Announcing VU’s Fourth Annual Womxn’s Ultimate Day!
Join us for a weekend of clinics and workshops run by championship-level womxn athletes from Brute Squad, Slow White, and more. We’re expanding this year’s event to TWO days, and you’re welcome to register for both days or just one of the days!
Day 1: Saturday, February 1st, 1 to 5pm at Northfield Mount Hermon School located at One Lamplighter Way, Gill, MA 01354. Join us for a day of workshops, discussions, and building connections with other womxn in your ultimate community. Topics are listed below. This day costs $20 to $30 and has NO cap on # of participants. [The day is free if you are student at NMH.]
Day 2: Sunday, February 2nd, 9am to 2pm at Indoor Action Sports located at 1385 Bernardston Rd., Greenfield, MA 01370. The clinic is open to players of ALL abilities and experience levels, and we will split into groups to provide differentiated instruction based on your experience. You will rotate through clinic stations that are each focused on a different skill (for example, defensive positioning, downfield offensive spacing and timing, throwing instruction, or breaking the mark). At the end of the clinic, we will apply your new skills in small-sided scrimmages. This day costs $33 to $40 and is capped at 70 participants.
Registration fees go toward paying for our space and providing a small stipend for coaches. Please contribute what you can within the suggested range, and contact us if the registration fee is a barrier for you.
Registration is open to anyone 13 or older who, regardless of sex at birth or current gender presentation, feels that membership in womxn’s community is meaningful and appropriate for them. Younger players wishing to apply will first need to contact Leila or Hannah for permission to sign up.
ALL participants must complete the IAS waiver and bring it with them to the event. All participants are required to submit this waiver in order to participate.
Whether you are looking to dust off your old cleats, continue winter training, or pick up a disc for the first time, you are encouraged to attend this indoor event. Your instructors will all be championship-level, womxn athletes with ties to this area as coaches and players.
We are capping the event at 70 players. We are certain the event will completely fill up, so please do not wait to register. We will create a waiting list for players that register after the limit of 70 is reached.
Please note that people who have signed up but not paid will be shifted to the waitlist once we hit out cap of 70 players.
To register for one or both days:
- Send Valley Ultimate any amount between $20 and $70 using PayPal using this link. You do not need to have a PayPal account to use PayPal. Valley Ultimate’s PayPal email address is valleyultimateboard@gmail.com.
- Saturday = $20 to $30 per person [Free if you’re a student at NMH]
- Sunday = $33 to $40 per person
- Fill out the online registration form.
Registration fees go toward paying for our space and providing a small stipend for coaches. Please contribute what you can within the suggested range, and contact us if the registration fee is a barrier for you.
Have questions? Submit them to Hannah and Leila using this form.
Saturday’s possible topics:
o Mental resilience. Training and performing to your potential as an athlete is just as challenging mentally as it is physically. Learn tools for having big practices, building confidence, and performing in competition.
o Diversity, equity, and inclusion. What inequities exist in our community? How does building diversity, equity, and inclusion in ultimate make our sport better, and how do we get there?
o Leadership. What types of leadership does a team need to be successful? What are the key ingredients for great leadership, and how can you take them back to your team?
o Structuring a practice. Some of you may have the responsibility of planning and running practices (or might in the future!), for at least part of your seasons. So, how do you plan and run a great practice?
o Training for ultimate. How can you and your team most productively structure your out-of-practice time?
o Whatever you’d like us to cover!
Here is who has signed up so far. You can also view the list online right here: