The Unintended Receiver: Recent Episodes
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91 Ultimate and Ultiworld are excited to bring you India's first podcast on ultimate.
Hosts and producers, Jaidip Patel, Mehr Pasricha, and Richa Patel, shall cover the latest news, hot topics, gossip, and banter of ultimate frisbee from across the huge nation that is India. All the way from Delhi to Coimbatore, from Guwahati to Surat.
Enjoy and thanks for listening!
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:
- Headlines
- Tournament calendar
- Initiatives spotlight
- The UR recommends...
- 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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India is open for some 'Ultimate' business! Ultimate Frisbee communities across India move from hope to action-packed games. Multiple independent tournaments and a few Intra City League (ICL) games under the National Championship Series have been played. And, many more are to come.
Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel, co-Hosts of 'The Unintended Receiver' podcast, share the latest updates from local tournaments and games in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Surat. Based on the bids submitted to UPAI, Jaidip also predicts that India will go to at least 2-3 WFDF events in 2022. Any guesses on which ones?
Tune in for all the region-wise updates. Hope you enjoy the coverage.
Please do share your feedback with us via Instagram, Facebook or email (contact@91ultimate.com).
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
05:20 COVID updates
13:20 WFDF event bids
20:34 Kickoff fellowship for women leaders
26:17 West Region updates: Mumbai Ultimate League (MUL) and tournament by Surat Ultimate
36:10 South Region updates: Brew Crew faces-off Bangalore mashup teams and Chennai Ultimate Grass Championship
48:18 North Region updates: Friendlies and ICL games in Lucknow and Delhi
55:50 Outro and surprise news!
Remember 'Bridging the Gap (BTG)' camps? In the latest episode of 'The Unintended Receiver' podcast, co-Hosts, Mehr Pasricha and Jaidip Patel chat with Liz Haynes - co-founder, heart and soul of BTG camps. In part three of the 'Gender Series', Liz, Mehr and Jaidip discuss how Ultimate teams in India can achieve their goal of gender equity.
Back in 2013, Liz traded her comfortable life as a finance professional with the unknowns of the not-for-profit world. She set-up Transformational Sports, a Sports for Development non-profit, to work towards solving the gender inequality she was seeing and facing on a daily basis. She has hosted 7 youth camps empowering roughly 2000 individuals with knowledge and tools to enable gender equity.
Enjoy listening and learning! We'd love to hear from you via Instagram/Facebook or email (contact@91ultimate.com).
00:00 Introduction & about Liz Haynes
06:00 Why Liz wanted to address gender disparity
08:50 Explaining gender equity and equality
12:20 Pigeon joins Mehr in asking gender in Ultimate vs other sports
16:05 Feedback from cis-gender male versus cis-gender female players
20:05 A survey any club team must do
21:54 Man mark, woMAN or person mark?
27:00 What is the current status of gender equality in Indian Ultimate?
39:00 Menstrual hygiene management podcast episode?
44:50 Rapid fire
48:11 Outro
We are seeing seeds of professional Ultimate being sown in the West region of India.
This weekend Mumbai Ultimate League (MUL), the largest pro-league out of Mumbai, will kick off with six teams and 100+ athletes. These athletes are coming in from Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Surat. So, MUL is definitely a hopeful sign for "return to play" within the COVID-19 context.
'The Unintended Receiver' podcast hosts — Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel — chat about the origin story, league format, six teams and star players from each, COVID-19 policy, expectations from the league, people, moneybags and action behind-the-scenes, and pros/cons of pro-leagues.
Catch all the saucy info and unsolicited hot takes in the latest episode. For more details, head to the IG account Mumbai Ultimate League.
All league games will be live-streamed on YouTube via a broadcasting partnership with Sportscast India. Watch on the YouTube channel Off Season Ultimate.
Thank you for listening to the podcast. Do reach out to the podcast team via Instagram or Facebook.
You can check this story to read more about the impact of a COVID+ case at the recent Select Flight Invite West tournament in US.
00:00 Intro
00:42 Heard of the Mumbai Ultimate League (MUL)?
10:56 About the format of MUL
14:52 Discussing gender ratio 5:2
22:56 Covid-19 policy
30:27 National Championship Series (NCS) intra city leagues
31:45 About the teams of MUL
33:38 Prediction challenge!?
