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Updating The Competition Manual

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:57:00 -0400

Since 2006, the size of the FPA Worlds has exceeded the competitioncapacity of the current Competition Manual. Therefore, the FPA Board hasbegun updating the Competition Manual to better support our larger playerbase. his work does not include any changes to the judging system itself,only the sections guiding tournament directors in running events andeventually, a possible refresh of what is expected from players.

Revisions are being approved on a section-by-section basis so the newguidelines can be used at FPAW this summer. The first approved section isEvent Progressions. This section defines how many rounds of competitionthere are, how many teams in each pool, etc.

The main changes include more rounds of competition with new names.Instead of four possible rounds (Qualifier, Preliminary, Semifinal andFinal), we now have five (Qualification, Preliminary, Quarterfinal,Semifinal and Final), and the Manual outlines how many teams are requiredfor the addition of a new round of competition.

Our next step is to build FPAW competition schedules from these EventProgressions, then look at whether any other sections are in need ofupdates.

Here is apdf of the new Event Progressions section.

The FPA Board is interested in translating the new Competition Manualsections to other languages. If you are interested in doing that,please contact me.

DiscCast Extra: Joey Hudoklin Interview

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:18:10 -0400

DiscCast Extra:Joey Hudoklin Interview

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A real treat is in store for all in the latest DiscCastExtraÖ We have an interview with ëThe Legendí himself Joey Hudoklin. Asyouíll all know, Joey was in Europe for Paganello last week, and with all theexcitement still in the air following his visit, we felt now was the ideal timeto release this interview. While at Paganello, Joey spoke to John about how hiscareer began, its many highlights (including Team Bud Light and his first Worldtitle in 1979) and also discusses his views on the freestyle scene in Europe.EnjoyÖ

Episode InformationÖ.

Length: 26mins 42secs

File size: 18.3MB

To download our interview with Joey, use the link above,or find/subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes podcast directory. (Click HEREto get iTunes) This episode is also available on PodcastAlley.

Please do give us some feedback on the show - we're eagerto hear from you! Contact us at ukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.ukor discuss the podcast on the FPAFORUM.

Thanks,

Johnand Joe

2008 Frisbee Freestyle Masters - Results

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:13:03 -0400

Dortmund, Germany March 15-16, 2008 Open Pairs Finals 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.26) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (20.15) 3. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (18.13) 4. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stafan Duenkel (17.94) 5. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.78) 6. Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (13.49) Open Co-op Finals 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (19.66) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso/Marc Pestotnik (16.32) 3. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel/Heiko Vogt (15.61) 4. Harald Skomroch/Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (13.63) Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool-A 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.02) 2. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.34) 3. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel (16.18) 4. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (13.10) Open Pairs Semi-Finals Pool-B 1. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (19.42) 2. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (19.03) 3. Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (12.27) 4. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (11.69) Open Co-op Semi-Finals Pool-A 1. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso/Marc Pestotnik (17.12) 2. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel/Heiko Vogt (14.72) 3. Ilka Simon/Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (10.11) Open Co-op Semi-Finals Pool-B 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carsten Heim (20.22) 2. Harald Skomroch/Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (15.13) 3. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn/Jascha Wollmann (11.16) Open Pairs Prelim 2 (second chance for semi-finals) 1. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (14.29) 2. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (13.91) 3. Marc Pestotnik/Andre Hillmann (12.90) 4. Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (12.57) Open Pairs Prelim Pool-A 1. Carsten Heim/Heiko Vogt (18.39) 2. Mehrdad Hosseinian/Stefan Duenkel (18.12) 3. Harald Skomroch/Enrique Faria (16.18) 4. Ilka Simon/Jascha Wollmann (15.83) 5. Frank Lejeune/Michel Otte (12.38) Open Pairs Prelim Pool-B 1. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (21.82) 2. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (18.90) 3. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe (16.72) 4. Holger Hill/Andrew Quinn (15.42) 5. Marc Pestotnik/Andre Hillmann (12.64)

Utter Mastery

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:30:00 -0400

Fabio Sanna got into the zone in the semis of pairs at Paganello and hit huge moves with such mastery that they looked standard. Keep in mind that Tommy's playing well in this round too, but Fabio keeps upping the ante. Double spinning arvon. Bad attitude hold directly into invert, then skid, leading to a double spinning barrel gitis. Double spinning skid. Flamingitises. Playing both spins. With no wind to help him out. They didn't win the round, but Fabio's 4 minutes might have been the performance of the tournament.

Judging: The Severe Error

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:38:00 -0400

1. Severe Error (-.5) Reserved for mistakes that disturb the routine in an extreme way, such as a wild throwaway, a long, embarrassing break in the routine, or an incident that clearly endangers the audience. Judges are cautioned to make a Severe Error deduction only when the audience is clearly endangered, not just when players perform near the audience. Catches near the audience may add to a routine's excitement without endangering spectators.

