Indoor Ultimate, a Different "Flat" Ball Game - An Interview with Benji Heywood

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In this episode, I interview Benji Heywood on the topic of indoor ultimate. In many countries, especially in the UK and Northern Europe, indoor has a similar organizational framework to outdoors in terms of leagues and participation. However, this is not the case in warmer countries, where teams may be able to play outside for most or all of the year. In this conversation, you’ll find insights from a leading coach on the subject of indoor ultimate on the tactics and organization of indoor ultimate.

The primary differences in gameplay between indoor and outdoor are obvious, but they can have subtle effects. 1) There is no wind, and 2) the field is much smaller. In some cases in the UK, the entire field may be the size of a single outdoors endzone. With 5 players on each side, this causes the field to quickly become quite congested. Vertical stack is a high-variance, underdog strategy, and more standard indoors offenses may appear alien to those only familiar with outdoors ultimate.

 Intro/ Outro Music: "La Rue" - Cortex