Sporting Schools – Ulti-Mates
Ultimate Australia’s Ulti-Mates program is offered to Primary Schools Australia-wide via the Sporting Schools program.
About Sporting Schools
Sporting Schools is a $280 million Australian Government initiative designed to help schools increase children’s participation in sport and connect them with community sport opportunities.
Sporting Schools programs are provided free to children and their families to help students build the confidence and capability to be active for life.
To help achieve this, Sport Australia has partnered with more than 35 national sporting organisations (NSOs). There is a program for primary schools, and a targeted program for Year 7 and 8 students in secondary schools.
Ultimate Australia’s Ulti-Mates program is offered to Primary Schools Australia-wide via the Sporting Schools program. Fly is now available to secondary schools.
About the Ulti-Mates program
Ultimate Australia’s Ulti-Mates program introduces Primary School children to the fun, inclusive and growing sport of Ultimate Frisbee.
Through a unique self-refereed and game based approach to team sport, Ulti-Mates develops and improves communication, fair play and social-emotional learning.
The Ulti-Mates program lessons are aligned to the Australian Curriculum and Physical Literacy Framework.
Ulti-Mates consists of many fun activities, games and lessons that cater to two key age groups:
- Foundation to Year 2
- Year 3 to Year 6
Through modified games, Ulti-Mates introduces students to movement skills including throwing and catching a frisbee. Students will also develop a strong foundation in teamwork and fair play skills through an introduction to Ultimate Frisbee’s unique ‘Spirit of the Game’ concept.
About the Fly program
Ultimate Australia’s Fly program uses a game-based approach to introduce Year 7 and 8 students to the fun and emerging team sport of Ultimate Frisbee. Learning to throw and catch a frisbee captivates students from the start of the Fly program.
Students will enjoy developing their leadership and conflict resolution skills as they implement self-refereeing and spirit of the game into their game play. Regardless of current physical abilities, using a frisbee instead of a ball can level the playing field among your class, providing an opportunity for different students to excel as everyone develops new skills.
Why Play Ultimate?
WHY PLAY ULTIMATE?
HERE’S 5 GOOD REASONS!
- Non-contact – as a non-contact sport it is a great, safe sport for students of all ages, sizes and abilities.
- Self-refereed – the self-refereeing aspect of Ultimate encourages a mature response to competitive situations and builds confidence in self-advocacy.
- Skill Acquisition – the task of throwing a frisbee accurately and catching it successfully is great for the development of hand-eye co-ordination.
- Fun – we regularly find that students who wouldn’t usually get involved in PE really take an interest in Ultimate.
- Co-ed – Ultimate is most commonly played with both men and women. Most leagues and competitions in Australia are mixed gender!
Ultimate is a unique sport that fosters many traditional fundamental motor skills, as well as requiring new frisbee specific skills. The game itself develops many fundamental motor skills such as running, proprioception and spatial awareness. Ultimate also develops hand-eye co-ordination and catching skills as well as the unique forehand, backhand and overhead throwing skills needed to propel the disc. These new skills are easy and fun to learn and many of the movements can be adapted from other sports.
In a time when sedentary children are sometimes considered the norm, Ultimate can inspire participants to live active lives. The fast-paced game of Ultimate is a fantastic cardio workout with many new skills to master. The game is always entertaining.
Ultimate can be modified to suit different playing abilities. Simply playing throw and catch has many health benefits as you chase and jump attempting to make a catch.
SPIRIT OF THE GAME
Ultimate also provides a unique approach to officiating, allowing the players to resolve disputes without a referee. The Spirit of the Game (SOTG) is the governing rule of the sport that entrusts players to play within the rules in an honest and friendly-yet-competitive environment. SOTG allows players many opportunities for self-advocacy as well as situations for players to practice conflict resolution that can easily be transferred to other areas of life. SOTG is best defined as: Play hard; play fair.
Staff PD
STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Australian Flying Disc Association’s (AFDA) Level 1 Community Coaching Course is available to take online.
This coaching course will provide participants with an understanding and skill set to introduce and teach the sport of Ultimate to beginners.
This course would be highly beneficial to teachers that would like to introduce Ultimate to their students and include it as a weekly sport, or for preparation for participating in or facilitating inter-school Ultimate competitions.
AFDA is offering the course and accreditation for free throughout 2026.
Visit the UA Clubhouse website for more information or to start taking the course.
UV Beginner Instructor course
Ultimate Victoria has developed a simple online course to learn how to teach basic throwing and catching skills to new players, allowing them to run introductory clinics at schools, universities, league teams and workplaces. This is available online for free.
We can also deliver this course in-person for free (minimum 8 participants) – email schools@ultimatevictoria.com.au to ask!
Interschool Competitions
PRIMARY SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS
2026 UV PRIMARY SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday October 13th
For Years 5 & 6 students, played in Boys/Mixed and Girls divisions, with games from 9:30am to 2:30pm.
Venue: Royal Park in Melbourne – https://goo.gl/maps/So2LbwjMjnwnMBRL7
Resources
Past Events
See results from past UV PSSC events in 2025
Supported by School Sport Victoria.
Free Teacher Resources
Free Teacher Resources
Ultimate Victoria has collaborated with our coaching network to create the following guides for teachers introducing the sport to their PE curriculum.
- GSWAP system – identifying and correcting common skill difficulties (PDF download)
- CHANGE IT system – a simple game sense approach to adapting activities to suit confidence and ability levels (PDF download)
- Setting Up A Game – a guide to starting and facilitating a game of ultimate, including how to modify the field size and team sizes to suit confidence and ability levels (PDF download)
- Game Runner Guide – tips on supervising a game of ultimate and encouraging students to self-referee the game PDF download)
- Playing With Spirit – a framework for teaching students how to self-referee a game of ultimate (PDF download)
We also have two free sets of lesson plans for teachers:
- VicFlick: Learn To Play – eight modular session plans that introduce the skills of ultimate frisbee. Suitable for Years 3-6. Aligned to Movement and Physical Activity objectives of the Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0.
- VicFlick: Game Ready – six modular session plans adaptable to either a PE class, or dedicated training session. Builds on skills previously learned and introduces team-based strategy to prepare a team for competition.
All lesson plans feature video examples of activities, and suggestions for adaptations.
For access to these lesson plans, simply email schools@ultimatevictoria.com.au and ask!
Gala Day Resource Pack
Gala Day Resource Pack
Ultimate Victoria has put together a resource pack for SSV District Coordinators, and any other school sport organisers, looking to host an inter-school competition.
The pack contains easy to follow guides and templates covering all aspects of the day
- A one-page rules sheet
- Fill-in template risk assessments
- How to set up appropriate sized fields
- Template fixtures
- A one-page guide for teachers on how to supervise a game
If your budget allows for it, UV can arrange an accredited coach to attend as a Technical Director, or senior players to attend as Game Runners.
We can also provide free advice on running a successful Gala Day if you have any questions not covered by the resource pack.
For access to this resource pack, simply email schools@ultimatevictoria.com.au and ask!