I noticed something at Paganello while helping Lui tabulate the results of the Co-op finals. A judge gave three teams in my pool a Severe Error - including one in my routine with Gery Nemeth and Balu Major. As implied in the definition above, Severe Errors are most often wild throaways, discs thrown out of the reach of the teammate. I was surprised because I didn't remember any throwaways during our performance. I'll have to wait until the videos hit YouTube to remind myself of what happened during our five minutes.

I bring this up not as a sob story. We would have placed the same with or without that deduction. I bring this up because Severe Errors are rare, especially indoors, and yet three teams were given the Severe Error deduction during the finals, so it's a good window into how judges perceive the judging system and the routine they watch.

Judging competency is essential. As so many players emerge into the competitive scene, it's super important that judges are trained and that players can expect to be evaluated consistently. One of the best ways to improve our judging competency is through discussion. So let's talk about the Severe Error. When do you give them, what's your threshhold for the difference between Major and Severe Error? What do we need to do to communicate the difference to new judges?

I give Severe Errors rarely because that's the intention of the judging system. They are Severe. Most teams don't stray into Severe territory. They may make mistakes, but most don't make gigantic, severe mistakes that match the definition of this deduction.

For throwaways, I adhere very strictly to the definition. It's got to be a wild throwaway. The teammate doesn't even have a chance to touch the disc. Someone used to use the phrase "throw to the ghost," like the disc was thrown to someone not even on the team.

Regular bad throws usually get a 0.2 or 0.3 from me. If the disc is dropped or doesn't reach the teammate, but it's not a huge, embarrassing error, I give a 0.3. Occasionally, I'll downgrade for 0.2 if someone is able to seamlessly pick or kick the disc back into play.

The other scenarios for Severe Error rarely happen. I personally have not seen a player endanger the audience. I've seen many flow interruptions, but the play hardly ever stops long enough for it to be a Severe Error.

What kind of disruptions would merit a Severe Error if I were a judge? Let's say the team not only forgot where they were in the routine but started a long conversation about what to do. After about 10 seconds of absolutely nothing going on, I'd probably give the Severe Error. Usually, teams make some sort of throw before that, so this situation rarely comes up.

How about teams that endanger the audience? For me, the line that distinguishes between aggressive play, going after a disc off the field, and a Severe Error is body control. If the player is tracking the disc AND the audience, and if they make good decisions about where to run/jump, it's not a severe error for this judge. But, if the player recklessly runs into the audience with a great chance of collision, or if they jump with little body control so there's a very real possibility of them landing on an audience member, they get the 0.5 deduction.

I want to make an important distinction. There are players who can play into an audience without endangering them. It's probably not the best situation, but I'll let the Artistic Impression judges deal with that. The point is: the player isn't endangering the audience by doing it, and that is the essential difference between a Severe Error and a questionable decision that's not really an error.

2008 Paganello: Final Results

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:23:00 -0400

The rain came. A cold rain that kept us in the tent. The downside was that the people of Rimini didn't get to see the freestyle final. The upside was that we had a raucus audience of stir-crazy Ultimate players.

Tomorrow's weather forecast is better, so we're all looking forward to a big beach jam.

Here's how the finals went down:

Open Co-op Final

1. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny/Manuel Cesari (44.2 - DIFF: 12.6, EX: 17, AI: 14.6) [video]
2. Dan Yarnell/Steve Hays/Darryl Allen (43.9 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 17.6, AI: 13) [video]
3. Tom Leitner/Claudio Cigna/Luca Medri (43 - DIFF: 13.8, EX: 15.2, AI: 14) [video]
4. Arthur Coddington/Gery Nemeth/Balu Major (41.8 - DIFF: 13.6, EX: 15.2, AI: 13) [video]
5. Matteo Gaddoni/Valerio Occorsio/Jan Schreck (38.6 - DIFF: 12.7, EX: 13.1, AI: 12.8) [video]
6. Emmanuele Faustini/Flo Hess/Danilo Torzolini (38.4 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 13.6, AI: 12) [video]
7. Anton Capellman/Jan Soerensen/Kolja Hanneman (34.2 - DIFF: 10, EX: 12.8, AI: 11.4)
8. Sergio Arrighi/Marco Prati/Andrea Poli (31.7 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 11.6, AI: 8.6)

Open Pairs Final

1. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna (47.5 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 17.3, AI: 17.4) [video]
2. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna (45.4 - DIFF: 11.7, EX: 16.3, AI: 17.4) [video 1 & 2]
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington (42.1 - DIFF: 11.4, EX: 16.2, AI: 14.5) [video 1 & 2]
4. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman (41.2 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 14.1, AI: 15.6) [video 1 & 2]
5. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo (39.8 - DIFF: 10.2, EX: 16.7, AI: 12.9) [video]
6. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays (39.3 - DIFF: 10.4, EX: 16.9, AI: 12) [video]
7. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess (38 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 15.1, AI: 11.8) [video]
8. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth (35.6 - DIFF: 9.1, EX: 13.9, AI: 12.6)

Spirit of the Game: Steve "The Beast" Hays

Special Lifetime Achievement Award: Joey Hudoklin

2008 Paganello: Day 2 Results

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:43:00 -0400

An exciting Day 2. We weren't sure if we'd have to move inside again. The morning weather was beautiful, but an afternoon storm was predicted. The weather started to turn, with the wind shifting 180 degrees to that nasty offshore breeze from Friday, but it didn't last long and we played the co-op semis outdoors on the red carpet.

The crowd seemed almost as big as last year's finals audience. Lots of high energy routines throughout the afternoon, including Flo Hess/Emannuele Faustini/Danilo Torzolini taking an upset win the A pool. The biggest shocker of the day was that Fabio Sanna/Piccio Cusma/Joey Hudoklin didn't make the finals. They had a rough, Frisbee hell round and couldn't recover enough to make it to Sunday's show.

In the evening, we moved to the disco for the pairs finals and another high-energy show in front of Paganello's ultimate teams. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna laid down the strongest performance of the night, a two drop routine that took a hotly contested A pool - the top 3 teams had 4 drops or less. Tom Leitner and Fabio Sanna came in second but put on a technical clinic, one of the most aggressive routines I've seen in a while. Fabio was completely in the zone, hitting a double spinning against the spin flamingo pull, a double spinning barrel gitis, a double spinning skid and much much more. Young upstarts Balu Major and Gery Nemeth upset Paul Kenny and Reto Zimmerman to take 1st place in Pool B.

The Flickr photographers have also arrived, so expect to see a fresh batch of action shots shortly.

The weather reports are for rain today. We're hoping they are as wrong as they were yesterday.

Co-op Semi A

1. Emmanuele Faustini/Flo Hess/Danilo Torzolini ( TOTAL: 38.9 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 15.6, AI: 10.5) [video]
2. Matteo Gaddoni/Valerio Occorsio/Jan Schreck ( TOTAL: 37.6 - DIFF: 12.7, EX: 13.9, AI: 11) [video]
3. Dan Yarnell/steve Hays/Darryl Allen ( TOTAL: 37.5 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 15.7, AI: 9.4) [video]
4. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny/Manuel Cesari ( TOTAL: 37.4 - DIFF: 13.6, EX: 12.6, AI: 11.2) [video]
5. Paolo Magni/Filippo Cavalca/Giovanni Coppo ( TOTAL: 34.7 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 12.6, AI: 9.7)
6. Eleonora Imazio/Markus Goetz/John Titcomb ( TOTAL: 27 - DIFF: 10.5, EX: 8.9, AI: 7.6)
7. Raffaele Pilla/Gloria Alessandrini/Davide Bianchi ( TOTAL: 24.5 - DIFF: 8.4, EX: 10.6, AI: 5.5) [video]
8. Lukas Lacina/Jakub Zahradnicek/Jan Dexter Struz ( TOTAL: 19.7 - DIFF: 8.7, EX: 6.7, AI: 4.3) [video]
9. Jakub Matula/Jakub Sedlak/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 19.4 - DIFF: 7.9, EX: 7.2, AI: 4.3)

Co-op Semi B

1. Claudio Cigna/Luca Medri/Tom Leitner ( TOTAL: 44.8 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 16, AI: 15.5) [video]
2. Arthur Coddington/Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 43 - DIFF: 13.3, EX: 16, AI: 13.7) [video]
3. Sergio Arrighi/Marco Prati/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 39.9 - DIFF: 12.5, EX: 15.9, AI: 11.5) [video]
4. Anton Capellman/Jan Soerensen/Kolja Hanneman ( TOTAL: 39.1 - DIFF: 11.9, EX: 15, AI: 12.2) [video]
5. Fabio Sanna/Antonio Cusma/Joey Hudoklin ( TOTAL: 35.9 - DIFF: 12.5, EX: 11.2, AI: 12.2) [video]
6. Oren Meron/Ofek Agmon/Yarden Borcow ( TOTAL: 34.4 - DIFF: 10.3, EX: 12.8, AI: 11.3)
7. Sergio Marconi/Andrea Dini/Pavel Baranyk ( TOTAL: 33.4 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 11.5, AI: 10.8)
8. Ale Berra/Matteo Ceresa/Merciano ( TOTAL: 30.8 - DIFF: 9.6, EX: 11.9, AI: 9.3) [video]
9. Jakub Hosek/Fathi Abdelli/Niki Thoma ( TOTAL: 19.4 - DIFF: 8, EX: 7, AI: 4.4)

