Secondary Schools

WHY PLAY ULTIMATE?

HERE’S 5 GOOD REASONS!

1. Non-contact – as a non-contact sport it is a great, safe sport for students of all ages, sizes and abilities.
2. Self-refereed – the self-refereeing aspect of Ultimate encourages a mature response to competitive situations and builds confidence in self-advocacy.
3. Skill Acquisition – the task of throwing a frisbee accurately and catching it successfully is great for the development of hand-eye co-ordination.
4. Fun – we regularly find that students who wouldn’t usually get involved in PE really take an interest in Ultimate.
5. 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 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.

HIGH SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS

2026 UV HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Senior Division (all years) – Tuesday September 15th

Intermediate Division (Years 9 and 10) – Tuesday October 13th

Junior Division (Years 7 and 8) – Tuesday October 13th

Both events will feature Boys, Mixed and Girls divisions, with games from 9:30am to 2:30pm.

Both events will be held at Royal Park in Melbourne – https://goo.gl/maps/So2LbwjMjnwnMBRL7

Resources

• UV School Events Rules of Play
• Spirit Scoring Guide for youth events
• Teaching Spirit Of The Game

Past Events

See results from past UV HSSC events in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 & 2017.  

Supported by School Sport Victoria.

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)
• (YouTube) Self-Refereeing – an introduction to self-refereeing in Ultimate

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 all secondary school year levels. 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

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!