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Summary: The table of contents
Review: Chapter 1. Matt Hahn is allright.
Chapter 2. How Matt Hahn's allrightness preceded him into the ultimate world.
Chapter 3. Cutting like Matt Hahn.
Chapter 4. Poaching like Matt Hahn.
Chapter 5. Why people doubt Matt Hahn's all-rightness.
Chapter 6. Why Matt Hahn deserves 5 stars.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Review: It's about time.I've been playing ultimate for, geez, about 8 years now. Much of the material in this book is stuff that I'm familiar with. Some of it is new to me. But even the info that comes as no surprise becomes more useful when you see it stated concisely. In addition, this would be a fantastic teaching aid if you're trying to figure out how to get new players onto the right page. Example: One part of the book shows a fairly basic play (disc trapped on the line, L-stack, dump/swing and throw for yardage), and shows, with commentary, seven different slight variations, based on who can cut, where the throw is caught, etc. Each of the seven variations will make immediate sense to an experienced ultimate player, but you might not ever think of the play in terms of the basic principles, and you might have a hard time explaining it to a newbie (or even realizing what things needed to be explained). I agree with the reviewer who pointed out that unless you speak a certain amount of the language, this book would be pretty confusing. I'm half way through the book now, and it has already been more than worth the price. I suspect any ultimate player would agree.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Review: It's about time. I've been playing ultimate for, geez, about 8 years now. Much of the material in this book is stuff that I'm familiar with. Some of it is new to me. But even the info that comes as no surprise becomes more useful when you see it stated concisely. In addition, this would be a fantastic teaching aid if you're trying to figure out how to get new players onto the right page. Example: One part of the book shows a fairly basic play (disc trapped on the line, L-stack, dump/swing and throw for yardage), and shows, with commentary, seven different slight variations, based on who can cut, where the throw is caught, etc. Each of the seven variations will make immediate sense to an experienced ultimate player, but you might not ever think of the play in terms of the basic principles, and you might have a hard time explaining it to a newbie (or even realizing what things needed to be explained). I agree with the reviewer who pointed out that unless you speak a certain amount of the language, this book would be pretty confusing. I'm half way through the book now, and it has already been more than worth the price. I suspect any ultimate player would agree.
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Summary: A complete book for improving your game
Review: Unlike the other book on ultimate (by Studarus), this one assumes from the outset that you are already pretty familiar with the game and the terminology. This book concentrates on techniques, skills, and drills to improve both individual skills and team play. The writing is good and the diagrams are nice. I have only two criticisms of the book. The first is that the "entry bar" is pretty high: for example, if you don't know what an inside-out break-mark throw is at the outset, you'll need to spend a bit of time paging through the glossary, and if you don't know how to throw a hammer, this book won't help you. The second is that the writing occasionally gets long-winded, and you may discover you've just read four whole pages of prose that seem to just boil down to pithy advice like "when marking, keep your weight above your feet and stay balanced". Despite these criticisms, the book is good, and there is a lot of material here I haven't seen elsewhere in print.
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Summary: A complete book for improving your game
Review: Well, Zaz is my brother so of course I think it's amazing!
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Summary: Great book, great photo
Review: Yeah Wiggins is good, but who remembers that play at natties last year? Chase somethingor other makes an incut, wiggins gets all in him for a d and lays out, Chase lays out forward directly at the disc past wiggins and makes the sick grab. Looked even better from the sidelines than it does on the cover... The book itself is very useful, I think.. Sure, I would have liked it if it detailed 10 or 15 junk d's instead of just the clam and the plain-jane zone, but I've only had it for 2 weeks and I think even the foreword helps me to visualize my game better and play up.
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Summary: Great book, great photo
Review: Yeah Wiggins is good, but who remembers that play at natties last year? Chase somethingor other makes an incut, wiggins gets all in him for a d and lays out, Chase lays out forward directly at the disc past wiggins and makes the sick grab. Looked even better from the sidelines than it does on the cover... The book itself is very useful, I think.. Sure, I would have liked it if it detailed 10 or 15 junk d's instead of just the clam and the plain-jane zone, but I've only had it for 2 weeks and I think even the foreword helps me to visualize my game better and play up.
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