Stage 3: Learn to Play Ages: Males 9-12 / Females 8-11
Objective: Learn general Ultimate skills and develop understanding of Spirit of the Game in a fun and cooperative environment.
The Learn to Train stage focuses on mastering basic Ultimate skills through training. Structured competition is introduced during this stage to test and refine skills learned in practice. It is imperative that coaches keep their focus on training and using competition to see if athletes can apply what they learned in practice in a game setting. Participation in other sports is still encouraged with the athlete starting to narrow their focus to three sports.
An environment that promotes Spirit of the Game allows the athlete to develop emotional control, communication skills, and sportsmanship. Coaches and parents begin to introduce training elements including: warm-up and cool- down, stretching, hydration, nutrition, recovery and regeneration, and mental preparation.
SIGN UP! Ultimate is offered through schools and clubs with coaches trained at the Community-Initiation level. Ultimate is also played at camps, recreational centres, and through recreational clubs.
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