Archive for category: Analysis

In this video Noah talks through the nuances of poaching in indoor ultimate while reviewing a point from the bronze match at the Euro Indoor Championships 2024.

Poaching happens more frequently and differently than in outdoor ultimate. We initially made this for the university teams Noah is coaching indoors (who used the knowledge to win Indoor Regionals). We wanted more people to understand the threat of players occupying or cutting toward the endzone, and to show how high-level indoor players recognise these threats and give up easier options to protect easy scores. We hope you can use this as a tool for the indoor ultimate season.

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

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

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.

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.