Alaska Ultimate Clinics

2005 Innovation Grant Project

Goal
The Fairbanks Ultimate Club will be holding a series of local Ultimate clinics which will be offered to the public free of charge. There will be 3 clinics beginning in May held over three consecutive weeks. The first clinic will be for women only ages 16 and up, followed by a clinic for Juniors ages 13-18 and  then a final clinic for the general public (ages 18 and up). Clinics will be held at the Soccer complex or at the UAF fields. For further information, contact Glen Anderson at (907) 474-4347.

Progress Update
Thanks in part to the grant contributions from the UPA, Fairbanks Ultimate experienced the best season of disc ever.  After winter classes and spring and summer clinics, the league grew by 30% and pick up nights required additional fields.  We also enjoyed coverage of the Ultimate league in local news papers and television as well as some radio PSA's which we produced ourselves.

Money was used to purchase league and field equipment as well as promotional materials for both the open and women’s clinics held earlier in the season. As a final wrap-up, we hosted the first annual Fairbanks Midnight Sun Ultimate hat tournament in July. Players from Anchorage and around the state came up to play.

One more clinic is scheduled for fall when students return to UAF.  To accommodate everyone, the clinic will be divided into stations set up for beginners, intermediate players and advanced players.  Beginners are taught the rules of the game and basic catching and throwing techniques. 
The intermediate will go over zones, offense and defense strategies and the advanced class will basically be running drills and cardio.

With the new found interest in the game locally, the Fairbanks Ultimate Club has received requests for demonstration games during halftime of high school football games and the Top Of the World NCAA basketball tournament later this year.  A number of players will also be volunteering their time to help bring Ultimate back in to the schools where it has become part of the teaching curriculum throughout the Fairbanks North Star Borough school district.

Thanks again to the UPA for the grant and helping disc grow to new levels in the great white north.
 
Glen Anderson


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