Pairs Semi A

1. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna ( TOTAL: 47.4 - DIFF: 14.2, EX: 18.8, AI: 14.4) [video]
2. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna ( TOTAL: 46.1 - DIFF: 14.6, EX: 17.2, AI: 14.3) [video]
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington ( TOTAL: 45.9 - DIFF: 13.9, EX: 17.3, AI: 14.7) [video]
4. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays ( TOTAL: 40.7 - DIFF: 10, EX: 18.3, AI: 12.4) [video]
5. Ele Imazio/Dan Yarnell ( TOTAL: 39.1 - DIFF: 10, EX: 18.5, AI: 10.6) [video]
6. Marco Prati/Luca Medri ( TOTAL: 38.4 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 15, AI: 11.9) [video]
7. Filippo Cavalca/Sergio Arrighi ( TOTAL: 35.2 - DIFF: 10.6, EX: 15.2, AI: 9.4) [video]
8. Kolja Hanneman/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 28 - DIFF: 7.4, EX: 12.5, AI: 8.1) [video]

Pairs Semi B

1. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 42 - DIFF: 12.4, EX: 16.8, AI: 12.8) [video]
2. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman ( TOTAL: 41.8 - DIFF: 13.2, EX: 15.1, AI: 13.5) [video]
3. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo ( TOTAL: 41 - DIFF: 11.5, EX: 16.9, AI: 12.6) [video]
4. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess ( TOTAL: 38 - DIFF: 12.2, EX: 13.7, AI: 12.1) [video]
5. Oren Meron/Paval Baranyk ( TOTAL: 36.2 - DIFF: 10.5, EX: 15.3, AI: 10.4) [video]
6. Anton Capellman/Andrea Dini ( TOTAL: 35.9 - DIFF: 10, EX: 16, AI: 9.9)
7. Joey Hudoklin/Rob Fried ( TOTAL: 34.3 - DIFF: 10.3, EX: 13.3, AI: 10.7) [video]
8. Manuel Cesari/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 33.4 - DIFF: 10.6, EX: 12, AI: 10.8) [video]

2008 Paganello: Day 1 Results

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:34:00 -0400

Below are the unofficial results from today's Open Pairs prelim at Paganello. We moved into the big tent because of nasty onshore winds. We played on the tent's wood floor and had a great crowd of hungry Ultimate players making their way to and from the concession.

Prelim highlights included Flo Hess' superconsecutive Combo Of The Day that included a cartwheel and a spinning gitis, a one-drop performance by Reto Zimmerman and a bearded Paul Kenny, and the Paganello debut of legend Joey Hudoklin (and Darryl Allen and Rob Fried). The after competition highlight were the mob-ops in the tent that allowed the European players to continue their Joey-led immersion in one-touch jamming.

Tomorrow's day session will be the co-op semifinals, and the night session will be the pairs semifinals in the disco.

2008 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
March 21, 2008

Prelim Pool A

1. Tom Leitner/Fabio Sanna ( TOTAL: 53.9 - DIFF: 15.8, EX: 27.3, AI: 10.8) [video]
2. Joey Hudoklin/Rob Fried ( TOTAL: 48.7 - DIFF: 13.7, EX: 24.3, AI: 10.7) [video]
3. Kolja Hanneman/Nico Bernold ( TOTAL: 41.4 - DIFF: 10.5, EX: 24.5, AI: 6.4)
4. Eleonora Imazio/Dan Yarnell ( TOTAL: 40.3 - DIFF: 11, EX: 23.6, AI: 5.7) [video]
5. Jakub Zahradnicek/Jan Dexter Struz ( TOTAL: 37.9 - DIFF: 10, EX: 22.5, AI: 5.4)
6. Davide Bianchi/Andrea Marciano ( TOTAL: 36.4 - DIFF: 7.9, EX: 25.2, AI: 3.3)
6. Jakub Osek/Lukas Lacina ( TOTAL: 36.4 - DIFF: 9.9, EX: 22.9, AI: 3.6)

