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My name is Angelo and I am working on creating an ultimate youth program for kids here in the valley. The main idea is to offer a youth league, similar to the adult league with VOTS each season, for all kids aged 8-16 who may want to play ultimate recreationally. Ideally, we would get enough participants to have at least two teams in each age groups so they can scrimmage together throughout the season.
To jumpstart this initiative and gage participation, I would like to host two separate youth clinics (i.e. drills, fun games, scrimmage, etc...) as follows:
I believe we can get a decent turnout for these youth clinics and potentially offer a youth league soon after (as early as late Fall 2024). VOTS is open to the idea of running the youth league at 6-7:30PM on the same day and at the same field as the adult league.
Another idea is to build a club team at middle/high schools throughout the valley. Once we get enough ultimate club teams, we could host a state championship for all club teams to participate in and eventually put an AZ under 17 team ready for the Youth Club Championship every year. To do so, creating a system detailing how a volunteer coach would get started from reaching out to their school of choice to implementing an effective strategy to teach ultimate would be important.
I need your help with all of this. As passionate as I am with creating a youth ultimate scene for our kids, I cannot do it all alone. Hence please reach out to me if you have any feedback, or have experience in doing something similar in another city or maybe in a different sport, or know someone you can introduce me to who may be willing to help, or simply want to help with brainstorming/creating/developing these programs, I am all ears! You can email me at doc_roule@yahoo.com
Thank you,
Angelo
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When? 5:15pm
Where? El Dorado Park, 2311 N Miller Rd, Scottsdale
(Backup location Paiute Park, 3210 N 66th St, Scottsdale)
Level of Play & Attendance? Play mostly by USAU rules. Usually 7-on-7. Mostly adult players or experienced youngsters, but ALL Welcome!
Other Info: Check link above for more details.
When? 11:40am–1pm
Where? Escalante Park (2150 E Orange St., Tempe)
Level of Play & Attendance? Generally follow USAU ruleset. Beginners welcome, but many experienced league/club-level players. 6–10 players, often play mini/small field.
Other Info: Game status is updated at link above, headcount taken via email list in advance. If you'd like to be on the list, email Katherine.
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When? Early morning.
Where? Desert Sky Park, 6624 S Power Rd, Mesa
(Backup location Orchard Park, E Cabrillo Dr, Gilbert)
Level of Play & Attendance? Play entirely by USAU ruleset. Competitive play, experienced club-level players. Full-field, 7-on-7, game to 25.
Other Info: Games are coordinated/teams drafted via Discord on Friday nights. Email Dustin or Jonny for a Discord invite.
When? 7:00am (summer), 7:30am (winter)
Where? 18523 E Peachtree Blvd, Queen Creek
Level of Play & Attendance? Man play by USAU ruleset, Everyone welcome!
Other Info: Check link above for place/time updates.
When? 8:00am
Where? Royal Palm Park, 8405 North 15th Ave, Phoenix
Level of Play & Attendance? Beginners welcome, adults only. All skill levels, casual. 15–20 players.
Other Info: Red and blue jerseys provided, or bring your own red AND blue.
Ultimate Frisbee – Northwest Valley
When? 7:30am (summer), 8:30am (winter)
Where? Sierra Verde Park, 7130 W Potter Dr, Glendale (71st & Rose Garden)
Level of Play & Attendance? Informal play, Currently lower attendance, Everyone welcome!
Other Info: Headcount taken in advance via the Facebook group linked above.
Sunday Mornings in Tempe
When? 8:00am
Where? Fees College Prep Middle School, 1600 E Watson Dr, Tempe, AZ 85283
Level of Play & Attendance? Informal play, Large teams, Everyone welcome!
Other Info: Fun game, only bring good spirit. Snacks and drinks often provided, bring water.
Last Updated: 5/1/24
From Laura Tan:
We had a great time at Spokes last week (3/12) for our first VOTS Chat. We had 19 people show (10 M/9 F) and there were a ton of great ideas.
I want to capture the two biggest themes I heard:
What Now
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First, I want to explicitly call out that the kind of change we are looking for takes time. If we want a change to last beyond a single fall or spring season, or beyond a specific league or tournament director, we have to set up infrastructure to get the outcome we want.
What we need to design at this stage are processes that allow for the people's ideas to be considered by the community, and clear paths for people to act on those ideas.
I'll put the word out once we have something more concrete to work with on the above. For now, keep incubating your good ideas. Jam out on the Discord, or talk with your teammates and friends. Poke holes in your ideas to see if they could actually work :)