34:42 Players of MUL
40:50 Is Jaidip Patel pro pro-leagues or not??
46:00 The future of pro-leagues in India
48:44 Outro
Yo! Yo! Yo! 'The Unintended Receiver' OG crew - Jaidip Patel, Mehr Pasricha, and Richa Patel - banter together after a long time. They've gathered the latest intel on plans for NCS 3rd edition and what's happening across regions post the second wave.
Jaidip, Mehr, and Richa also reflect on key highlights from the "pandemic Olympics", and discuss the questions: will Ultimate make an entry into the Olympics? How would this impact the Indian Ultimate community? The three stooges have a lot of unnecessary jokes and not a conclusive answer. But, they sure would love a heated debate on this one.
Do get in touch via IG, FB (@91ultimate) or whatsapp to share your thoughts.
Delve deeper here: https://www.91ultimate.com/post/how-india-lost-the-olympics
Thanks for listening!
00:00 Introduction
02:05 What's happening around the world
05:00 India Ultimate updates
07:07 Can Jaidip beat Mak in a race?
08:05 Are we having NCS this year?
11:00 Disc Golf Assocation of India?
17:38 Tokyo Olympics 2021
18:24 Gender participation in Olympics
21:49 How India lost the Olympics
24:52 Will Ultimate become an Olympic sport?
32:32 The Impact of Olympics on Indian Ultimate
36:30 Mental health and sport
39:00 Politics and sport
42:00 Leadership within federations
42:59 India's dream team for Olympics
48:10 Close out
We bring to you a podcast and vidcast that's packed with 32 years of coaching experience in Ultimate!
Coaching is a wonderful thing. Coaches get to truly influence the lives of athletes in ways that affect their regular life. This is more so true in Ultimate because of the self-officiation and the 'Spirit of the Game' aspects. Hence, we wanted to dive deeper into the intersectionality of gender and Ultimate coaches.
So, we called upon coaching experts from India and the USA. Jaidip Patel, co-Host, first got together with guest hosts Sumedha Kandpal and Nandan Ravi Latha to set up a line-of-questioning. Sumedha and Nandan are familiar faces in the Indian Ultimate sphere as they've coached various teams at national, regional, and grassroots levels. With their depth of knowledge, work, and curiosity it was a tough task to finalize 'what would we speak about'.
After a bunch of trimming down, Jaidip, Sumedha, and Nandan chatted with one of Bay Area's most respected coaches - Manisha 'Slap' Daryani. Slap has been playing Ultimate for 17 years and coaching Ultimate for 10. If this wasn't enough, she has won a bunch of World Championship medals and titles.
Watch the four coaches talk about gender and coaching, mixed-gender at a pro-league level, competition structures, Olympics and Ultimate, and more. A BIG SHOUT OUT to Munis Thahir, captain of San Jose Spiders, for connecting us to Manisha and providing constant support.
We guarantee you will fall in love with Ultimate a little bit more. Hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed producing it. For any ideas, thoughts, feedback message us on IG/FB @91Ultimate
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:20 Episode introduction
00:35 Sumedha's intro
01:33 Nandan's intro
02:54 Manisha's intro
07:01 Pioneering the Western Ultimate League (WUL)
09:41 You cannot be what you cannot see
11:54 The beauty of coaching
13:12 How do you address 'we are past these issues'?
17:50 Differences in spirit across divisions?
25:50 Mixed at a pro level?
28:40 We create the narrative for our sport
30:07 Competition structures that work to grow Ultimate?
36:09 Youth Ultimate, BUYA & BADA
41:43 Olympics & Ultimate
47:20 Money changing sports
49:59 Fan questions! Munis asks long term plans
55:07 Fan questions! Srikanth asks about safe spaces for minorities
59:29 Rapid fire questions!
01:02:30 Outro
Podcast available on:
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'Mixed-gender sport' is among the top three reasons Ultimate Frisbee is loved and enjoyed.