Prelim Pool B

1. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman ( TOTAL: 55.2 - DIFF: 11.8, EX: 28.8, AI: 14.6) [video]
2. Valerio Occorsio/Giovani Coppo ( TOTAL: 51.3 - DIFF: 11.7, EX: 28.2, AI: 11.4) [video]
3. Marco Prati/Luca Medri ( TOTAL: 46.1 - DIFF: 10.4, EX: 25.1, AI: 10.6)
4. Darryl Allen/Steve Hays ( TOTAL: 45.8 - DIFF: 10.3, EX: 26.9, AI: 8.6) [video]
5. Paolo Magni/Michele Casadei ( TOTAL: 41.4 - DIFF: 10, EX: 23.6, AI: 7.8) [video
6. John Titcomb/John Coxhead ( TOTAL: 39.5 - DIFF: 9, EX: 24.5, AI: 6)
7. Jakub Matula/Jakub Sedlak ( TOTAL: 33.8 - DIFF: 7.8, EX: 21.6, AI: 4.4)

Prelim Pool C

1. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington ( TOTAL: 55.6 - DIFF: 13.5, EX: 27.9, AI: 14.2) [video]
2. Clay Collera/Claudio Cigna ( TOTAL: 55.2 - DIFF: 13.7, EX: 27.8, AI: 13.7) [video]
3. Balu Major/Gery Nemeth ( TOTAL: 53.9 - DIFF: 12.3, EX: 28.7, AI: 12.9)
4. Anton Capellmann/Andrea Dini ( TOTAL: 48.9 - DIFF: 11.2, EX: 27.1, AI: 10.6)
5. Matteo Ceresa/Alessandro Berra ( TOTAL: 44.6 - DIFF: 10.8, EX: 24.6, AI: 9.2)
6. Emmanuele Faustini/Martina frosini ( TOTAL: 40.6 - DIFF: 8.3, EX: 25.5, AI: 6.8) [video]

Prelim Pool D

1. Jan Schreck/Flo Hess ( TOTAL: 49.7 - DIFF: 12.8, EX: 26.4, AI: 10.5)
2. Filippo Cavalca/Sergio Arrighi ( TOTAL: 47.7 - DIFF: 11.6, EX: 27.6, AI: 8.5)
3. Manuel Cesari/Andrea Poli ( TOTAL: 45.3 - DIFF: 11, EX: 25.6, AI: 8.7) [video]
4. Pavel Baranyk/Oren Meron ( TOTAL: 44.8 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 26.4, AI: 7.3)
5. Antonio Cusma/Danilo TorzolinI ( TOTAL: 44.7 - DIFF: 11.1, EX: 24.5, AI: 9.1) [video]
6. Serge Marconi/Raffaele Pilla ( TOTAL: 37.6 - DIFF: 8.4, EX: 23.4, AI: 5.8)
7. Markus Goetz/Niki Thoma ( TOTAL: 35 - DIFF: 9.2, EX: 20.6, AI: 5.2)

DiscCast Extra

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:09:00 -0400

Hey Jammers,

Today we are proud to announce the return of `DiscCast ñ The Frisbee Freestyle PodCast' in the form of `DiscCast Extra'.

DiscCast Extra has been designed to allow us to keep DiscCast going but without committing ourselves to full length monthly episodes (which require much time and hard work). Instead, DiscCast will be released occasionally in one-off specials that will be shorter and have just one main feature. These features will include things such as interviews, discussions, how-to segments and news updates.

Coming soon to DiscCast Extra will be interviews with several time World
Champion and star of the 2003 Nike commercial Dave Murphy, and Femalelegend of the game Judy Robbins. So keep your eyes pealed for these.

However, we are pleased to announce that the first DiscCast Extra flies intoaction with a superb interview from John `Z' WeyandÖ one of the truepioneers of our sport.

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To download our interview with Z, use the link above, or find/subscribe to the podcast on the iTunes podcast directory. (Click HEREto get iTunes) This episode is also available on Podcast Alley.

Please do give us some feedback on the show - we're eager tohear from you! Contact us at ukdiscstyle@yahoo.co.ukor discuss the podcast on the FPAFORUM.

