Brodie Smith Q&A - Part 2
Brodie Smith shares his expert tips on how to improve your ultimate frisbee game in Part 2 of his Q&A session. Learn Brodie's top tricks for catching and throwing with a flick, including wearing a bro tank at all times and practicing your laying out skills. The professional ultimate player also shares his approach to meeting new players and making them fall for him - aka "ultimate chicks." Get insight into how Brody switches grips between backhand and forehand throws, including the thumber grip technique. Watch as Brodie shares his personal experiences playing ultimate, from his high school days at a club team to his current competitive level.
Join Brodie Smith for an exclusive Q&A session on his game, career highlights & pro experiences in part two of our series.
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hey Brody we're getting a little tired of the same old same old yeah how do you pick up ultimate chicks so you want to know how to get ultimate chicks well here you go one have a huge big flick two make sure you're wearing your bro tanks at all possible times three approach them and ask them if they've seen your YouTube videos four make sure you lay out all the time even if you're not going to catch the disc lay out five don't play ultimate do something else so in the last bro tip I showed uh the skipping throw for the forehand and the backand it's actually not a legal throw um many of the throws I did in that bro tip for advanced throws are not throws you would see in a game um but are definitely just fun to go out and throw around with your friends Bry how do you switch grips to a thumber grip just to kind of show you how to get to your thumber grip you want to make sure you have two hands on the disc okay you can't really do it with one hand so if it's in my backhand grip I'm going to have two hands on the disc I'm going to use my other hand to move the disc up and then slide it down to my thumber grip if it's in my forehand I'm going to use the other hand to hold it as I slide into my thumber grip there's really not an easy way of going from a backhand to thumber grip or forehand to thumber grip without using your off hand so I first started playing ultimate back in high school um it wasn't very competitive it was at our club team we played like once a week and uh no one really knew how to throw other than a backhand um but that's when I first started uh to play and really got interested in the sport so I'm not quite sure what you're asking here but um as far as where I like to play on offense uh you know I kind of like to do all everything you know I like to throw Hooks and I like to catch goals so I like kind of do everything and on defense I would say like I like to...
