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Nice breakdown of the advancement of ultimate at the high school level. "I was poking around score reporter and i figured it would be interesting to look at a map of the current state of high school ultimate in the US."

I've harped on visualization a bit here...you might be aware that focus, properly applied, can increase ability even without physically practicing. But did you know that focus can be trained, too? (There's a whole school of Buddhism devoted entirely to the pursuit of better focus, in fact. Perhaps you've heard of zen?)

The Pittsburgh High School Ultimate League has grown from seven to 45 teams in the past seven years, and the number of registered high school members has jumped from about 90 to 600.

In this episode I talk to George Stubbs, Casey Ikeda, and Darden Pitts. We talk about topics such as what it’s like to play on high level high school Ultimate teams, their opinions on what makes a team successful, and their most intense games.

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In this episode I talk to George Stubbs, Casey Ikeda, and Darden Pitts. We talk about topics such as what it’s like to play on high level high school Ultimate teams, their opinions on what makes a team successful, and their most intense games.

The Pittsburgh High School Ultimate League is about halfway to its goal of setting up a $100,000 endowment to annually fund a $4,000 scholarship for its outstanding players, organizers said Sunday.

This sport is growing exponentially in high school. Being a player on a good YCC team no longer translates into immediate success in college. The level of play jumps dramatically, and without knowledgeable and experience leaders, players are left stunted in their ability to grow their skills.

Without a doubt, women’s ultimate is growing around the world with more people playing and with more teams competing at a higher level. WUGC 2008 was a testament to that growth.

Twenty five years have passed after the first game of Ultimate Frisbee was played in South Africa, but the sport is definitely not getting old.

This was proved at the biggest tournament on the Ultimate Frisbee calendar, the South African National Championships, which was held over two days at Bergvliet High School.