Sean spoke with Si Hill about how the sport is going to come out of the pandemic in the UK, and what the 2021 season might look like. There’s discussion about making ultimate more accessible to a wider range of people by potentially moving away from weekend tournaments, a potential structure for Nationals this and future years and some chat about GB and the international calendar being absolutely packed in 2022. If you’re making plans to get back to ultimate and you want to talk about it, let us know! We’d love to hear how you’re planning to get back to the field, and what you’re doing to make it happen. RUNDOWN How have the last few weeks been, getting the return to play protocols all ready? (2:17) What kind of guidance have you had about numbers at training sessions? (5:55) Ultimate as a reasonably high-risk team sport (9:15) The statement from UKU was very definitive about Nationals; what might that look like, and why so confident? (11:16) Away from Nationals, the importance of trying to encourage people to play games outside of tournaments (18:29) How open are people, in Si’s experience, to experiments and testing new things? (24:52) Do you have any concerns about people getting back up to speed and not injuring themselves after so long off? (28:10) All the international tournaments this year have been cancelled but next year looks busy, particularly with the World Games coming up. When might we see things getting started for those? (32:24) Next year will be busy - is it exciting? What are the feelings about it? (35:39) What are the plans for university ultimate in the short to medium-term? (38:06)

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