Finally: Major League Ultimate ∞

Major League Ultimate?! How did I miss this news? So great! Can’t wait to cheer for the Vancouver Nighthawks at home games! Finally, a sport I can be a nut about!

I’ve played ultimate pretty much constantly since I discovered the sport in 1997. I was absolutely awful at it for a solid five years. Eventually I got quite good at it — I know the game well, and play competently. Two things have kept me from reaching the upper levels of play: age (I started late and learned too slow), and my throw reliability drops too much under pressure. Throwing is almost bizarrely psychological …