The Unintended Receiver

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 [email protected].

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.
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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 ([email protected]).
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.
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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