YCC Head Coach Applications for 2018
WAFC is now accepting applications for our Youth Club Championships (YCC) teams’ Head Coach position for 2018.
Youth Ultimate
DC Area Teams Shine Brightly at Youth Nationals
The Washington Area Frisbee Club (WAFC) sent four teams to the USA Ultimate Youth Club Championships in Blaine, Minnesota over this past weekend. Overall, the teams went way beyond expectations and proved to the rest of the country what incredible young talent is emerging here in the DC area. The U20 Girls team DC Rogue upset both the #1 and #2 seeds on the way to a spot in the national final…
Ultimate At All Ages: Teaching Numbers with “Fast Count!”
Long time Breeze supporter and season ticket holder Michael Hechter recently published “Fast Count!”, an illustrated board book that teaches toddlers how to count. Here’s his story of how the book came to be. Once Upon A Time, In the fall of 2014 I became a first-time father. Isaac, now 2 years old, is the offspring of two ultimate-playing parents who met while playing ultimate. My wife Rachel and I…
Fairfax County High Schools Launch Petition for Club Ultimate
Student leaders at several Fairfax County high schools launched a petition this week in an effort to get Ultimate recognized as an official club sport in Fairfax County Public Schools. A similar initiative succeeded in Arlington County last year.
Sign the petition here:
Make Ultimate Frisbee a Club Sport in Fairfax County
WAFC Middle School Indoor Mini-League Announced
The Washington Area Frisbee Club (WAFC) is offering a 3-session Indoor “Mini” League for Middle School players this winter. It will consist of 6 teams, and each team will play 3 games during the season. The league is designed for middle school players – 6th, 7th & 8th Graders, boys & girls
Breeze Join Frederick Halloween Youth Clinic & Hat Tourney
Frederick Area Ultimate hosted their annual Halloween Hat Tourney and Youth Clinic last Saturday in Frederick, MD, and the Breeze were out in force.
Breeze Players Teach Ultimate To Arlington 9th Graders
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.
Breeze/WAFC MS Clinic Series Ends In Style
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.
AJ Jacoski Hosts Ocean City Beach Classic
Breeze player and team Strength and Conditioning Coach Alex “AJ” Jacoski ordered up a bluebird, 70 degree weekend for the Ocean City Beach Classic (OCBC) October 15-16th. With 30 teams in attendance, the waterfront at Ocean City was buzzing with players from as far afield as Oneonta and Long Island, NY, and south to Virginia Beach. The DC, Maryland and Virginia club scene was well-represented and notably included delegates from…
Breeze/WAFC Middle School Clinic Series Round 2
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.