FRHS Ultimate Frisbee Club Observation
For my last co-curricular activity, I attended the FRHS Ultimate Frisbee Club meeting and practice on October 14, 2015. Personally, I have never played organized ultimate frisbee, so I didn't really know what to expect from the experience. I arrived after school at 3:30pm and meet the team out on the south east field. Over fifty students were warming up with miscellaneous drills, throwing the frisbee and running routes. Their "meeting" had turned into more of a practice and an opportunity to play one another.
This club team is part of the school but there they don't have access to funding. They have a teacher sponsor who chaparones some of the events; however, the students do a really good job of self-regulating. The sponsor assists if the students need anything, but for the most part the students set practices, meetings, and organize the itinerary.
When I arrived, the two student female club leaders informed me their participation numbers were abnormally low for that particular practice. "We usually have over seventy-five students participating and practice normally last about an hour." They also told me that it is a struggle to coordinate and organize games or tournaments due to a lack of other teams in the area. Fossil Ridge High School and Fort Collins High School (combined with students from other schools) are the only schools in town with an ultimate frisbee club team. The hope and the goal is that they have enough participants in order to create a town club in the spring time. This type of club team would allow them to play other club teams in the area that are unaffiliated with a school, and include players of all ages.
It was a great experience going and watching the students practice and organize themselves. They separated into two teams and scrimmaged after warming up. They played until the first game was over before taking a break. As the teams finished their games they all took a break to go get some water. As they walked away from the practice field the JV/Freshman Football team spilled onto the practice field, thus ending the ultimate frisbee practice.
It would be fun to be a sponsor of one of these extra-curricular teams, but I think it would be challenging not to want to participant and/or play with the students. As a sponsor, you're not allowed to interfere with student activities and organization because the club is outside of FRHS funding.
This club team is part of the school but there they don't have access to funding. They have a teacher sponsor who chaparones some of the events; however, the students do a really good job of self-regulating. The sponsor assists if the students need anything, but for the most part the students set practices, meetings, and organize the itinerary.
When I arrived, the two student female club leaders informed me their participation numbers were abnormally low for that particular practice. "We usually have over seventy-five students participating and practice normally last about an hour." They also told me that it is a struggle to coordinate and organize games or tournaments due to a lack of other teams in the area. Fossil Ridge High School and Fort Collins High School (combined with students from other schools) are the only schools in town with an ultimate frisbee club team. The hope and the goal is that they have enough participants in order to create a town club in the spring time. This type of club team would allow them to play other club teams in the area that are unaffiliated with a school, and include players of all ages.
It was a great experience going and watching the students practice and organize themselves. They separated into two teams and scrimmaged after warming up. They played until the first game was over before taking a break. As the teams finished their games they all took a break to go get some water. As they walked away from the practice field the JV/Freshman Football team spilled onto the practice field, thus ending the ultimate frisbee practice.
It would be fun to be a sponsor of one of these extra-curricular teams, but I think it would be challenging not to want to participant and/or play with the students. As a sponsor, you're not allowed to interfere with student activities and organization because the club is outside of FRHS funding.