Spring Parents Meeting Notes

Introduction to Ultimate

Captains: Ellie W., Maggie W., Aurora R.

Coach: Patrick Morrissy. Coach Pat will be at practices several days a week and be at our tournaments. He also meets with the captains weekly.

Ultimate is a team sport, with 7-on-7 per point on the field. Intent is to score in the end zone. Big part of ultimate is spirit of the game, which is to say sportsmanship. Respect and communication are key elements of the game, as we have no referees and our rules are self-policed. More about Ultimate here!

Expectations

Players should be at preseason a minimum of 3 days a week. If there are extenuating circumstances, players should discuss their availability with the captains in writing (via email or text.) Official practices will be run from 3:30 to 6pm at New Waterlands Field in South Orange. Players must attend 3 practices a week, preferably all 5, as we base playing time at tournaments on practice attendance and effort.

Official practices begin March 4^th, 2013.

Communications: the team email is chs.sparklemotion@gmail.com  If you need to reach the captains, please email this account. This website will be used to disperse information to players and parents so please subscribe! (There’s a box to the side of the site with which you can subscribe to the site.) On our site, we have sign up for tournaments, the player agreement, our calendar and a link to our Flickr account.

Captains Roles

-Ellie is responsible for fundraising, the website and parent communication, and preseason organization.

-Aurora is responsible for tournament organization, travel arrangements, and player communication

-Maggie is responsible for paperwork and financial issues.

All three captains plan practices with Coach Pat.

Other important people: Lisa Philips is our treasurer and Corey Fagundez works with the businesses and town officials for our fundraising efforts.

Tournament Dates

-March 23 – 24: YULA Invite (Arlington, VA)

-April 7^th: Radnor Invite (Radnor, PA)

-April 13 – 14: Paideia Cup (Atlanta, GA)

-May 4 – 5: Amherst Invite (Amherst, MA)*

-May 11 – 12: Northeasterns (TBA)**

-May 18 – 19: St. Johnsbury Academy Invitational (St. Johnsbury, VT)

-May 26^th: NJ State Championship (TBA)

*This weekend is an SAT weekend. Players can take their SAT at Amherst High School if they would like, but they need to register in advance.

**Our record throughout the season will determine admission to regionals. So we will not know until later into the season.

Financials

Dues are $400 for the spring season. For returning players, uniforms were paid for with the money raised from the discount card fundraiser; for new players, uniforms will be ordered and paid for later in the season.

Please email Lisa Philips directly at maggio2@gmail.com if you have any concerns with paying dues. She is willing and able to create a payment plan to cover the cost of the spring season. Understand that the dues cover all travel and tournament fees; the only cost not covered by dues are for uniforms and the ticket to fly to Atlanta, as we take a select squad to the tournament, thus charging the whole team for airfare is not necessary.

Parent Participation

Parents are expected to help the team—whether by driving to tournaments, providing snacks and bottled water, etc. We will be posting a pdf of the parent participation sign up forms shortly, we request that you fill one out and return them to Lisa Philips as soon as possible.