But, what does it mean? What practical steps does it take for a sport to be inclusive of all genders? With our collective growth in understanding of the gender identity spectrum, the binary genders, 'Men' & 'Women', or 'Male' & 'Female', that we broadly classify in Ultimate as Mixed-gender excludes all genders outside the binary. Then, shouldn't we say Ultimate is a 'Gender-binary sport'?
In line with the 'Pride Month', and the onset of the Global Pride Day, 'The Unintended Receiver' podcast hosts set out in search of voices that can -
Demystify gender identities and gender equity,
Share lived experiences of being outside the binary, and
Pinpoint discriminatory practices and corrective action steps.
The 'Gender Series' is a multi-part discussion with people who work to advance gender equity and gender justice. The first in this series is a chat with Adwitiya Dawn and Rasika Gopalakrishnan of People's Ultimate League (PUL).
Dawn (she/her) and Rasika (she/her) are alumni of the Ashoka University, where they met and played Ultimate together. In 2020, they received a grant from the 'Onside Fund', which is operated by the non-profit Women Win. This grant funds the operations of the People's Ultimate League, which will work towards coaching the LGBTQ+ communities in the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and hosting a league.
They break down gender and what it means in the context of Ultimate. They also share details on the People's Ultimate League and what Joes/Josephines like us can do in our club practices or tournaments to be an ally. Plus, Rasika also shares the experience of playing Ultimate as a non-binary person.
Hope you learn and unlearn through the episode. Share feedback, thoughts, or any ideas with us at contact@91ultimate.com.
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome and COVID-19 related update
01:33 Why are we doing the 'Gender Series'?
07:30 Guest introduction
11:20 Breaking down what 'Gender' means
13:30 How language can be used as a tool for being gender-neutral
20:39 Hormones, testosterone and gender on the world athletics stage - the conundrum
24:25 About the People's Ultimate League(PUL)
32:20 Rasika's experience as a non-binary person in the Ultimate Frisbee world
35:29 Three gender inclusive practices that we can continue, discontinue and start
41:24 Summary and close out
91 Ultimate signs a deal with the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL) to produce and distribute official merchandise for the AUDL in India.
This is in tandem with the AUDL's media rights deal with Eurosport India. This deal will ensure that Indian fans get to watch the AUDL Game of the Week—the top weekly AUDL production that features 17 of the best matches during the 2021 season.
Hear Steve Hall, CEO, AUDL, chat about these two deals and plans in India with hosts of ‘The Unintended Receiver’ podcast.
Also, tune into the journey of Munis Thahir, an AUDL athlete, whose family hails from Kozhikode, Kerela. He is the current captain of the San Jose Spiders.
Munis aims to share learnings and collaborate with any athlete in India who aspires to play pro-Ulitmate. Say hi, discuss his journey, ask for tips and tricks, or chat with him about anything Ultimate via his IG account https://www.instagram.com/munisthahir/
This podcast episode first appeared as a vid-cast on the 91 Ultimate YouTube channel! Check it here.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction & merchandise partnership announcement
04:35 Steve Hall Interview (CEO of the AUDL)
05:35 About Steve Hall
08:02 About the AUDL and its history
13:26 Why India?
15:42 AUDL plans in India
19:32 Video game for Ultimate
22:42 Why players choose the AUDL?
26:54 Other partnerships in India
29:40 Interview with San Jose Spiders captain Munis Thahir
31:56 Munis's journery to the AUDL
34:22 Highlight of AUDL tryout
35:55 SJ Spiders cheer!
36:50 India players in the AUDL
40:19: Munis and India Ultimate
45:16 Rapid fire questions from fans!
The National Championship Series (NCS) 2021-22 was slated to begin this month with the Sectionals tournaments. But, it will remain a distant reality for sometime. Speculations are that Sectionals will kick-off in August-September.
While caught in this limbo, athletes can continue to work on physical and mental fitness. And, coaches and captains can focus on strategies.
'The Unintended Receiver' podcast co-Hosts - Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel - analyse the BIG CHANGES in the points system and rostering rules for the NCS 2021-22. They also share news from the grapevine about player movements and new coach hires.(Please note that a version of the podcast episode was uploaded on May 8. This is an updated episode with some rectified information.)
Do listen to the podcast for their analysis of the NCS rules and all the juicy goss.
