Deep Look: USAU's Will Deaver, Return to Play
USA Ultimate's Will Deaver shares his insights on Return to Play and national tournament plans for 2021. The conversation with Keith Raynor, senior editor at Ulti World, delves into USA Ultimate's strategies for navigating the pandemic response and recovery. Joining host Charlie Eisenhood and guest Will Deaver, head of competition and athlete programs at USA Ultimate, is a chance to explore the organization's plans for national tournaments in the coming months. The conversation touches on the lessons learned from the pandemic response and how they will shape the future of competitive ultimate.
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welcome to deep look multi-world's weekly radio show about the current state of ultimate i'm the host and the editor of ulti world charlie eisenhood joining me is ulti world senior editor keith raynor and just to begin today's show just wanted to give a quick moment of silence as we remember the three carlton players who were unfortunately killed in a car accident that's now been seven years james adams michael goodgame paxton harvey and so just really quick a remembrance of those folks from our community that we lost seven years ago still remember where i was got off the plane at stanford invite and turn my phone on and got the news so uh just uh remembering that their legacy and their families in the carlton community we have a great interview today with will dever from usa ultimate looking forward to talking with him about return to play about usa ultimate's plan for the next couple of years uh looking back at the the pandemic response and so we don't want to waste any time we're going to jump right into that keith are you ready to go ready to roll absolutely i'm excited to talk to will all right we're going to take a quick break we'll be right back with will deaver joining us now on deep look is the head of competition and athlete programs at usa ultimate will deever will welcome back to the show thanks good to be here yeah it's it's it's a great time to have a chance to talk to somebody at usa u i know things have probably been very strange for you at least you haven't had to make the commute from boulder to colorado springs that has to be a silver lining in all this yes silver lining indeed yeah yeah we've learned to make it work uh not just for me but for everybody so it's a new world so what just what's the current status of thinking at usa ultimate when it comes to when are we going to be able to have some national tournaments returning at are you seeing that happening in 2021 and if so when yeah i mean we are still planning on the summer being the the point at which we at least need to plan for um you know whether or not things pan out and we...
