Huck Like a Girl

A small collection of articles, videos, and more about and by women in ultimate.

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I celebrated national women’s day by shooting a showcase game between USA & Germany! Check out the highlights on my blog. Link in my profile! #ultimate #ultiphotos #ultimatefrisbee #WCBU2015 #dubai #beach #beachultimate #photo #photography #sports (at Jumeirah Beach Residence)

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World Championships of Beach Ultimate - Women's USA vs. Germany 

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Octavia ‘Opi’ Payne and Washington DC Scandal ended San Francisco Fury’s seven-year winning streak at the Club Championships with a 14-7 domination in the finals on Sunday. Read the game story.

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Get it girl.

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World U23 Ultimate Championship - Women’s Semi Finals

Canada vs Colombia

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Bowdoin finishes a perfect 30-0 season with a DIII National Championship. They beat Williams 15-5. Read the game story.

Photo via Ultimate Frisbee Photos.

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Beginner throwers, especially women, should be encouraged to practice throwing harder and farther than they would typically feel comfortable doing to push their boundaries, build strength and to get past the fear of making mistakes and not having the disc go exactly where you want it to go every time.  Throwing with people that are better than you or that you want to emulate can be very instrumental for novice throwers to improve their own skills.  

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WUCC 2014 - Fury photo

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I don’t think you have to be a physical defender in order to be successful at Nationals, but you do have to be comfortable in a physical match-up. Physicality in the women’s division is increasing, and it isn’t likely that you’ll go through Nationals without getting pushed around a bit. If that bothers you, it’ll be a long four days.

I think of physical play as essentially bullying cutters out of spaces – this doesn’t necessarily mean touching them, but it does mean making my presence felt.

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In this, Malissa Lundgren discusses how to balance competing at higher levels while staying back in Canadian cities to make sure women rising within ultimate get the coaching and support they need to improve faster and that Canada remains competitive.

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I hope that we can elevate the level of coverage and respect for women’s ultimate so that young women can dream of being the greatest in the women’s game and be held in the same regard as the best in the men’s.

Boston Brute Squad star Emily Baecher on building up women’s ultimate (via ultiworld)

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Judy Jarvis on Women, Sports and Power

"The community of women this weekend brought me so much joy. To see all of us out there, with no men in charge, was glorious. Because, how often does that happen? In our workplaces? In our local and national government? In our schools’ senior leaders? Rarely, rarely, rarely. Yet there is so much value in complete self-determination for women, as when we are playing on a women’s sports team. You have complete control over your body, and this is no small thing, when we live in a culture where women’s bodies are policed, critiqued, picked apart by the media, by passerby, by families, by friends. On the field, my body is completely mine." Click the post to read more.

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Jen Pashley on a fear of failure

I’ve had my own battles with failure and so have many of my friends. We feared failing as leaders, as teammates, as coaches, as players. We stopped trying because it was easier to let it go than to risk failing. But instead of giving up, let’s ask ourselves: why are we so scared of failure? 

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The Incredible Defensive Techniques of Griffith and Jorgenson

Scandal’s Sandy Jorgensen and Riot’s Sarah “Surge” Griffith are two of the game’s most impressive defenders, in any division. Learn from their techniques and styles in this video analysis about great defense.