Please share your thoughts on the rules with us at contact@91ultimate.com.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:38 Player movement (gossip)
07:35 Team coaching updates
11:20 AUDL media broadcast announcement
14:13 NCS Rules Big Changes
15:36 NCS Sectionals & Regionals play anywhere!
21:35 Beach Mixed Nationals added to calendar
22:42 Case study - Airbenders play sectionals or not??
25:12 Case study - Jumbish skip sectionals or not??
25:46 Case Study - SDIS play sectionals or not??
28:36 Beach/Grass/Gender format and phases
29:53 Rostering rule changes - college dual rostering
33:08 Rostering rule changes - female captaincy
35:35 New world games experiment - gender pulls
38:38 Guest player rules
42:25 WUCC and AOUGCC Qualifications
43:30 Rules staying the same
45:23 Ultimate resuming internationally
Earlier this month, the Ultimate Players Association of India and The Unintended Receiver podcast team collaborated to host a live breakout session during the 4th UPAI National Conference.
We had the privilege to host a chill session with reps from ATC, BITS Goa, Gnash, Hawabaaz, NoFlyZone, and Slipdiisc.
A vidcast version is up on the 91Ultimate YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/CZX3y4avkeE
On the podcast, you can listen to:
Key highlights from the player conference
Know some favorite Ultimate memories, teammates, and what the podcast participants missed about Ultimate in 2020. We encourage you to know the favorites of your friends and teammates. Start with memories, teammates, and move to more 'risque' categories. Don't cross boundaries or be insensitive ofc.
College players take on and crush club team members in a game of jeopardy. You can play with the 91Ultimate jeopardy board or build your own for free. Link in the podcast description
Winning entries in the 'Meme' contest. If you haven't already, check out the meme entries on the 91Ultimate blog page
Jeopardy game: https://jeopardylabs.com/play/the-unintended-receiver-podcast-india
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction to the breakout session
Guests answer 3 questions:
Favourite Ultimate memory
What do miss most about Ultimate last year?
Who's your favourite team mate and why?
07:10 Vibanshu introduces himself
10:06 Vigneshwaran introduces himself
12:38 Alex introduces himself
16:00 Shrilaxmi introduces herself
18:16 Ultimate Jeopardy - College vs Club teams!
35:33 Meme contest winners announced
38:47 UPAI Announcements
In this episode of ‘The Unintended Receiver’, co-Hosts, Mehr Pasricha, Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel explore the evolution of different communities of Ultimate Frisbee across India. They have dug deep for interesting trivia and stories that make up the 10,000+ people Indian Ultimate community today.
Timestamps
00:00 Domestic & International event updates
07:56 All about evolution of Indian Ultimate
17:35 Udaipur Ultimate origins
18:55 West India Ultimate origins
21:53 Goa Ultimate origins
24:25 Delhi Ultimate beginnings
25:13 Kerala Ultimate
28:00 Pune Ultimate beginnings
29:00 College Ultimate starting out and status now
33:45 Start of Assam Ultimate's 5000 players
37:00 Surat & Goa Ultimate high-level players
42:15 About Lucknow Ultimate community
43:52 The People Ultimate League by UPAI
46:12 Corporate Ultimate possibilities?
49:43 Shout out to Nandan Ravi Latha, Rishivanjas Raghavan and Saahil Bijliwala for episode suggestions
Mehr Pasricha and Jaidip Patel, co-Hosts of pt. 2 in this theme, cover 'Yoga and Ultimate' with the well-being entrepreneur and yoga teacher Aastha Gupta. Very succinctly put, Aastha Gupta explains, "Yoga is a practice or school of thought that helps you get complete control of your body and mind." Aastha talks about specific benefits one can translate from Yoga to the Ultimate field. She also shares a practical cool-down and breathing routine for Ultimate athletes to do post practice or on an off-day. We hope this episode encourages people to continue planning and working through individual fitness journeys strategically.
00:30 Intro Aastha and her work
01:23 Her Ultimate journey
02:08 About Aasthagupta.in
03:10 What is Yoga in Aastha's eyes?