Thanks

John and Joe

2008 Frisbeer Cup Results

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:44:00 -0500

2008 Freestyle Frisbeer Cup Prague, Czech Republic February 16-17, 2008 Open Pairs Final 1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna (46.7) 2. Geri Nemeth/Balu Major (45.5) 3. Philipp Lenarz/Fabio Caruso (39.5) 4. Jan Schreck/Anton Capellmann (38.4) 5. Jan Soerensen/Pavel Baranyk (38.1) 6. Jakub Hoöek/Jakub Koötěl (33.9) 7. ätěp·n Materna/Juro "Chorche" Turan (32.4) 8. Andrea Rimatori/Serge Marconi (28.1) Open Co-op Final 1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna/Andrea Rimatori (41.6) 2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (37) 3. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (36.7) 4. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro "Chorche" Turan (32.6) 5. Jan "Mahony" ZahradnÌček/JiřÌ Weiss/Luk·ö Lacina (29) 6. ätěp·n Materna/Jakub Hoöek/Jakub Koötěl (26.5) Open Co-op Semi A 1. Tommy Leitner/Fabio Sanna/Andrea Rimatori (38.4) 2. ätěp·n Materna/Jakub Hoöek/Jakub Koötěl (27.6) 3. Luk·ö Lacina/Jan ZahradnÌček/JiřÌ Weiss (26.5) 4. Ilka Simon/Harald Skomroch/Marc Pestotnik (24.3) 5. Jakub ZahradnÌček/Anton Capellmann/Ondřej Klega (23.7) Open Co-op Semi B 1. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (35.9) 2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (33.8) 3. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro Chorche Turan (33.4) 4. Jorg Woo Wunder/Philipp Ludwig/Bianca Strunz (24.3) 5. Serge Marconi/Jakub Sedl·k/Jakub Matula (22.9) Open Pairs Semi A 1. Fabio Sanna/Tommy Leitner (41.7) 2. Jan Schreck/Anton Capellmann (36.4) 3. Jan Soerensen/Pavel Baranyk (33.2) 4. ätěp·n Materna/Juro Chorche Turan (31.7) 5. Bianca Strunz/Philipp Ludwig (29.4) 6. Marc Pestotnik/Jorg Woo Wunder (28) 7. Luk·ö Lacina/JiřÌ Weiss (27.1) Open Pairs Semi B 1. Jan Soerensen/Balu Major/Geri Nemeth (35.9) 2. Sascha Scherzinger/Pavel Baranyk/Jan Schreck (33.8) 3. Fabio Caruso/Philipp Lenarz/Juro Chorche Turan (33.4) 4. Jorg Woo Wunder/Philipp Ludwig/Bianca Strunz (24.3) 5. Serge Marconi/Jakub Sedl·k/Jakub Matula (22.9)

2007 Jammy Awards Announced

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:05:00 -0500

The winners of the 2007 Jammy Awards have been announced. The Jammys are a set of informal year-end awards. The freestyle community makes nominations, and a super secret cabal of decisionmakers (led by the super secret Paul Kenny) determines the winners.

Congratulations to this year's Jammy Award winners:

The FPA Writing Award and the A*T Jam Party Award: Tall Paul

Erwin and Jens Velasquez Routine of the Year: Antonio Piccio Cusm·/Andrea Meola/Fabio Sanna, FPAW Co-op Finals

Tommy Leitner Move of the Year: Angelo Mancarella

Most Missed: Joey Hudoklin

Paganello Tournament of the Year: FPAW Amsterdam

FPA Lifetime Achievement Award: Pipo Lopez

Most Underrated: Sarah Bergman

Female International Player of the Year: Silvia Caruso

Jan Ekman/Clay Collera Male International Player of the Year: Fabio Sanna

Dave Schiller Most Turbo: Flo Hess

Comeback of the Year: Skippy Jammer

Up and Comer (formerly Rookie) of the Year: Claudio Cigna

The Joey Hudoklin Mens Player of the Year: Matt Gauthier

Demo/Show: tie - Hero Disc Dodgebee championships and Freestyle Jam Camp

The Stacy Women's Player of the Year: Silvia Caruso

The Skippy Jammer/Bill Wright Crusty Guru Jam Master: Joey Hudoklin, Larry Imperiale and Steve Hays

Bethany Sanchez/Mary Lowry Spirit of the Jam: Tita Ugalde

The Jammy's are not so much about the win with a big, capital W. The story behind the award is as important as the award itself. For a complete write up of each award, including well-deserved kudos for the others nominated in the various categories, visit the Jammy Awards page.

Mouss

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:15:00 -0500

Mouss Qabbal

2008: The Year Of Consecutivity

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:50:00 -0500

I'm laying down the challenge: make 2008 the year of consecutivity.

What's consecutivity, you ask? It's a theory of freestyle that improves flow and radically increases difficulty by linking moves together rather than breaking up combinations with basic moves like a simple "THE" nail delay. You set under your leg, and instead of going to a delay, you go right into a restricted pull. Some of have described it as the difference between one person giving an elequent speech and another interrupting every other word with "um," "uh," and "you know."

Why is consecutivity important? It's one of the only ways to reach your freestyle potential. You can have a lifetime of fun without ever learning consecutivity, but to learn what you can really do, you need to play consecutive. It's a risk because when you try consecutivity, you might feel like you're learning freestyle all over again. You won't be doing long combos anymore. You'll be out of your comfort zone because the two-move combos you're trying are much harder.

