High School & Juniors

Outreach & Development

The Toronto Ultimate Club (“TUC”)

The Toronto Ultimate Club is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of Ultimate players in Toronto. We organize leagues for the spring, summer, fall & winter seasons, run skills and strategy clinics, host the Toronto Ultimate Tournament, sponsor other tournaments including the Ontario high school championships, and provide support to local touring teams. We now have more than 2500 members and are still growing rapidly.

The Sport of Ultimate for Kids

Invented by high school students in 1967-1968, Ultimate is a fun and challenging non-contact team sport played with a plastic flying disc. Organized games typically involve 7-on-7 players outdoor on grass. However, the game is easily adapted for different age groups, can be played most anywhere, and can be played with teams of most any size. Combining elements of basketball, football and soccer, passing advances the disc; with one point earned each time a team reaches their end zone.

Uniquely, all actions in Ultimate are governed by the “Spirit of the Game”, a sportsmanship ethic that leaves responsibility for officiating up to the players themselves; there are no referees. Ultimate teaches teamwork and conflict resolution skills, it is great exercise, and it allows young people to develop technical skills while having fun.

Participation in this grass-roots sport is expanding rapidly throughout Canada, the USA, and the world, especially in schools throughout North America.

TUC Contact Information www.tuc.org

John C. Harris General Manager gm@tuc.org

tel. 416.426.7175 fax.416.426.7153

1185 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 307

North York, ON M3C 3C6

Thomas Meyer TUC Board Member tmeyer@ca.inter.net

Teresa Boyle Juniors Coordinator juniors@tuc.org

Gregory Lang Strategy & Outreach ultimate@alasi.com

416.698.9724

TUC high School & Juniors Development 2002

Development Teams in C division of TUC league – team fee waived

· Juniors team - in preparation of sending a team to Canadian Nationals selected from Toronto High Schools and Juniors Program participants

· Coaching Development Team – existing and potential future school ultimate team coaches under the guidance of experienced and knowledgeable players from the TUC

Coaching Ultimate and Strategy Sessions

· Specifically targeting existing and future school ultimate coaches these sessions will be tailored to address the specific needs and levels of expertise of the participants

· These sessions are at no charge to TUC members

On field skills clinics and Matching Grant Program

· TUC Skills clinics are offered for beginners, intermediate and advanced ultimate players throughout the year free of charge

· As TUC members school coaches and teachers may participate in the regularly scheduled skills clinics to develop their own understanding and abilities in the sport of ultimate

· Through the TUC Matching Grant Program schools may also have skills clinics provided to their student population

· Where sufficient numbers of students are members of the TUC, free skills clinics may be arranged at times and location more convenient to those members

BBS Forum

· The TUC has set up a Juniors BBS which will be moderated by knowledgeable and experienced ultimate players, and TUC Board and Committee members

· The online discussion forum will provide information on coaching, teaching and playing ultimate with kids as well as general information and links to resources

· The forum is a discussion database that is currently open to the general public, but a private Coaches-Only password protected forum may also be established on request

TUC high School & Juniors Development 2002

High School & Juniors Information Pages on www.tuc.org

· General Information on Juniors Programs

· Strategy Tips and Ultimate Drills

· Information about Tournaments; local, national and international

· High School league Schedules, standings, etc.

· Other information as desired by TUC members and School coaches

Ultimate Teaching Package (“UTP”)

· The TUC is initiating the development of a comprehensive package for distribution to interested schools and community organisations which will include;

· Instructional video

· Spirit of the Game Handout

· Basic Strategy and Drills booklet

· 10^th Ed. Rule Books

· TUC Promotional Discs

· Ultimate Resource Directory

· Online Coaching and Strategy Support Information

High School and Juniors Sponsorship

· TUC continues to provide financial sponsorship to the OFSSAA tournament

· TUC is a proud sponsor of the TDSB south region co-ed Ultimate and hopes to significantly increase this sponsorship in future

· The TUC makes sponsorship funds available to Toronto Touring teams including juniors’ teams. Details are available online and through the Juniors Coordinator.

· The TUC is considering future sponsorship of a Toronto High School Tournament, possibly the league championships, including physiotherapists, volunteers, field coordination, scheduling and assisting with other tournament expenses

· TUC members regularly volunteer to assist in coaching juniors and school teams and the TUC can coordinate access and assignment of these volunteers to specific schools and teams

Additional Development and Support

· The TUC would be delighted to offer any and all support that it can to the TDSB, teachers, coaches and Physical Education Departments.

“When a ball dreams, it dreams it’s a frisbee…”

- Stancil Johnson