Hello –

Ultimate frisbee season will soon be in full swing.  I want to extend an invitation for you to attend the Ultimate Coaching and Volunteer Clinic on Sat., Jan. 20.

It is a 2-1/2 hour session for certified volunteers.  You will receive instruction on how to help introduce ultimate and its skills to new players, organize a clinic, and organize your team.   The cost is $20 + UPA membership.  Breakfast is provided.  Certified volunteers will also receive:

            * a UPA volunteer guide

            * a GAIA ultimate coach’s clipboard

            * a GAIA UPA coaching corps disc

            * Support from UPA headquarters when setting up and running clinics

 

Certified volunteers must be at least 16 years old.  Certified coaches must be at least 21 years old.

 

It is full day clinic for the certified coaches.  Breakfast and lunch are provided.  Coaches will receive instruction on teaching and maintaining Spirit of the Game; how to interact and utilize parents; improving the fitness of their team; maintaining high professional coaching standards; and how to behave both ethically and legally while coaching.  The cost is $70 + UPA membership.  In addition to the benefits of attending a coaching clinic and gaining certification, coaches will also receive the following from the UPA and the program sponsor GAIA:

·        UPA coaching manual

·        UPA coaching code of ethics

·        GAIA ultimate coach’s clipboard

·        GAIA UPA coaching corps disc

·        The UPA’s instructional DVD, Ultimate 101: Laying out the Game

·        An official GAIA UPA Coaching Corps Jersey for an additional $15

·        Access to the UPA certified coach yahoogroup

If you are below the age limit, you may attend the clinics, but will not receive certification.

 

For more information and to register: http://www4.upa.org/coaches

The clinic will run from 8 am to 4:30 pm and will take place at Roe School, 1921 Prather, St. Louis, MO 63139

If you have further questions after reading about the clinics on the UPA website, call me at (314)PRO-DISC.

This clinic is for anyone that enjoys ultimate and wants to see the sport grow, from the person that helped managed their summer league team to the person that wants to take a team to nationals.  Financial assistance is available through a UPA grant and a SLUA grant.  If you want to become a certified coach but cannot afford the fee, call me, we will figure it out.

 

Dana Gray

St. Louis Ultimate Association

www.slua.org

314-PRO-DISC