The 2010 World Junior Ultimate Championships will be held in Heilbronn, Germany from August 3rd - 7th.
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Player Application Period Closed
The application period closed on November 30th. All players who met the requirements and completed an application will be considered for one of 80 spots at a March 2010 try out camp. Notification of selection to a try out camp will be sent to the email address in the player's UPA account by the end of the day on January 18th.
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| Head & Assistant Coaches Selected
The UPA is pleased to announce that Berend Van Heuvelen will be returning as the head coach of the U-20 National Boys team and John Sandahl will be stepping up to coach the Girls squad after several years as an assistant coach.
Van Heuvelen has recruited Jody Avirgan to return in his role as an Assistant Coach for the 2010 Boys Team. Pauline Lauterbach, 2002 Callahan winner and 1998 Junior National team member, will also be joining the Boys coaching staff as an Assistant Coach. Fresh off a Gold medal win at the 2009 World Games, Chelsea Putnam will be returning as an Assistant Coach for the Girls Team under Head Coach Sandahl. Miranda Roth will also be joining the coaching staff, bringing her own Gold medal experience from the 2005 World Games and as an Assistant Coach to the 2006 Girls Team. Interestingly, both Chelsea and Miranda were also Callahan winners, in 2003 and 2004 (respectively)! What an all-star cast! |
Information on past US Junior National teams and events:
2006 US Junior National Teams
2006 US Junior National Team Daily Updates 2008 US Junior National Team Daily Updates & Final Standings
History of US Junior National Teams:
Since 1994 the UPA has selected and sent a US Junior open team to the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) and the World Ultimate Junior Championships (WUJC). In 2000 the UPA selected and sent a US Junior girls team the first year that WFDF held that division. These events occur in even years. The US did not send a team in either division in 2002 for a number of reasons. Every team which the UPA has sent to represent the United States have medalled including earning the gold medal in 1998 (open), 2000 (girls), 2004 (open), 2006 (open and girls) and 2008 (open). The current process for team selection begins with the head coaches attending the Youth Club Championships in the year prior to the event and scouting players. Next, interested players apply through the UPA website in the early winter. Up to 80 applicants for each team are invited to attend a try-out camp hosted on each coast in March. Coaches choose the top 20 players to represent the United States at the event in August. The site of the world championships is chosen by WFDF. US Junior National team head coaches are chosen by a Selection Committee made up of representations from the top 8 leagues that participate in the Youth Club Championships from the year prior to application. Coaches must be UPA Level I certified and are chosen by application. Assistant coaches are chosen by the team’s head coaches and must also be Level I certified. The US Junior National Teams provide an opportunity for the best of the country’s young Ultimate players to compete on the world stage against the best of their age throughout the world. As the team is made up of players from across the country the team and the try-outs themselves foster goodwill and Spirit of the Game among the top players and leaders for their team. The try-out camps expose the best players to the best coaches raising the level of play throughout the country. The UPA will continue to select US Junior National teams biannually. As the number of high level youth players grows the selection process may be refined to create a more clear channel for reaching the highest level utilizing UPA sanctioned Youth Leagues, the UPA YCC, and/or UPA Certified Coaches. |
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