The UPA YCC is a tournament featuring the best high school aged ultimate players in the country. Eight Open, eight Mixed, and eight Girls teams from cities around the nation have been invited to attend. Minnesota will be putting together all-star teams to compete against teams from Seattle, New England, and more.

Once again, the Minnesota High School Ultimate League will be represented by one team in each of the Divisions; Mixed, Girls and Open. This year all three teams will be based in the Twin Cities.

Tryouts

Boy's tryouts will supply males to the Boy's team and the Mixed team. Girl's tryouts will supply females to the Girl's team and the Mixed team. (To clarify - there are no separate Mixed tryouts - to try out for any team, go to sessions of your gender).

Boy's Tryouts: Saturday, June 7th from 10am-1pm, & Tuesday, June 10th from 6pm-8:30pm.

Girl's Tryouts: Sunday, June 8th from 4pm-7pm, & Monday, June 9th from 6pm-8:30pm.

All tryouts will be held at Lake Nokomis Fields.

Questions & Answers

Q: What should I bring to tryouts?

A: White and dark shirts, a disc, water, cleats, weather-appropriate clothing, and yourself!

Q: Who is eligible to tryout?

A: All players under 19 years old as of June 1, 2008 who played in the MNHS league in 2007 or 2008.

Q: Why should I play?

A: The YCC teams let you play Ultimate with the best young players in the area and get coached by experienced leaders in the Ultimate community. You will make friends, get better at Ultimate, and have the opportunity to compete for a national championship!

Q: Do I have a choice of which team I try out for?

A: Players will have the option to express a preference. There are no guarantees, but the coaches will do their best to accommodate preferences.

Q: What if I really want to be on the same team as my friend?

A: Players will have the option to express a preference to play with one friend, but again there are no guarantees (it will help if both players put down each other). But remember: if you make a team, you will have many friends on the team - you just might not know all of them yet.

Q: What does the season entail?

A: After tryouts, all teams will be practicing twice weekly until the YCC tournament on August 9th and 10th. There will also be one practice tournament, the Minnesota Ultimate Disc Invite (MUDI), on July 26-27 in Maple Plain, MN. [So approximately 16 practice and 2 tournaments.]

Q: What if I can't make the YCC tournament on August 9th and 10th?

A: Then you probably can't play on a YCC team. However, there are other summer Ultimate opportunities such as pickup, leagues, and club teams.

Q: What if I can't some practices and/or MUDI?

A: You are still encouraged to tryout. Please be upfront with the coaches about your conflicts - if the coaches decide you will still benefit the team despite some absences, then you could still make a team.

Q: Who are the coaches?

A: Girl's Coaches: Lori Van Holmes, John Sandahl. Boy's Coaches: Eric Enge, Louis Abramowski, Chris Van Holmes, Chuck Hippman. Mixed Coaches: Dave Klink, Lauren Gloede, Mike Berseth, Sarah Solarz.

Q: What if I can't attend one or both tryouts?

A: If you can make at least one tryout, then you are fine. If you can't make either tryout, you can still possibly be on a team. Contact coach Dave Klink (daveklink@gmail.com) as soon as possible - (very) preferably before tryouts.

Q: How much does it cost?

A: There will be a fee for playing on the team (to cover jerseys, shorts, hats, tournament entry fees, and other intangibles), which is yet to be determined. If you cannot afford the fee, you can talk privately with a coach - there is financial assistance available for those in need.

Q: What if I have other questions?

A: Email coach Dave Klink (daveklink@gmail.com) with questions about the tryout process or other basic YCC information.

Call for Volunteers

Volunteers make the Youth Club Championships happen.  Without the many people who work hard at organizing and doing the many tasks that make up a tournament, there wouldn't be a tournament.

Please consider being a volunteer for this year's event.  Go to the Volunteer page and give us your contact and interest information.

Thanks!

Bruce Mebust
Tournament Director