Is your child tired of traditional sports?

October 10, 2012

Young Ultimate enthusiasts do the 'wave' at Camp Spirit of the Game in Pittsburgh

Looking for a new sport to try with your child? Something different, something safe, and something very affordable?

Maybe your kid doesn’t want to do the mainstream sports and is looking for another way to get exercise and have fun in a team sport. Perhaps your young athlete is looking for an alternative to traditional organized sports.

Ultimate–also known as ultimate frisbee–might just be his game. Ultimate is a growing sport with millions of players around the world. It is a great sport for any age: it’s non-contact and cheap–all you need is a disc and an empty field. As your child grows older, there are club teams and tournaments and it’s even being considered as an Olympic sport in the future.

And now, there is a tool called Ulticards, to teach ultimate athletes the skills of the game. Every card holds a different skill, technique or drill that ultimate athletes can use at practice or in games.

Ulticards were designed by players with ultimate success at the highest levels of the sport–world champions, national team youth head coaches from the USA and Canada–teachers, and educators. Ulticards is used by USA Ultimate, the governing body for ultimate in the USA, and by its certified coaches.

Four Choices

Ulticards offers four types of packs: the Essential, Throwing, Drills, and Rules Trivia.

The Essential pack is a deck of cards teaching the essentials of the game. It describes different types of throws, catches, and offensive and defensive strategies. The Throwing pack includes much more in-depth information and more advanced techniques than the Essentials pack. The Drills pack features games and drills for 2-20 kids. The games are fun and help to improve ultimate knowledge and skills. The UltiRules Trivia pack is a fun trivia game that teaches the rules of the sport.

UltiCards are great for ultimate players young and old. Each pack contains tons of information.

Why Ultimate?

It’s relatively new in the world of sports (since 1968) and has been growing rapidly in popularity ever since. Players of all ages and levels enjoy the unique challenges this sport offers. Once you get started on ultimate, you’ll be hooked. Besides being fun, ultimate promotes cardio fitness and hand-eye coordination.

Ultimate is a legitimate sport with a national governing body, official rules, leagues, and competitions at all age levels. It’s a great sport to begin as a child or start as an adult.
Ultimate is fun and challenging, whether you play pickup occasionally at the park or pracitce three times a week with your team.
Ultimate is easy to learn, for any age.
Ultimate is cheap.

Ultimate is a great alternative sport and Ulticards will help you get started if you’re a newbie or improve your skills and play if you’re a veteran.

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Yes, this is a paid review. But I stand by my promise to only review products that will help sports parents and their young athletes have a better youth sports experience.

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