You might feel like a beginner, but once you figure out how to make the transition from move to move without interruption, your game will transform. To begin with, your difficulty level will go up dramatically. The difference between a double spin to a THE delay and a double spin to an under the leg pull is huge. It's massive. You'll see new possibilities to link moves together as only you can do. The flow of your game will improve. Flowing from a pass directly into a pull, brush or roll is a universe of difference from pausing to get control of the disc, and then doing your move.

The biggest plus of consecutivity is the upside. With consecutivity, you can push your game every day, every month, every year as far as your body and mind can take it.

So the challenge begins today. Next time you do a move, take the risk. Go directly into your next move without a THE delay, without a THE tip. Imagine the biggest move you can do and go for it. So what if you miss? No problem. You'll hit it eventually or think of a better idea.

When you watch freestyle, notice consecutivity. Which players are linking moves? Which players are pausing with setups and gaining control before moving on? Realize that in 99% of the cases, there is a huge difference in difficulty between the two.

Think about your own moves. Which two can you link together? Which three? Maybe even four. Then try it. Make 2008 the year of consecutivity.

Freestyle Jam Camp Begins

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:42:00 -0500

Forty students converged on the Eagle Rock Recreation Center in Los Angeles for Tita Ugalde's freestyle jam camp. We'll get together for three days of workshops, jamming and parties. If today is any indication, the weekend will be wonderful. The instructors are: Danny Cameranesi, Lori Daniels, Jake Gauthier, Dave Lewis, Z Weyand, Carolyn Yabe and Arthur Coddington.

Good Christmas & Happy New Year!

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:10:45 -0500

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo a tutti i freestylers del mondo! and, please, add you in your languages...:-) peace&love&honey Lui

2007 Slovak Open

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:41:00 -0500

Frisbee Freestyle Slovak Open
Bratislava 1-2.12.2007

TURBOSHRED
1 Pavel Baranyk
2 Jakub Hoöek
3 Juro "Chorche"Turan
4 Jakub Zahradniček
4 Jakub Koötel
4 Jiri Weiss
7 Luk·ö Lacina
8 Jan Zahradnicek
9 Maťo KalnÌk
10 Jakub Sedl·k
11 Jakub Matula
12 Jan Struû
13 Jozef Vanco

CO-OP
1 Pavel Baranyk, Jakub Sedl·k, Jakub Koötel
2 Jan Zahradniček, Jakub Zahradniček, Luk·ö Lacina
3 Jakub Matula, J·n Struû, Jakub Hoöek
4 Jozef Vančo, Jiri Weiss, Roman Dubovsk˝
5 Juro Turan, Marek Hroch, Maťo KalnÌk

PAIRS FINALS
1 Jan Struû, Pavel Baranyk
2 Jakub Hoöek, Jakub Koötel
3 Jan Zahradniček, Jakub Zahradniček
4 Luk·ö Lacina, Jiri Weiss

POOL A
1 Jakub Hoöek, Jakub Koötel
2 Jiri Weiss, Luk·ö Lacina
3 Juro Turan, Maťo KalnÌk

POOL B
1 J·n Struû, Pavel Baranyk
2 Jan Zahradniček, Jakub Zahradniček
3 Jakub Matula, Jakub Sedl·k

1∞ G. P. ForlÏ - Frisbee Freestyle Int'l Tournament

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:38:00 -0500

1∞ G. P. ForlÏ - Frisbee Freestyle International Tournament "E Mazapegul dei 45 Giri"
24-25 November 2007
ForlÏ (Italy)

Open Pairs Final (Diff. - A.I. - Ex., 2 judges for each category)

1. Clay Coller‡ - Claudio Cigna 48,6 (15,2 - 14,9 - 18,5)
2. Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni - Andrea Dini 45,7 (14,6 - 14,7 - 16,4)
3. Tom Leitner - Paolo Magni 45,6 (14,9 - 14,4 - 16,2)
4. Danilo Torzolini - Silvia Caruso 43,3 (12,3 - 14,4 - 16,6)
5. Luca Medri - Marco "Cega" Prati 42,9 (13,5 - 13,9 - 15,5)
6. Fabio Sanna - Valerio "Wall" Occorsio 42,1 (15,6 - 14,2 - 12,3)
7. Andrea "Alli" Poli - Riccardo Sanna 39,5 (12,7 - 11,6 - 15,2)

Open Co-Op Final (Diff. - A.I. - Ex., 2 judges for each category)

1. Clay Coller‡ - Claudio Cigna - Luca Medri 47,3 (13,8 - 14,1 - 19,4)
2. Tom Leitner - Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni - Danilo Torzolini 42,7 (14 - 13,3 - 15,4)
3. Marco "Cega" Prati - Silvia Caruso - Andrea "Alli" Poli 38,5 (11,6 - 12,4 - 14,5)
4. Fabio Sanna - Emmanuele "Zanardi" Faustini - Eleonora Imazio 38,4 (12 - 12,8 - 13,6)

