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GROWTH : FROM LOCAL TO PROVINCIAL

BY CHRISTIAN D’AUTEUIL, MAXIME DARCHE & GUILLAUME PROULX GOULET

LOCAL GROWTH

BY CHRISTIAN D’AUTEUIL GENERAL MANAGER ULTIMATE GRAND MONTRÉAL

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Ultimate Greater Montreal

• Formely known as

Association d’ultimate de Montréal ( AUM )

• Brief History
• Territory

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Cartography of Greater Montreal

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Local Leagues

• Genesis of a local league​
• Stages​
• Requirements​
• Growing pains​
• Recognition​
• Junior programs​

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• rder to develop a strong base for the

structure of the sport in further stages.

Regional Junior Programs

• Objectives​
• Challenges​
• Stages of development​

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Take home message Make sure to determine what your end structure should be and take the steps that will help you get there as quickly as you can with the resources you have available.

REGIONAL GROWTH

BY MAXIME DARCHE OPERATIONS MANAGER ULTIMATE GRAND MONTREAL

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Our situation

THE SITUATION

Mostly adult recreative league players Big territory Not much help from the public sector More and more teams play all year long Lack of fields (quantity and quality) 7 vs 7 only possible/viable during the summer

OUR GOAL

Making sure as many players as possible can play all year long. More players = more recognition

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OUR SOLUTION

Offering new formats

5 vs 5 Change on the Fly / Speed Point 525 Accepted team registrations in 2017

PROS:

• Our most popular format
• Mixed (3 men / 2 women)
• Generally a fixed location
• Shorter game length (timeslots

rotation)

• More players / teams at once
• Still has long passes
• Is played all year long
• Big increase in summer

2016/2017

• 1 day recreative tournaments

CONS:

• Requires an employee
• Requires a turf
• Not a traditional format

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4 vs 4 90 Accepted team registrations in winter 2017

PROS:

• Mixed – Mainly parity nowadays
• A lot more players on a field

(180/h/turf)

• Very profitable
• Fixed location
• Indoor competitive scene

(tournaments)

• Encourages advanced throws

CONS:

• Requires an employee
• Requires a turf
• Not a traditional format
• Very small field

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Regional Growth - Conclusion

THE REASONS WE HEAR PEOPLE PREFER 5 VS 5 & 4 VS 4 FORMAT … 7 vs 7 takes too much of their time Traffic Points can be too long Not fun to cut out players at the end of the summer Better to play in one location each week Other formats removes a lot of responsibility from the team captains Easier to create a new team (less players required) 7 VS 7 IS MOSTLY APPRECIATED BY … Our old timers recreative players Our competitive players

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THE FINAL WORD

There is always a way to make sure everyone (or almost everyone) can

• play. We just need to be open-minded

and creative regardless of our

• constraints. If we create/offer

something enjoyable, the players will adapt and like it.

PROVINCIAL GROWTH

BY GUILLAUME PROULX GOULET GENERAL MANAGER FÉDÉRATION QUÉBÉCOISE D’ULTIMATE

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Structure

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PROVINCIAL RÉGIONAL

Provincial challenges

• Sanction every ultimate events in

Québec

• Offer a provincial calendar

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• 1. Assume our leadership and our responsibilities in Québec

Provincial challenges

• What is the best way to develop athletes?
• Athletes identification for specific support
• Not in opposition, but complementary

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• 2. Club management culture vs Provincial athlete development

Provincial challenges

• 3. Grassroots vs Competitive vs Athlete development

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• FQU organize competitive

events for clubs and for athlete development

• Be careful not to neglect

grassroots development

Questions?

Players of Titane; one of the many junior teams in Montreal

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Representatives of the Province of Quebec at the Jeux de la Francophonie