DC Breeze players and staff, along with Kelly Ross of elite DC mixed team Ambiguous Grey, spent two days at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA teaching Ultimate skills and techniques in clinics for each of the six 9th grade P.E. classes.
The 5th and final round of the Breeze/WAFC Middle School Clinic Series took place this past Sunday at Montgomery Hills in Silver Spring, MD. Overall it was fantastic series with a lot of passionate and talented kids, upwards of 150 in all.
Ben Feng will hang up his cleats for good this winter and retire from the DC Breeze as a player. He announced today that he will use his retirement to focus on youth, women’s and mixed development with an emphasis on gender equity, and has accepted a position with the team as its new Youth and Gender Equity Coordinator.
Round 2 of the 5-round Breeze/WAFC Middle School Clinic Series took place last Sunday at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Following a terrific first evening September 18 with 40 kids in attendance, Round 2 surpassed the opening night with almost 60 middle schoolers participating in the 2-hour session.
Breeze players Matt Kerrigan and Rowan McDonnell joined forces with elite women players from DC club teams Scandal and Grit Sunday night in Arlington, VA to launch the first session of the WAFC/Breeze Middle School Clinic Series. It was a tremendous start, as almost 40 kids aged 10-14 came out in perfect 80-degree weather to get instruction from some of the best ultimate talent the DC area has to offer.
$5 clinic includes 2016 Breeze disc and a ticket to Breeze Opening Day 2017.
The DC Breeze and WAFC have partnered with YULA and elite players from the area’s best club teams to create a Middle School Clinic Series this Fall. Coaching instruction at the clinics will be performed by pros and other elite male and female players from around the region in the first series of its kind for the DC area.
Click Here For The ABC7 Video Scott Abraham of Washington’s ABC affiliate WJLA/ABC7 released the latest installment in his Rising Stars series Tuesday. Airing during the 4pm newscast, the story featured several Breeze players and coaches with Summer camp kids at Fort Stanton Recreation Center in Southeast DC.
Breeze players Matt Kerrigan and Brad Scott took time out of playoff preparations to teach skills to a great group of kids yesterday at the Fort Stanton Recreation Center Youth Camp in Southeast DC.
Bob Liu hosted throwing clinic for local women’s club team Grit before the Breeze game versus Montréal on Sunday. The focus of Liu’s coaching talk was achieving disc stability and spin. He discussed the physics of frisbee with the goal of inspiring the players to think more critically about each throw. Liu emphasized fundamental throwing skills, analyzing the throwing motion as basic building blocks: grip, wrist strength, body position, and…
“We see so many of our campers looking for players to look up to. The DC Breeze put on a fun show we know our campers will enjoy and the players are great role models for their character as well as their play.” The DC Breeze have partnered with Capital Ultimate Camp (CUC) to host and manage pre-game youth clinics before each Breeze home game during the 2016 season. The…
