Its been quiet down here in the retirement room of the stately Brisbane Ultimate Blog mansion since we handed the keys over to DStrel, but we figured we'd pop our heads above the parapet to throw up some inspiration for someone, anyone out there.
Here's this particular part of the manifesto. Brisbane desperately needs a Youth Ultimate League of some sort. There's lots of focus on getting Ultimate played at school, and that's cool. That's a ticket towards the mainstream.
But kids play a lot of their sport outside school - particularly keen and future elite kids. They play cricket and footy and netball and soccer on weekends, and train on weeknights.
Brisbane needs someone to step up and start organising this. Start with a big net of say 19 and under, and play a weekly pickup game (allow a limited number of commited 'adult' coaches to play and supervise. Get BUDA or QUDA to find you a proper field and help you with some promotion - particularly at the schools that are getting a bit of Ultimate happening during school hours. Get the numbers to a point you can establish a competition.
These kids will be running Uni Clubs and Black Betty and Firestorm in the future - let's get them in while they're 15 and 16 and so on.
Here's how they're doing it in Adelaide. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9KU34YlQFc
3 comments:
Here here!
Should it be mixed or split? Do other Leagues introduce a lower age limit to force kids into Youth League?
I wish a youth league had existed when i started playing. I think it would've been a great asset to brisbane ultimate.
The type of wouldbe targeted kids already play in split teams teams in nearly all other sports. So, I reckon split would be best; but unfortunatly numbers probably wouldn't allow it.
Maybe a Tuesday night would be good? Free night on the frisbee week, and most other sports train later in the week (generally, right??)
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