of the year (along with U24 alum Claire Chastain)! Hopefully she'll like the page.

2017 Women's College Awards, Presented By VC Ultimate & NUTC | Ultiworld Standout individual performances from the spring season.

This is a great article by Benji. Stop "trying to hard" is a great mantra in life. Also, Claire Chastain is a baller.

Tuesday Tips: Throwing Without Effort, Presented By Spin Ultimate | Ultiworld Think of your body as a whip and let fundamental physics improve the length on your hucks.

Wait, a reasonably functional website from USAU? Surely this is a joke. Ogre's face on the U24 Mixed page makes me think this is a joke. Side note: I remember that bid and being freaked out that he was going to break a rib. Anyway, check it out! Extra side note: That the Facebook image is Lisa P's sock company is pretty awesome. Editor's Note: This is not a joke, this is real . . . and surprisingly well done (5/18/17 12:27 EST).

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Also the U20 head coaching application is live. I know many of you played on those teams and I personally think many of you would be excellent head and assistant coaches. So if you are interested, fill out the survey. It never hurts to get an interview and the worst they can do is say "no." You all are the leaders of this sport and finding ways to give back will continue movement in the right direction.

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As this forum/outreach mechanism languishes behind my aging hands and technology's fast pace (I think I'd be late to the the snapchat party even if I showed up) it still can serve as a beacon for some information.

Today I read an article by non-USX member Bert Abbott. There are many excellent points in this article about the mixed game. Not that it matters, but I agree with it almost completely and whole-heartedly.

There are many more things to be said. Pretty much after every sentence I thought "yeah, I remember when our team did that and it WAS awesome." But every time I start writing all of those things down it comes out jumbled. So read the article. Bert is a better writer than I am and hopefully it will remind you of things too.

Bert Abbott Don't Blame, Reframe 4/13/17 Note: Because the divisions of our sport run along a gender binary, including within the Mixed division when fielding a line, I follow the gender binary in my terminology. I want to acknowledge that the experiences of trans* athletes exist in our sport. Those experiences are complex and intersect wi...

A little late, but congrats to all the former USX players who are currently at USNT tryouts in Dallas this weekend: Alex Snyder, Becca Miller, Jack Hatchett, Jonathan Nethercutt, Simon Higgins, and Sarah Meckstroth. Show Alex and Matty what the future looks like!

http://www.usaultimate.org/news/2017-world-games-tryout-invitees-announced/
Congrats to alums Jack Hatchett, Khalif El-Salaam, Nathan White, Simon Higgins, Jonathan Nethercutt, Alex Snyder, Becca Miller, Sarah Meckstroth and Sophie Darch for being invited to the most selective tryout in all the land, the World Games team. USA! USA! USA! . . .

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Don't forget that the U24 applications are due this Sunday. Here's a link in case you haven't filled yours out yet. I was going to call out Claire for not having done it yet, but she beat me to it this morning.

News Player Applications Open for the 2018 U-24 National Teams The player application window for the 2018 U-24 National Teams is now open. Applications are due Dec. 11.

Wait a minute . . . was this something we were good at, or are we just being used for your pretty faces (looking at you, Henry Phan & Lisa Pitcaithley)?

How to Create a Post-Game Cheer That Doesn't Suck We've got the tips to improve your team's post-game cheer game!