Coach : Team India Open for WUGC2016

We’re hereby excited to announce the coach of Team India Open for World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2016, London – Matthew Zemel (Matty)!

Matty comes with great playing experience, having played at College Nationals, Club Nationals, and Major League Ultimate in the US. Here are some of the teams he has played for, and some of his past experience:

• University of Colorado Mamabird (2009-2011)

– University Team Captain – Mamabird (2010/2011)

• USA Ultimate All-Region Player (2010 and 2011)
• Denver Johnny Bravo (2010-2011, 2013)
• NexGen Tour (2011)
• Seattle Sockeye (2012)
• Seattle Rainmakers (2013-2014)

Matty’s coaching experience:

• Coached on the NexGen Tour in 2011
• Coach with Seattle Sockeye and Riot in 2013 in Germany
• Coach with Camp Ultimate Peace in 2014 in Israel
• Currently a high school coach in Washington State along with Ben Wiggins (his role model)

Matty brings with him the experience of a successful player from one of the top club teams in the world and the values of Ultimate Peace – friendship, trust and leadership between youth.

The Indian Open Team Coaching opportunity came about through Mario O’Brien (RISEup Ultimate) and Brian Canniff (Brian Canniff Photography).

Team India Open would be his first stint with a National Team.

Let us all give him a warm welcome into our community!

PS: Matty is an Aerospace Engineer who is also going to be a Doctor soon, will probably make him the ideal son for Indian parents.

 

Team India (Women’s) Announces Fitness Coach For WUGC 2016

Team India (Women’s) is pleased to announce Arvind Ashok as the fitness coach selected to prepare the team for the World Ultimate and Guts Championships 2016.

We spoke with the nominated folks about their proposed plan for the team, skill, experience and ability to commit time.

Arvind’s application stood out in the interview process as he applied experience from being a part of several national and international Ultimate tournaments, over the years, including the World Championships of Beach Ultimate 2015, where he he was fitness coach and player on Team India (Mixed). He impressed with his understanding of what our athletes needed most. He has the experience of working with over 300 people, both fitness enthusiasts and athletes. He is Head Coach/Co-Founder at The Quad, a fitness enterprise based out of Chennai.

Arvind will work hands on with the team at our training camps and engage online with individual athletes through the course of the campaign. 

 

Welcome onboard, Arvind! 

Abhinav & Udaya Kumar “Box”
Coaching staff – Team India (Women’s)

Feedback for selection process

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Brick By Brick (BBB) National Ultimate Frisbee Leadership Workshop – 2016

Announcing ‘Brick By Brick – 2016’, National Ultimate Frisbee Leadership Workshop.

Brief about BBB : The first edition of BBB last year had 60 leader from teams all over India come together for this workshop. It’s a space for invited speaker and participants to share/ discuss everything related to Ultimate Frisbee. Last year the topics ranged from Team Culture to How to teach Vertical Stack.

The 2nd edition will be conducted in February 2016

Dates: Feb 2nd – 4th, 2016. ( Just before Auroville HAT for logistical convenience) 

Venue: Auroville, Tamilnadu.

Registration to the event is OPEN TO EVERY TEAM IN INDIA ( 2-3 players with a minimum of one girl representative, registration is through the team captains )

Call for crew:  We are looking for people interested in being part of this year’s organising crew.

Some of the responsibilities of the crew will be taking care of Logistics, Equipment Management, Topic review with speakers, Communications, Scheduling and Time Management etc.
Please message Sangeetha Manoharan on social media or send an email to sangeetha@chennaiultimatefrisbee.com to find out more.