Around the start of the new year 2025, I was watching MKBHD’s 2024 rewind. Although I knew he played Ultimate frisbee, the mention of him taking a long break from Youtube to spend time playing pro Frisbee intrigued me.
So I went around and checked if any Ultimate Frisbee community existed in Bangalore.
A quick Google search led me to: Bangalore Ultimate Instagram Page
The Instagram page had a link to ‘Bangalore Ultimate’ whatsapp group, where one of the member posted a link for a game in ‘Koramangala Ultimate’ group.
A bummer that I could not make it to that week’s game as I had Sandakphu trek with Indiahikes coming up in a week. Once I was back, I immediately signed up for a game on the last Thursday of January.
Koramangala Ultimate hosts games at Coolulu Turf Park every thursday from 8pm-9:30pm.
Hardik and Pranav host the games. When I met Hardik at the court, he was surprised that I found the community through a google search, as most players are referred by friends.
The evening went something like this
- Warmup and Drills
- Game
- CoolDown
1: Warmup and Drills
- Warmup had couple of sprints, leg openers, heel-up runs, team sprint drills, alternate leg swing touches, etc
- After that, Hardik paired us beginners – Saurabh, Prashanth and Sujith. We practiced our forehand passes and captures. Did a drill of 50 non-stop passed and played a mini-game of 2v2
- The other experienced players were meanwhile doing some drills on offense.
2: The Game
- We were 16-17 players in total and were split into teams of 5/6. Couple of players were participating in the FastFive tournament and they were group together.
- I was on a team with Natsu, Amitesh, Sharath, Saurabh and Anoop.
- We played 2 games. I don’t recall the result of the 1st game but we definitely lost the 2nd one. The opposing team was a bit too strong and very coordinated.
- Though 1st game was good, I quickly ran out of breath in the 2nd game. HR was ~190bpm. I got a couple of reminders from my teammates to slow down, survey the field, and make passes more deliberately
3: The Cooldown
- After a picture, we all gathered for a cool down. This was, hands down, the best cooldown I’ve ever done. Period.
- We formed a circle holding hands and then took a step back. This created a tension and was a great stretch for the shoulders
- We did neck-to-toe stretches, some shoulder rotations, cat cow, hip-90s etc.
Running is something I’ve always loved, whether it’s during morning runs or football matches.
I consciously reduced the number of football games as I started getting worried about injuries after 1-2 bad experiences at games with players doing scary tackles and pushes. I moved on badminton post that but after playing my 1st game of frisbee, I’m very inclined to play a lot more:
- it’s a no-contact sport. I could feel minimal aggression in player (unlike football) during the games
- it gives me the similar rush as in football (can’t yet compare the rush of scoring a goal as I’m yet to play my first real game)
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