CUBE 2014
CUBE is a wonderful time of year. Where else do you get to play on sandy white(ish) dunes, in amazing(ish) weather, with all your best mates(…ish). It is of course the Nation’s famous five-a-side beach tournament, where even some English teams make the long, uphill trip to sample some of the best nights out Aberdeen […]
Summer Ultimate in Glasgow
Once again Glasgow Ultimate is taking up residence at Hillhead Sports Club and together we are bringing you a full programme of Ultimate over the next few months. These excellent facilities allow us to offer you twice-weekly training and a summer league competition open to all. We’ve put together a variety of summer membership options […]
Mixed Tour 1 – 2014
Glasgow’s first competitive outing of the 2014 Outdoor season commenced with an epic pilgrimage in the GUSA flagship down to Cardiff. 13 heroes undertook the 10 hour journey which was punctuated by the usual service station delicacies, contact, and Yahtzee. Such is our love of the M6 at Glasgow Ultimate (any real member spends 48 […]
Knowing Me, Knowing You
I’ve been trying to write this blog post for far too long – mainly because over the course of the season i’ve had to rewrite it a fair number of times due to the subject matter i’ve wanted to talk about: The Identity of Glasgow Ultimate. Personally, i’ve had plenty of times where i’ve been […]
2013 Glasgow Ultimate Awards
We’ve had a great first season as an open team and that has been down to the hard work, commitment and talent of our players. While it wouldn’t have been possible to achieve this season’s goals without everyone, it’s time to recognise a few players in particular. Please scroll through the players below […]
Tour 1 – London Calling 2013
Location: St Albans Date: 1/2 June 2013 Opponents: The B Tour Game 1: Glasgow Ultimate vs Fusion The big derby, both teams keen to prove that they are the best in Scotland. Both teams came out to prove that there is a difference from playing at Stirling to playing at tour, and they did. Both […]
What everyone should know when teaching ultimate to freshers
This article is a guide for experienced university players on how to teach basic catching and throwing techniques to incoming freshers, and how to play with and against the freshers at the start of the year. When experienced players are able to teach basic techniques to incoming players, the speed at which freshers improve increases […]
Can Far Flung be a Div1 Team?
So far we have read about university level leadership and development, having survived the AGM I think I’ll leave that subject well alone, then Dick told us all about ulti down under, given you’d stop reading now if I followed a similar route of discussing my pre-Glasgow career I’m going to write about how to […]
A wee perspective on ultie down under
The line’s been called; they’ve pulled. Game on. Shaun picks up the disc, but doesn’t take the early offload. He’s held it too long now and he’s looking to me for the dump. Where to cut? The obvious option is an international perspective on Ultimate in Scotland. I can see Shaun’s suggested it so I […]
University Club Leadership and Development (pt 2)
Part one of this post can be found here Transition Of Club Administrative Positions The committee’s job is to keep the boat afloat, find novel ways to attract new passengers and aim to transform the club from tug boat to tanker to cruise liner. But it is also your duty to help the new crew […]