The Unintended Receiver Ultiworld

Next edition of the First Cut series with Prerna and Jaidip! We caught up on the last 8 weeks events since our last episode discussing everything from Open/women's Regionals, OSU Invitational, Manila Spirits India teams and players. Looking ahead we talk about big events coming up in the next 2 months. Prerna talks about women's Ultimate in Australia and we cover some great initiatives that help with our ultimate skill development. A full episode after so long and we hope you enjoy it!

What do you think of how India plays Ultimate from a spirit perspective?

On this episode we speak to Abhinav 'Cow' Shankar on his experience around SOTG. He served on the UPAI Spirit Committee for 3 years and has represented India many times. Coupled with extensive coaching achievements, Cow shared a lot of great tips, insights and thoughts well worth taking the time to digest.

00:00 Abhi's Background
09:25 Past and present of SOTG in India
13:44 Use of game Advisors
17:00 Areas India can improve in Spirit
19:55 Physical contact and Fair mindedness
23:50 Are we biased against players/teams?
24:58 To spike or not to spike?
38:20 Rapid Fire!
43:00 Future of SOTG in India

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A brand new segment of the podcast drops! 'First cut' is all about key updates split into 5 parts:

1. Headlines
2. Tournament calendar
3. Initiatives spotlight
4. The UR recommends...
5. Insights & Individuals

We hope you find this useful for your monthly dose of Asia Ultimate news and information. Ping us for suggestions and juicy gossip you want to add! Instagram @the.unintended.receiver

00:00 Introduction
3:20 Coaching at the State championship        
11:30 Spirit & Game Advisors at the State championship        
15:30 Closing comments & (big reveal) results!        
17:45 Sakkath updates        
22:30 Tournament calendar (India & Asia)    
32:45 Sports for Development
35:35 Ni Hao China Ultimate!?        
36:40 First Cut recommends

We catch up with one of the co-founders of 'Off-Season Ultimate' the initiative taking India by storm. Off-Season Ultimate introduced professional broadcasting of Ultimate games to Indian Ultimate which helped to put India on the radar globally. As fans tuned in many of us wanted to know more about where OU plugs the gaps of high level ultimate and financial sustainability for many players.

Rishabh shares the background, values, challenges and successes of OU with us in this episode. And of course, there is always the rapid fire round. Does he pick Mak or Tahir?? Tune in to find out.

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We put the spotlight on Sneha Patil, well-regraded as one of India’ top athletes, in this episode of the Unintended Receiver (UR) podcast. Sneha, who is usually not seen sharing much of her inner workings, shares thoughts around elite athlete training, preparation for World Championships and competitive Ultimate in India. UR co-hosts, Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel, dig deep to also reveal Sneha's journey from a teenage hurdler to a bronze medallist with Team India.

Listen in for tips on training and mental toughness from Sneha, a speedy, determined, and an elite athlete with few but mighty words. Don’t miss the bonus banter in the quick fire round with some surprising answers!

The Unintended Receiver podcast will attempt to bring coverage on Ultiworld from different Ultimate communities across Asia-Oceania. For folks in Asia-Oceania, please write to us with ideas, interview requests or feedback via IG @the.unintended.receiver or drop an email on unintendedreceiver@ultiworld.com.

In this episode of the podcast Nandan and Jaidip discuss the final tournament of the season for Indian Ultimate. The UPAI NCS 2021-22 season came to close with a clear winner but what did we think of the competition, the format, the organization, and the upsets that happened? Find out by tuning in and hear about out MVP female and males and the surprise success of Lucknow based team Awadh KHELadis. We covered it all!

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