Youth Division

Clinics and Leagues

This year we are planning to have a new developmental Winter League, followed by a Spring League for both middle and high schoolers. In June is time for the Summer Club League to select players for the YCC teams. In addition we are organizing clinics, with elite players and star coaches, and other programs specifically designed for boys and girls.
Please visit the Youth Leagues page for more details.

Spring Break and Summer Camps

A new Spring Break Camp is coming in Berkeley April 2-6!!!

Since 2009, our camps are the only ones in the San Francisco Bay Area specifically designed for Ultimate Frisbee.

Boys and girls ages 8 to 15 are invited to come learn and improve their skills in one of the fastest-growing and fun sports on the planet.

Please visit our Summer Camps page for more information.

"Spaghetti Western" tournament

The "Spaghetti Western" is the Bay Area Disc Youth annual tournament for teams aged 10-18. The perfect way to compete after the Spring League and test your team before States!

Saturday and Sunday April 28-29 at Morgan Hill, CA.

Youth Club Championships

The USA Ultimate Youth Club Championships is the premier Youth Ultimate event in the country and takes place in early August in Blaine, MN. Participation on a Bay Area team requires participating in the Summer Club League we organize in June.

At the 2011 Youth Club Championships, we brought three teams: Mixed and Open Under 19 and the Bay Area’s first ever Under 16 team. The Mixed team, Happy Cows, returned to the site of its triumph last year and ran the table to win the competition once again.

See the USA Ultimate coverage of this event for more details. For some YCC photos check out our Facebook page.

Middle and High School State Championships

The High School State Championships are organized by USA Ultimate in May or early June, providing a culmination to the spring Ultimate season. California also has Middle School State Championships. Most of the teams in both tournaments come from the Bay Area. Check out the 2011 season’s best players here.

High School Western Champioships

The High School Western Regional Championships are organized by USA Ultimate every year in late spring (2012 edition: June 2-3 Orem, UT). This is the top tournament for high school Ultimate teams in the Western United States and Canada. Open teams and Girls teams come together to showcase high school Ultimate at its best. In recent years, the Bay Area has been represented by Dark Meat (Alameda) and High Coup (Berkeley). We hope that more teams will get to experience this amazing competition soon.

2012 Youth Calendar

• Winter League (Berkeley, Dec5 - Feb 26)
• Coaches’ Meeting (Berkeley, Sun Feb 12)
• Spring League (various locations, March 10 - April 22)
• Spring Break Camp (Berkeley, April 2-6)
• “Spaghetti Western” Youth Tournament (Morgan Hill, April 28-29)
• MS/HS State Championships* (to be confirmed)
• HS Western Championships* (Orem, UT, June 2-3)
• Summer Camps (various locations, June/July)
• Club Summer League (Berkeley, June)
• Youth Club Championships* (Blaine, MN, August 11-12)

[*USAU events]

What is Ultimate?

Wondering if Ultimate is right for you or your child? Ultimate, also known as "ultimate frisbee," combines the most exciting elements of several other sports and thrills all participants in its own unique way. On offense you pass and pivot like a point guard in basketball, flow up and down the field like a striker in soccer, and reach for the scoring catch like a receiver in football.

Where Ultimate differs most from other sports is that it’s self-officiated at all levels, and the concept of Spirit Of The Game, the official code of ethics of the sport, serves as the overall guiding principle to enable that to be effective, competitive and fun for all. At Bay Area Disc Association, we encourage the spirit of the game by letting everyone know that competitive play is highly encouraged, but never at the expense of having fun or enjoying the sport.

Ultimate is easy to learn, but hard to perfect, so it's a great sport to learn as an introduction to team sports, or as a new and interesting outlet for kids who already participate in athletics. Even if you've never thrown a disc before, you can learn to play Ultimate. You can expect a lot of running and some sprinting, so if you're a high energy kid who gets bored easily, Ultimate very well could be your next favorite thing to do!

The Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules article spells out in more detail how this sport is played.

Help Wanted / Recruitments in Progress

The Bay Area Disc Association’s Youth activities and planning are supported by a community of volunteer coaches, players and educators. If you wish to become more involved in Youth Ultimate in any way, please contact us. We're always looking for ways to involve the broader Ultimate community in the development of the sport at the youth level.

Contact Us

The Bay Area Disc Association’s central contact point for all Youth Ultimate activities is youthdivision (at) bayareadisc (dot) org.

Join the Mailing List

To receive advanced notifications of Youth events or to participate in discussions about our various initiatives, please join our Youth Mailing List. This list is intended as the main communication channel for Youth Ultimate activities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Youth Ultimate players in high school or middle school, parents, and coaches are all encouraged to join this list to share information about playing and learning opportunities.