Retiring from Ultimate Frisbee? | Brodie Smith
Brodie Smith shares his thoughts on retiring from Ultimate Frisbee in an honest and introspective conversation. The video delves into his past experiences playing for the University of Florida team, where he won a national championship and honed his skills alongside talented players like Kirk Gibson and Tim Garrett. Brodie discusses how he transitioned to being the centerpiece of the offense after becoming captain, and reflects on the challenges he faced during his fifth season, including a disappointing loss that led him to quit the team and later rejoin. The video also touches on Brodie's future plans for frisbee content, including trick shots and other creative projects. With candor and humility, Brodie shares his insights on what it means to be a professional Ultimate Frisbee player and what he hopes to achieve in the sport beyond his competitive days.
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what is happening ladies and gentlemen welcome back to my channel my name is Brodie Smith and Before we jump into it the very first thing I want to say is I will not stop making frisbee content I'm we making a lot of frisbee content so I know you might freak down the title but I'm still gonna be making frisbee videos I got a lot of stuff planned still making frisbee trick shots but I do want to talk about my future and Ultimate Frisbee and kind of the future beyond I first want to kind of go back to the very beginning when I first got the ultimate frisbee was in 2006 at the University of Florida throughout my college career I got to play with some really awesome players Kirk Gibson Tim Garrett Bill McQueen Calvin Hawking Tommy rush Miguel Chris Gibson Cole Sullivan Alex Hill I mean the list goes on I got to play with a lot of really awesome players throughout my college career we won a national championship my first year my freshman year in 2006 and that really kinda sparked my passion got me really really motivated to get better some of our top guys left that year and so my development in the sport kind of had to blossom and get going for us to still be kind of a powerhouse powerhouse college team 2007 we got third place 2008 we got second place 2009 was my senior year my fourth year and that was really when the team kind of transferred from being Kurt's team to being my team that was my first year captaining the team my first year really kind of being the centerpiece of our offense and the centerpiece of our team and I learned a lot my training wasn't what needed to be my end up getting heatstroke at Regionals we were the number one team the whole season pretty much dominated the entire season but we didn't qualify for Nationals and that was really really tough so coming back my fifth season my fifth year a lot of stuff changed and I even actually ended up quitting the team early on that season and coming and rejoining the team later on because there was some stuff that I had to work out just on a personal level religious level and coming back having kind...
