Ultiworld MVP: Josh Markette (Boston Ironside)
Meet Josh Markette, the Boston Ironside player who's taken home the Savage MVP award for his incredible performance against the Seattle Sockeye in the tournament. In this video, Charlie from Ultiworld sits down with Josh to discuss the Ironside's preparation for the weekend and how they stay focused amidst competition against top-tier teams. Josh shares his thoughts on maintaining intensity, overcoming adversity, and protecting himself and his teammates in high-wind conditions. Josh also opens up about his background, including his start playing ultimate frisbee at a young age as part of the historic Boston University program that produced talented players like Moses Rifkin and Kyle Wise. Watch as Josh shares his insights on what it takes to be a top player in the sport, from confidence-boosting throws to staying mentally tough under pressure.
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this video is brought to you by savage ultimate hi i'm charlie with ultiworld and i'm here with josh marquette of boston's ironside and he's our selection one of our selections for the savage mvp award um josh has had a great game against uh seattle sockeye on the one seed in the tournament so i'd like to go ahead and just give this to you right away thanks charles you're welcome and uh can you talk a little bit about uh how you guys have been preparing for this weekend and how you get through the weekend when you're uh sort of playing teams that aren't quite on your level uh in the first couple of days just keeping the intensity up i say is our main challenge like i know we're the best team out here we got the best guys we put in the most work um we know that we're the best team so the only one who's gonna do this is ourselves so staying focused and intense on the sideline is a big so anytime there's a low like just like any team we can slip into some abyss and like shift the bet but if we keep it focused and intense and like minds on the game no one can do this out there great um and you were throwing some confident throws in that game uh particularly one notable about 50-yard flick up into the wind um you know this is about as intense wind as you really see in ultimate um how has that really affected you guys and you protect personally yeah good question um i think as soon as we saw the uh the weather ahead we kind of smirk inside i mean we already know that our key is the best but like this is a little higher than normal but uh you know we just uh we just got confident you know we know how to take care of them and that's kind of boston talent can you talk a little bit about your background uh you know the historic background uh so i started playing at high uh i think i started in like 94 um which helped start the program back there um from moses rifkin kyle wise drive pauline lauterbach um and you know i never heard of it before but obviously fell in love...
