2013 Summer 5 Week Clinic Series - June 3rd to July 8th
5 Week Clinic Series
Learn how to play Ultimate Frisbee, the world's fastest growing sport. TUC has a 5 Week Clinic Series for the those newer players to the game. There will be 2 separate levels of Clinic Series, a Beginner/Recreational level and an Intermediate level.
The TUC Clinic Series will run on Monday evenings for 5 weeks from June 3rd to July 8th (no session on Monday July 1st), from 6:45 PM to dusk at Sir Winston Churchill Park.
FREE TORONTO RUSH TICKET |
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Thanks to our friends at the Toronto Rush, every registered participant will receive 1 ticket for a 2013 Rush home game at the Varsity Centre.
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For more information on the TUC Clinic Series please read further.
You will get expert instructions on improving your skills, basic team concepts, zones (offence & defense), strategies, rules and much more. Each week will provide a clinic on a specific topic for the first hour, which will then be followed by a scrimmage to practice those concepts.
You need to be a TUC Member in order to register for this league and registration cost is $60 for all 5 weeks. Registration is now open (note if you are having difficulties registering please review our How To Register page or contact admin@tuc.org).
Also, you can certainly participate in our regular 16 week summer league on another night if you wish to do so, and use this clinic league as your 'practice'. Membership and league fees would apply and spots are subject to availability.
BEGINNER CLINIC SERIES INTRODUCTION TO ULTIMATE AND BASIC SKILLS
The beginner 5 week clinic is geared towards new players or any person looking to work on their basic Ultimate skills. This series of clinics will teach you the very basic skills needed to play the game of ultimate. While the clinic main focus will be on improving your throws, other basic skills such as catching, cutting and defense will also be covered over the 5 week period. If you are looking to learn the basic skills or a place to learn and practice your throws this is the clinic for you.
Introduction to Ultimate
History of the Sport & TUC
Basics of the Game
10 Simple Rules of Ultimate
Spirit of the Game and Self Officiating
BASIC SKILLS
PRINCIPLES OF THROWING:
Basic Throwing Concepts
Basics to Throwing a Backhand
Basics to Throwing a Forehand (Flick)
Basics to Throwing a Hammer
Basics to Pivoting
PRINCIPLES OF CATCHING:
Basic Catching Concepts
Clap (Pancake) Catch
Two Handed Rim Catch
Catching One Handed
Jumping For the Disc
Layout Catch
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF OFFENSE:
Stack Offense (Vertical)
Cutting
Clearing
Timing
Clearing
The Dump
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DEFENSE:
Basics to Person to Person Defense
Marking & Forcing the Thrower
Covering a Cutter
Fundamentals of Marking a Thrower
Covering the Cutter Techniques
REVIEW TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM
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INTERMEDIATE CLINIC SERIES
Team Concepts and Strategies
The Intermediate Clinic series is geared towards those players who are comfortable with their throwing skills but want to take their game to the next level. This series will move the focus from the basic skills of the game and concentrates on the finer points of team play and strategies. You will learn things from different types of stacks to zones on offense and how to defend them on defense.
OFFENSE:
Advanced Vertical Stack
Horizontal Stack
Side Stack
Defense to Offense Transition
Advance Cutting Techniques
END ZONE OFFENSE:
End Zone Sets
Spacing and Clearing
End Zone Plays
DEFENSE:
Defensive Sets
Trapping
Sideline Communication
Advance Force
Switching
ZONE DEFENSE AND OFFENSE
DEFENSE
Zone Concepts
Positions and Responsibilities
Zone Variations
Transition: Zone to Person
The Clam
OFFENSE
Zone Strategy
Positions and Responsibilities
Movement
ULTIMATE FITNESS AND PROGRAM REVIEW
Training drills for speed, agility and quickness Strength training
REVIEW TOPICS COVERED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM
If you have any questions about our Clinic Series contact clinics@tuc.org or 647-345-8105.
- Event Type
- Clinics
- Multiples
- Not allowed
- Registration Opens
- May 8, 2013 12:45PM
- Registration Closes
- Jun 17, 2013 11:59PM
- Reservations
- No
- Cost
- CA$50.00
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