The ShowGame Podcast

Sean spoke to two University club presidents this week to get a sense of how they're dealing with the restrictions and how uni players in general are feeling about the lack of a season so far. Emily, from Strathclyde Uni, and Charley, from Nottingham, talked about how their clubs have adapted, trying to look after everyone's mental health and what might come next.

- Intro about new regulations (0:11)

- How has it been running a club in these uncertain times? (1:57)

- Has it been more difficult to recruit beginners? (3:34)

- What about teaching them to play? Has that been harder outdoors given that the indoor season is gone? (7:52)

- How have trainings been with all this uncertainty going on? (11:14)

- How is the club off the field, how have you been keeping track of everyone's mental health? (13:10)

- What comes next in terms of tournaments, have you had any indications? (15:53)

- This isn't what you expected when you ran for these positions at your AGMs, right? (18:11)

- How do you avoid this year being a lost year for uni ultimate? (19:15)

- The unexpectedly high workload in keeping a club going this year, and the importance of the people at the unions (22:05)

- BEST LINE: Charley picks his mixed line up (25:53)

- BEST LINE: Emily does likewise (27:56)

This week Sean speaks to Rachel Turton and Ben Davies. Both are longtime Ultimate players (Ben has played for New Zealand and in the AUDL, and Rachel is a reigning national and European champion with SMOG and GB Mixed) who have pivoted more to disc golf during the last 12 months and are now the male and female #1s in the UK. 

- How they got into disc golf and started playing tournaments (0:58)

-  Was there any particular piece of advice that made a difference, or thing you worked out that was crucial? (2:25)

- How long did it take to get to grips with the variety of discs? (4:25)

- How hard has it been learning to play with such precision? (9:03)

- What's it been like playing a more individual sport like disc golf, and integrating into a different community? (10:50)

- Are you still Ultimate players that play disc golf, or are you more a golfer now? (16:01)

- Which countries are strong in disc golf? (18:02)

- What do disc golf sponsorships entail, and how do they work? (19:00)

- BEST LINE: Rachel picks her best mixed team and discusses playing Worlds with Great Britain at 20 (22:55)

- BEST LINE: Ben picks his best mixed line, including a one-time only exception for a player he trained with (25:05)

- Ben discusses his experience playing for Rainbow Brigade at Windmill (28:40)

In this week's episode, Sean is joined by fellow tSG editor DP to talk about the various pieces of news around in UK Ultimate at the moment and go over a couple of discussion points. To end, they each pick their best line.

- How much we are both currently playing (0:48)

- Current phase and how comfortable we are with restrictions (2:12)

- Potential moves to phase D, and games against other teams or local hat tournaments (5:03)

- Does the sport need to change to reduce the number of people at events? How will things look next year? (8:22)

- The UKU fundraising drive (10:32) (sorry about the typing early on here)

- What else have you been doing during lockdown? Featuring disc golf and darts (13:01)

- ISO: DP talks the international calendar, and why it should change (16:44)

- ISO: Sean encourages everyone to take it easy to avoid post-break injuries (23:50)

- BEST LINE: DP gives us his best Open line, and Sean his best mixed line (27:44)

Sean talks to UKU board member and driving force behind DC, Fowzia Mahmood.

- How did you get into the sport? (2:12)

In the first ShowGame podcast, Sean Colfer talks to UKU CEO Si Hill.

- Coronavirus and its impact (1:39)

Intro music from Phillip Gross: freemusicarchive.org/music/Phillip_Gross