Adjusting to Beach Ultimate: What Elite Players Forget

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Noah breaks down how to adjust from grass to sand in beach ultimate. Using a France vs Spain game from XeQueBo as the case study, he looks at why overthrows show up on sand, how throw targets and spacing change, and a few practical tweaks and takeaways for all players.
Patreon training tier and resources: https://patreon.com/hiveultimate
France v Spain full game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3EyRxWNWTU
Morras Cabronas vs Spain Masters full game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xbbNfomHVc

East Block Analysis Highlights

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East Block have been one of our favourite teams to watch for the past few years, but this year Lu became their coach, and as part of that role did video analysis for the team of their streamed games. This Patreon exclusive video features highlights from those video analysis sessions. If you want us to do any analysis for your team please reach out and we’ll be happy to arrange something! Watch video on Patreon

How to Huck Better

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We analysed 163 hucks from US Club Nationals 2024 semi finals & finals to see what actually predicts completions. Some classic advice doesn’t hold up, and a few habits matter more than you think.


👉 All 163 huck clips video, plus full dataset
👉 Joseph Marmerstein “Death of the IO”
👉 Harper Garvey’s huck decision making breakdown

Video contents:
0:00 Intro – what we measured
0:45 Same-third hucks: myth vs data (57% vs 52%)
2:12 Out-in-front throws: why they underperform
3:56 Poach pressure: how the completion rate drops
4:56 Lateral (inside) position, what it means and how it affects completion
5:35 Power position: helpful but not magic
6:01 What to train: flick bias and 4 huck types
7:01 Wrap-up, with least & most likely to be complete hucks from Nationals

Keepdisc Survival

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In this training video Lu applies the concept of Video Game Design to Keepdisc at a training session with East Block, resulting in a fun and challenging game. Full video available to Training Tier patrons.

Every Huck at US Nationals 2024

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In this video, available to $1 patrons and above, Noah collates every huck thrown in the 2024 USAU Club National semi finals and finals across all 3 divisions. These hucks are linked with this patron-only spreadsheet which has data about each of the hucks thrown. We talk through the basic statistics in this video, watch out for an upcoming YouTube release with more detailed analysis of these hucks and how to huck better in game. Full video

4v2 Rondo

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Sai introduces this fun warmup game which is easy to set up and gets everyone moving. Overbalanced offence must penetrate and dribble to initiate aggressive flow, whilst defence must think about the next pass.

The World Games Final Analysis – Part 2

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In this video, Felix analyses the second half of the World Games final 2025 between Canada and USA. Credit to @phototino on IG for the thumbnail shot.

The World Games Final Analysis – Part 1

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In this video, Noah analyses the first half of the World Games final 2025 between Canada and USA. Stay tuned for Felix’s analysis of the second half coming very soon. Credit to @phototino on IG for the thumbnail shot.

USA scrape by Germany at the World Games 2025

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Noah unpacks the universe point match between Germany and USA at the World Games 2025, where Dylan Freechild gets a clutch poach layout D in the final point.

Every Type of Poach in Ultimate

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One day ahead of the 2025 World Games Noah looks at all the poach blocks that occurred at the 2022 World Games and categorises them so you can learn all the different ways it’s possible to poach.