Start a Team

Don’t have a team yet? The UPA has a helpful guide for starting one at http://www3.upa.org/juniors/newteams/team_index.html

Have a few players, and looking for more? SLUA can be a valuable source for helping get teams started.  We provide Coaching Clinics, will meet with School officials, and can help pair you up with coaches in your area.   If you have a group looking for more players, let us know – we’ll be keeping a list, and can put people in touch with each other.

Want to build your skills? We highly recommend Tiina Booth' and Michael Baccarini's excellent book, Essential Ultimate: Teaching Coaching Playing and the following:

• Curriculum for Teaching Ultimate
• Teaching Ultimate to Grade 7 & 8 [OSDA]
• Lesson Plans for High School Ultimate [UPA]
• Lesson Plans for High School Ultimate [VC]
• Ultimate Handbook for Beginners
• Ultimate 101 Handbook [AFDA]
• Coaching Manual [MODS]
• Basics of Coaching Ultimate [MODS]
• Ultimate Conditioning
• Eight Simple Ultimate Drills [UBC Women]

Want to bring an Ultimate Instructor to your school? Getting people in your school’s PE classes playing is probably the best recruitment tool you have.  SLUA has educators who will come in to your school and run clinics for teachers and/or for students to introduce them to Ultimate – free! And we leave them with free discs to run classes! So talk to your favorite P.E. teacher and have him or her get in touch with us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Need a coach? SLUA has a list of several individuals who have expressed an interest in coaching a high school team. If you are in need of a coach, whether it’s full time or even part-time, let us know.  You can read more about finding a coach or a team in the "coaches needed" section of this site.