A gorgeous video from the talented NKolakovic!
Registration opens up Tuesday, December 10th!
We are making a change to our registration system and will be working through the Falmouth Community Program to handle sign-ups. To register for both the intramural program and the Rogue travel team, please visit their website and choose the appropriate program. Parents ALSO need to register here- intramural registration and Rogue registration. Both processes are quick and easy.
If you are new to FMS Ultimate, here’s a quick run-down on our we are structured. There are two teams to choose from- the intramural program (grades 2-8) and the Rogue travel team program (grades 4-8). Intramural practices start after April vacation and are held twice a week. The Rogue team starts at the beginning of April with indoor weekend pre-season practices and then meets four times a week after April vacation. Both programs end on June 7th with a combined all-Falmouth tournament and ice cream party. Kids do NOT need to have played before to join the Rogue team and there are no try-outs- they just have to want to play more ultimate. We also don’t really travel particularly far- our games are scheduled against towns like Gorham, South Portland, and Cumberland. There are two weekend tournaments in South Portland and Cumberland that run a single half-day each.
One fun aspect of our program is that the intramural and travel teams practice together twice a week during the regular season- on intramural days- Mondays and Wednesdays – both programs mix-in together and play more relaxed ultimate against one another, while on Tuesdays and Thursdays Rogue players compete in games against other towns and have more focused practice sessions.
If you have any questions about registering or the program, please email coach Shea Gunther at sheagunther@gmail.com.
Ultimate is a beautiful game
ALSO! Falmouth alum and professional ultimate player Thomas Edmunds of the DC Breeze is a member of the Men’s USA Team which played at the 2024 WUC, winning gold! Thomas’s brother Matt is one of the coaches of the high school team. He is seen in the photo below in the front row, 7th from the left, and in his team portrait below that.
Roll Falmouth!
Falmouth MS Ultimate alum Ben Field playing professional ultimate, making highlights!
Check out Ben Field of the Salt Lake Shred land in the #1 spot in the UFA Week 2 Top Ten Plays! Way back in 2013, when the Falmouth middle school ultimate team was first formed, Ben Field was an 8th grader and one of the leaders on the team. He went on to a solid playing career in high school and then in college and is now playing professional ultimate with the Shred.
You can check out Ben’s Callahan nomination video too for more awesome ultimate.
The history of the frisbee
This video has a ton of great history on the frisbee and all the various frisbee sports, including ultimate.
The best Callahan video I’ve seen
The Callahan Award is given each year to the best man and woman player in college ultimate, proceeded by the release of a flood of highlight videos of contenders from all over the country. If you search for “Callahan Ultimate” in YouTube, you will pull up hundreds of results, all showing top-level college ultimate players in their best moments, but not every one of those videos is produced and edited at a high level. Not this one, showing off the ultimate prowess of Jacques Nissen from Brown University- I am pretty sure this is the best Callahan video that I’ve ever seen in terms of production- the pacing, edit choices, quality of footage, and audio mixing are all *chef’s kiss*. Top notch stuff.
Intramural is CANCELLED tonight due to rain and thunder
We are going to cancel ultimate this afternoon due to the weather. There is a decent enough chance of thunderstorms to be concerned and it looks like it will be raining and in the 40s right when we are set to play.
Those are challenging conditions so we’ll just play it on the warm and cozy side. Thankfully the weather forecast is looking good for Monday, so we’ll circle back to ultimate then.
Stay warm and dry!
– Here is a stellar ultimate highlights reel from a recent college tournament:
– Also! Don’t forget to sign up for the May 18th Maine Ultimate clinic before the Portland Rising professional ultimate game: https://maineultimate.org/e/mu-youth-day-may-18th
Parents can buy tickets for the Portland Rising game for themselves here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portland-rising-vs-dc-shadow-tickets-823199701467?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
A stack of highlight videos
One of the best and easiest ways to get better at ultimate when you aren’t actually playing ultimate is to watch high-level ultimate videos. Here are a stack of good ones to dive into!
Registration is open for both Falmouth Rogue and Intramural!
It’s time to get excited about ultimate!
I am very excited to open up registration for the 2024 season for both Falmouth Rogue (grades 4-8) AND our intramural program (grades 2-8)!
In the past, we’ve staged the two sign-ups so that Rogue travel team players registered a month or so ahead of intramural but this year we are changing that up and starting registration for both teams at the same time- now! 😀
That makes it super important that parents understand the difference between the two programs As our FAQ has it,
“The biggest difference between the two teams are the level of commitment expected. Falmouth Rogue players start practicing at the end of March and have two practices a week during the pre-season and then play or practice four days a week once we get outside on the grass after April vacation. In contrast, the Intramural players start after April vacation and plays twice per week. Intramural practices and games are also much more mellow than Travel Team practices, where players will be expected to show up ready to learn and to get in shape. We take the game a little more seriously on Travel days. One fun aspect of our program is that Travel team players play with Intramural team players on Intramural days.”
In addition, Rogue travel team players get uniforms and hats. Both programs participate in the end-of-the-year ice cream party and tournament and Rogue travel team players actually spend two days of their practice week playing in the intramural program, so there is a lot of good overlap between the two programs.
If you have any questions or need clarification about anything, please email me at sheagunther@gmail.com.
One note for travel team players- we are going to be using our uniform design from last year for one more season, so any Rogue players from last year should figure out if they need to order a new kit or of last years set still fits.
>> To register your player for the 2024 intramural program, set to start after April vacation, click here.
>> To register your player for the 2024 Rogue travel team program, set to start at the end of March, click here. (REGISTRATION FOR 2024 ROGUE IS CLOSED, but you can still register for Intramural.)
Roll Falmouth!!
Travel team homework!
This is a great game from a while back between two of the top women’s club teams in ultimate- Boston Brute Squad and the San Francisco Fury. Travel team players should watch the whole game this week- get your family involved if you can!
Some things to look for include how the handlers move and where they stand on the field, how the cutters set up their stack down the field and how they cut from there, and the types of cuts that both positions make. How about how they always have an easy option in the backfield? Pick a player and watch her throughout a point to see how to move.
Special note- #52 on Brute Squad is Caitlin O’Connell, who is local to the Portland area and is a rostered member of the Portland Rising professional ultimate team.
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