TORONTO ULTIMATE CLUB 2013 Juniors Summit February 10, 2012 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

TORONTO ULTIMATE CLUB 2013 Juniors Summit February 10, 2012

Introduction Purpose Of This Summit • To recap the Junior program for 2012 • To identify our priorities for 2013 • To strategize the growth of juniors playing Ultimate • Gather information on improving our existing programming • To identify the needs of growing the Junior Ultimate program • Unite all parties involved with Junior Ultimate in the GTA 2

Agenda 2012 Year in Review TUC Junior Leagues Junior Touring Coaching Schools, Workshop, Clinics and Summer Camps Q&A and Misc. Items Wrap-Up and Adjourn Meeting 3

2012 Year In Review Junior Girls Ultimate Program (JGUP)  The primary goal is to increase the number of girls playing ultimate in Toronto by teaching Spirit of the Game, rules, basic skills and strategies in a single-gender setting  Saturday afternoons at Central Tech Gymnasium 1:30 to 4:30 PM – Jan to March 2012  Two sessions:  (a) for ages 11 to 13  (b) for ages 14 to 18  19 girls total registered 4

2012 Year In Review Catch The Spirit High School Tournament – 8 th annual tournament for high school teams Dates: Thursday February 23 rd and Friday February 24 th – – Location: Downsview Hangar – Two day tournament with separate divisions: • B Division for beginner teams on Thursday February 23, 2012 • A Division for more Intermediate teams on Friday February 24, 2012 – B Division had 15 schools participate, the A division had 12 – Bowmanville won the B division, Northern Secondary won the A 5

2012 Year In Review TDSB and TDCSB – TUC attended and provided prizing at the following tournaments in an effort to promote the club: • Westview CSS High School Tournament (16 teams) • York Mills CI High School Tournament (12 teams) • Toronto District School Board High School City Semi-finals (4 teams) • Toronto District School Board Elementary West Championships (12 teams) • Toronto District School Board Elementary City Championships (8 teams) • Toronto District Catholic School Board “Unofficial” High School City Championships (12 Teams) 6

2012 Year In Review Juniors Touring in 2012 – 2012 saw TUC and the GTA All Stars begin the process of working together with regards to touring • TUC covered the overhead costs of flights, hotels, etc and the kids paid TUC directly • GTA All Stars ran a second open team that consisted of mainly Toronto Juniors – Overdrive open finished 4 th at Nationals, Overdrive Women finished 2 nd – GTA All Star provided coaching for the TJSL North East Youths. 7

2012 Year In Review Toronto Junior Summer League (TJSL) – Split TJSL into two divisions: • Youth Division (ages 8-13) • Teen Division (ages 14-17) – Ran from June 24 to the last week in August – Youth Division had 3 locations • Southwest – Mondays at Buttonwood Park (24) • Northeast – Wednesdays at Sir John A MacDonald (6) • South – Saturdays at Riverdale Park (10) – The first year of the Youth division had a total of 40 registered players – Youth “playoffs” on Sunday August 26 th at Riverdale Park. 8

2012 Year In Review Toronto Junior Summer League (TJSL) – Teen Division increase from 4 to 5 locations: • Southwest – Mondays at Buttonwood Park (24) • Northwest – Tuesdays at Westview CSS (42) • Northeast – Wednesdays at Agincourt CI (81) • Southeast – Thursdays at Cherry Beach (44) • *NEW* Central – Thursdays at Marshall McLuhan (25) – A total of 216 juniors participated in our 2012 summer teen divisions – An increase of 62 (teen + youth) participants from TJSL 2011 (194) – Ran first ever TJSL division at Mid-season with 4 teams Teen playoffs on Thursday August 30 th at Downsview Park – • 6 Teams participated • Won by TJSL Southeast 9

2012 Year In Review Toronto Junior Fall Outdoor League (TJFOL) • Expanded to two teen locations Agincourt CI in the north and Bloor CI in the south (did only Lawrence Park CI in 2011) • Attempted to do a Northwest at Westview but not enough interest • Ran a FREE Youth session Sunday afternoons (split between Queen Alexandria PS and Riverdale Park) • Fall Outdoor Participation: – Teen South 26 registered – Teen North 18 registered – Youth South 13 registered – Total of 57 total fall outdoor participants an increase of 21 fall outdoor participants from 2011 (36 registered) 10

2012 Year In Review Toronto Junior Indoor Leagues • Fall Indoor Teen Division at Monarch Park – Thursday evenings 7-8:30 PM Nov 1 to Dec 20 (8 weeks) – 27 Registered participants • Winter Teen Division at Monarch Park – Thursday evenings 7-8:30 PM January 10 to March 7 (9 weeks) – 20 Registered Participants • Winter Youth Sessions ( ages 8 – 13 ) – Two new Youth winter session (to replace JGUP) » East division Saturday 12-2 at Monarch Park runs from February 9 to March 23 (7 weeks) » West division Sunday 12-2 PM at Lakeshore CI dome from February 10 to March 24 (7 weeks) – 10 registered youths (4 East, 6 West) 11

2012 Year In Review Juniors Participating in Adult Leagues • 2012 saw 83 registered juniors not participating in TUC Junior leagues – Just over ¼ of our registered juniors participated in Adult leagues Mississauga Junior Pickup • Ran in July and August Sunday afternoons from 1-3 PM • Centrally located in Mississauga at Heritage Hills Park (just north of Square 1 Mall) • Inconsistent attendance due to late organization and promotion 12

TUC Junior Leagues In 2013 we want • Keys to Running Junior to grow on the Programming • Coaching success of 2012 • Field Location and continue to • Promotion increase the • Participants accessibility for • Administration junior aged players to play Ultimate across the city 13

2013 Junior League Programming Junior Pickup/Open House Thursday March 14 th 7pm – – 9pm at Monarch Park • FREE to all juniors – Daytime Junior pickup during March Break – Spring indoor TEEN league Thursday evenings at Monarch Park 7 – 9 PM March 21 to May 2 – Outdoor Spring Leagues? – Do we increase the number of summer locations offered? – Do we further define our age groups? • (8-10, 10-13, and 14-17) 14

2013 Junior League Programming – Do we offer a competitive and a recreational division in our teen leagues? – Should we consider inter location games during the summer? – Should we consider doing single gender leagues? – Should we do more junior tournaments? – Growing juniors outside of the city of Toronto? – How can we better promote the junior leagues and tournaments? 15

Junior Touring • Should TUC be running the Junior Touring Program coming out of Toronto? – Right now TUC only provides support by providing practice fields, sponsorship of $1500 and provides money laundering services as described above to the GTA All Stars in exchange for volunteer hours – TUC has no involvement on the operations of the team (budgeting, management, coaches) • Right now there is no long term stability for Toronto juniors • How do we continue to institute a stronger integration between our junior touring teams and our junior leagues 16

Coaching • Recruiting new coaches • Retention of coaches from year to year • Coach recognition • National Coach Certification Program • Training and Orientation • Long term coach and player development plan 17

Schools, Workshop, Clinics and Summer Camps • Recruitment and Training of Instructors • Providing more school workshops for both kids and teachers (future coaches) • Promoting to our workshops to schools and summer camps • Ultimate Summer Camps at Monarch Park 18

Conclusion • Q & A • Miscellaneous Items • Action Items Adjourn Meeting 19