Mixed Pairs Final (Diff. - A.I. - Ex., 2 judges for each category)

1. Fabio Sanna - Eleonora Imazio 41 (12,6 - 13,2 - 15,2)
2. Clay Coller‡ - Gloria Alessandrini 40,4 (11,9 - 12,5 - 16)
3. Claudio Cigna - Ilaria Aprile 39,4 (10,7 - 11,7 - 17)
4. Matteo "Gaddoz" Gaddoni - Silvia Caruso 38,7 (12,6 - 12,7 - 13,4)

Thanks to all the players, to all the supporters and especially to Tom Leitner, that helped us running this (I hope) beautiful tournament!

JiK-Jam 2007 Results (Cologne, Germany)

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:53:48 -0500

Final 1. Florian Hess / Carsten Heim 22.75 2. Sascha Scherzinger / Harald Skomroch 19.05 3. Mehrdad Hosseinian / Stefan Duenkel 17.80 4. Enrique Faria / Stefan Weinreich 17.60 5. Ilka Simon / Jascha Wollmann 16.30 6. Hans Peeters / Jan Huybrechts / Iwan de Moor 15.90 Semi-Final A 1. Hans Peeters / Jan Huybrechts / Iwan de Moor 17.80 2. Enrique Faria / Stefan Weinreich 17.25 3. Sascha Scherzinger / Harald Skomroch 16.80 4. Henrik Klein / Tom Blockhuys 16.60 5. Robert Dittrich / Jonas Schaefers 13.20 Semi-Final B 1. Florian Hess / Carsten Heim 20.75 2. Mehrdad Hosseinian / Stefan Duenkel 15.35 3. Ilka Simon / Jascha Wollmann 15.00 4. Holger Hill / Andrew Quinn 12.20 5. Bart Lodewijk / Peter van Gool 10.23

2007 AZ States Results

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:58:00 -0500

2007 Arizona States Scottsdale, AZ November 10-11, 2007 Final 1. Dave Schiller/Paul Kenny 2. Pat Marron/Dave Lewis 3. Matt and Jacob Gauthier 4. Bill Wright/Jonathan Willett/Larry Imperiale 5. Bethany Sanchez/ Amy Bekken 6. Mike Galloupe/Neil Toland/Steve "Beast" Hays Semi A 1. Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier 2. Amy Bekken/Bethany Sanchez 3. Larry Imperiale/Bill Wright/Jonathan Willett 4. Rico Schneider/Stuart Landsee Semi B 1. Paul Kenny/Dave Schiller 2. Dave Lewis/ Pat Marron 3. Steve Hays/Mike Galloupe/Neil Toland 4. Lori Daniels/Tita Ugalde Women 1. Amy Bekken/Bethany Sanchez 2. Lori Daniels/Tita Ugalde

Drachenfest 2007 Results

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:00 -0400

Last Sunday the Berlin jammers came together for a very spontaneous hat tournament at a kite-festival in Berlin. We even had 2 special guests: Valerio Occorsio and Fabio Caruso from Milano. The weather was fine, although the wind was a bit unsettled. Woo brought a sweet portable sound system that gave everyone the boost to go for his best moves. And these are the results: Berlin Jammers @ Drachenfest 2007 Semis Valerio Occorsio/Markus Hein (Diff6,1/Ex7,8/AI4,5) Total 18,4 Jˆrg ÑWooì Wunder/Kolja Hannemann (Diff5,9/Ex8,0/AI3,9) Total 17,8 Oliver Baczko/Jan Schreck (Diff5,9/Ex7,6/AI4,1) Total 17,6 Daniel Sorgatz/Bianca Strunz (Diff6,2/Ex7,3/AI3,8) Total 17,3 Fabio Caruso/Phillip Stahl (Diff4,8/Ex6,9/AI3,2) Total 14,9 Anton Capellmann/Greg Marter (Diff5,0/Ex5,1/AI3,5) Total 13,6 Finals Valerio Occorsio/Markus Hein (Diff6,4/Ex7,6/AI5,4) Total 19,4 Daniel Sorgatz/Bianca Strunz (Diff6,2/Ex8,1/AI4,3) Total 18,6 Jˆrg ÑWooì Wunder/Kolja Hannemann (Diff5,7/Ex8,3/AI4,2) Total 18,2 Oliver Baczko/Jan Schreck (Diff5,2/Ex7,4/AI4,1) Total 16,7 Anton Capellmann/Greg Marter (Diff5,8/Ex5,7/AI3,9) Total 15,4 Fabio Caruso/Phillip Stahl (Diff4,7/Ex6,7/AI3,3) Total 14,7