That Brisbane is to again host the AFDA's National Development Camps on 27-28 June 2009 is great news for Brisbane and Queensland Ultimate. The camps will be held in the convenient location of JF O'Grady Fields, Fairfield (location of Regionals 2009).
Everyone who attended the inaugural camp last year reported it was an "excellent event", "great fun", "met lots of people" and "excellent value for money". (If you don't believe me, go ask Emma B, Maylin, Adele, Bree, Suz, Steph, Tati, Peta, Adilia, Notty, Sarah S, Blair, Danielle, Molly and Carla).
The end of the last sentence is bolded up because in the build up to this year's event, a few people have baulked at the $200 cost of the weekend.
While it is true that $200 is a fair chunk of cash, there seems to be a sense that $200 is a lot more than the typical $40-80 you'd pay to attend a typical weekend Ultimate activity (ie, a tournament).
But these Development Camps are entirely different creatures.
At the Development Camp, there will be 8-10 of the best coaches from around Australia totally focused on improving your personal game, (as well as all the stuff you get for a typical Ulti-weekend). This is a big contrast to a tournament where your play is largely left to your own devices.
If you think you can improve your Ultimate, and you plan on playing Ultimate for some time yet, then you might want to consider this $200 as an investment in you getting more out of every future dollar you spend on Ultimate.
And of course, the more people who come, the fees will be adjusted accordingly and the cheaper it will get for everyone.
Register for the Men's event. I can only think of a couple of BPL and BUML males who wouldn't benefit from this camp (and that's because they're too old to learn new tricks).
Register for the Women's event. Any woman playing Ultimate in Queensland will find this camp rewarding.
You don't need to be an elite player. You just have to want to improve.
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