04:50 Ultimate & Yoga
08:50 Yoga for recovery
12:02 Aastha and Yoga's impact on self
15:55 Philosophy, SOTG, Yoga and Ultimate
18:15 Rapid Fire
21:05 15 mins Yoga and Pranayama routine for Ultimate players
Co-hosts Richa Patel and Mehr Pasricha speak with Arun Pandiyan ('AP') who has dedicated the last 8 years of his life as a full-time fitness coach/trainer. Richa and Mehr dive deeper into the ‘return to Ultimate fitness plan’ prepared by AP as part of the ‘return to play’ guidelines by UPAI. AP's golden tips and tricks can help our community to chart a path ahead as all of us prepare for the National Championship Series 2021. Listen in for some valuable means to design your own back to fitness plan and take note of the ways to overcome the challenges that come with that journey!
02:20 Fitness and return to play
03:14 Key considerations for fitness and return to Ultimate
07:55 Beneficial cross training to consider
10:40 Thinking about improving wrist mobility and strength
14:08 Overcoming the out-of-breath phenomenon
17:24 AP's pro-tip for Ultimate players 20:00 Warmup/cooldown
22:45 AP’s nutrition regime
27:40 AP's favourite pump up tracks!
The legendary Amberish Jaipuria, with his wealth of experience and knowledge of Ultimate across the globe, speaks to co-hosts Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel about the evolution of Ultimate in India. Tune in to hear stories of how the competitions format came to be, the history of the WFDF spirit and scoring, the genesis of UPAI, and more, straight from the horse's mouth.
Have fun and thanks for listening!
Timestamps!
0:30 - Introducing the legendary Amberish Jaipuria
3:55 - The format of competitions in India and its history
9:47 - Background to WFDF spirit, the spirit scoring matrix, and its implementation within the community
17:00 - The difference between USAU and WFDF rules
21:50 - Envisioning possibilities for self officiating at pro-Ultimate leagues
29:50 - The demolition of the Flying Disc Federation of India (FDFI) and the birth of the Ultimate Players' Association of India (UPAI)
36:00 - The evolution of Indian Ultimate and its challenges
40:15 - On funding models for national teams
45:00 - Rapid Fire!!!
Podcast hosts, Richa Patel, Mehr Pasricha and Jaidip Patel discuss how COVID has impacted Indian Ultimate along with predictions and updates of the 2021 domestic and international calendar. Hear about what club teams have been doing - from ‘Sharbat with Suhani’, to Instagram workouts to virtual events like ‘One Community’ and ‘Breakside’ with top coaches and influencers. We delve into rumours of NCS starting in May and what can be the pros and cons of the months ahead. Enjoy and thanks for listening!
Time Stamps:
00:00 Looking back at 2020
06:20 COVID and club teams, state orgs, UKU
23:10 2021 Domestic and International calendar
30:40 Richa challenges MUPA
In the last two years, almost everyone on the Ultimate scene in India has asked this person these questions; how can I get your job, where do I get a disc or what work are you even doing in the lockdown? She answers all these questions and more on our first episode of 'The Unintended Receiver' Podcast.
Hear Mrinalini Siddhartha talk to Jaidip Patel and Richa Patel about her journey in Ultimate Frisbee, what's brewing in the operations team of The Ultimate Players Association of India (UPAI).
Timestamps!
1:57 Mrinalini's background
12:33 Fun story from the UPAI office
17:40 FAQs Minu gets asked
21:27 Ups & downs of being UPAI's operations manager
25:07 Rapid fire round!
29:02 What is the future of Indian Ultimate?
29:57 Opinions on the No spiking rule!
35:35 Last wise words from a wise lady
91 Ultimate is stoked to announce 'The Unintended Receiver', India's first podcast on Ultimate Frisbee.
With no eyes to see the world, ears were all Mehr Pasricha had to satisfy her Ultimate Frisbee craving. Born out of an eye surgery, we bring to you 'The Unintended Receiver' podcast.
Hosts and producers, Jaidip Patel, Mehr Pasricha, and Richa Patel, shall cover the latest news, hot topics, gossip, and banter of ultimate frisbee from across the huge nation that is India. All the way from Delhi to Coimbatore, from Guwahati to Surat.
Tune in to hear the who, what, and why of 'The Unintended Receiver'.