Features

Periodically "The Huddle" will step away from its regular panel of experts to bring you features ranging a wide variety of topics. These features may be a strategy issues with special panel of writers, or extended essays or histories, or multimedia presentations. There are endless possibilities for these features when it comes to content, authors, and format.

We have some interesting ideas in the pipeline that we are excited to share with you, our readers, in the seasons ahead. So keep reading, and we thank you for your continued support.

Feature No. 13 | College Development, Part II

In Part II of our College Development series we focus on fall practices: what drills and skills do you focus on; how do you keep your returners progressing; do you implement your spring system before the winter?

Feature No. 12 | College Development

In this three-part mini-series, we'll explore aspects of the fall development process, and how you can help your college team improve as much and as quickly as possible.

Feature No. 11 | 2009 World Games Preview

With the '09 games just around the corner, we bring a couple of perspectives from the '05 team that was victorious in Germany, and take a brief look ahead at what the winter might bring, pending more information from the UPA.

Feature No. 10 | 2007 Open Finals

Here is our coverage of the 2007 UPA Open Final. We've broken down tower footage point-by-point, and it gives a great view of the action at a team-wide and downfield cutting angle. Andrew Fleming of Sockeye and Mike Whitaker of Johnny Bravo graciously answered our questions and provided written commentary.

Feature No. 9 | Conference 1

The Huddle has breaking news regarding Cultimate's planned Conference 1, a shake-up of the college division sure to send shockwaves throughout the Ultimate community.

Feature No. 8 | 2008 UPA Board of Directors Election

This week The Huddle is proud to present a very special Feature on the 2008 UPA Board of Directors Election.

Feature No. 7 | 2008 Labor Day Championships

Along the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz, California, North America's best teams gather for the strongest regular season tournament of the year. This week we look at both the Open and Women's Divsions.

Feature No. 6 | 2008 Emerald City Classic

In this feature The Huddle presents a look at the six of the top West Coast teams in attendence this past weekend at the Emerald City Classic, held an hour north of Seattle in Burlington, Washington.

Feature No. 5 | 2008 Colorado Cup

Below the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado, eight top Open teams from around the country gathered for one of the few precursor tournaments to Nationals, the Colorado Cup.

Feature No. 4 | International Ultimate

International Ultimate is a wide, wide world. In this feature, The Huddle presents a spectrum of authors writing about their countries and how ultimate is played and prospers there.

Feature No. 3 | 2008 Sockeye Invite

The 2008 Sockeye Invite was the first major West Coast tournament of the year. We are going to take a look at the different offenses and defenses each team employed; what worked, what didn't; which strategies were successful and why.

Feature No. 2 | Training For Ultimate

Everyone player wants to be a better athlete. Many players are going beyond simple workouts and using specialized combinations of workout modalities to increase the gains they see. The authors in this feature have volunteered some of the their time to describe aspects of their training that they find particularly important.

Feature No. 1 | Strategy In The Mixed Division

In this the first feature from "The Huddle," we've asked experienced players on the best Mixed teams to weigh in with their thoughts on strategy, game planning, and execution in the Mixed Division.