Justin Allen for Callahan 2014. Justin currently plays for the Appalachian State Nomads, Ring of Fire, and the New York Empire. Edited and produced by Austin Olive. www.thejustinallenshow.com
I'm impressed by how clean (non-fouling) his defensive and offensive bids are. It takes big balls to throw ones body around like that. But it requires an elite level of coordination, practice, body awareness, and respect for the rules of Ultimate to do so in the rare manner Justin displays.
very high caliber player and video / editing - I like the layout catch right in front of the camera coinciding with the music downbeat / change. Starting off with opportunities missed but bid on strong as hell was very interesting too.
Some great D's bids and catches due to his athletism, didn't see many bad bids at all in that showreel, his sidearm looks very impressive, but this showreel does show the lack of reading of a disc that a lot of the players he's competing against lack though, jumping under the disc and surrendering position!! And so many poor throws sent his way from the handers as well, but what do I know having seen many players better than him at his age over the years do equally impressive things.
I love this guy. It may not be as impressive as the rest of his shit but I love the handler swing passes that he bounces back to the handler up line before you think he's had time to catch the disc! I'm sure that handler just loves him! The okie doke and a lot of his other moves looks like he has more joints in his legs than other people. I swear he's skying people and landing on his knees. I like the crazy flick huck. I like glue-ing my elbow to my side on those. I used to really send it that way. Exciting shit. Thanks! The D, is of course, phe - fucking - nominal.
Big fan of this video! I appreciate that some of his mistakes/missed bids are included - showing that he's human. His quirky pulling tekkers are sweet too! But seriously... That pivot at 3.52 is outrageous!
Tristan Bella I'd say not many people would call it if it was the case. I'd also argue that he probably established a pivot with his foot flat on the ground so with both his heel and toe as part of his pivot? A minor debate really - I'm just really impressed with his creativity and flexibility
Hogi1091 No offense but you'd be wrong if you argued that. I would argue that the "okie doke" is pointless and that you would be much better off if you just faked then pivoted, it's literally a tenth of a second more and you have more consistency in your throws if you just take a step.
Why would I be wrong? I'm Irish so play under WFDF rules, so mayhaps under USAU rules he would be (I don't know to what you're referring Zygwired), but I don't know of any WFDF rule that would suggest what I said is incorrect... I could argue that any throw that you can do consistently well, without getting blocked, with a high completion rate isn't pointless. Aaaanyway, we're getting away from my point. I'm not arguing the usefulness of the throw but rather that he's impressive in the way he throws a somewhat unconventional throw :-p
but he is spending time perfecting a throw that is easier to block than if he just stepped across, you should watch Travis Carpenter break his mark. If you pivot flat footed then you would be right but he (and really everybody) pivots on the balls of his feet, that is his pivoting body part, therefore it can't be lifted. Back to the throw, if a bigger guy is marking you that throw will barely ever work not to mention it requires you to be somewhat off-balance so I doubt its ability to be a high percentage throw.
+Jumper That's an interesting question, he looks like he should. Or, rather, that anyone else would be injured all the time if they played this way. I have no idea, but I believe he's just very flexible, strong, and light, and maybe well conditioned, and maybe he can just do this.
A good high school varsity level athlete playing a game that has few, it just goes to show how dominate you can be if you choose to play Ultimate instead of football, baseball, basketball, soccer, track, dodgeball, cricket, golf... fun to watch.
That is so false... Dude go and play ultimate with some serious ultimate players and you will be flippin surprised at their athleticism. To sky someone you have to get the correct positioning (the place where you can jump to get the disc at your highest peak) AND able to out jump them in certain situations. I would bet you anyone that is known for skying well can easily jump high enough to dunk a basketball and then some, so out jumping them can be monstrous. Ultimate takes bursting speed and the crazy endurance of playing mid in soccer. It takes strong ankles to withstand changing direction on a snap. It also takes crazy smart decision making. But you are completely correct that its fun to watch.
