{"id":964,"date":"2021-12-21T22:15:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/?p=964"},"modified":"2022-01-13T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:15:58","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2021-2022\/2021\/12\/21\/__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge of Popularity In Ultimate Frisbee Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ACHS students are joining the team rapidly again after the pandemic temporarily stymied growth. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Maxwell Tankersley<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Ultimate Frisbee Club at Alexandria City High School endeavors to set itself apart from other school sports by focusing on both including and lifting up all their members while still staying competitive. The current ACHS team was started in spring of 2019, but it started gaining traction in the fall of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimate Frisbee, like other sports at ACHS, is competitive, with the team participating in United States of America Ultimate (USAU) state tournaments. The team prioritzes the importance of inclusivity and improvement, notwithstanding the hostility that competitive sports can bring. \u201cOne of our major team rules is being inclusive\u2026when we see someone on our team being too competitive, or bringing other people down, we call them out for it,\u201d said Andres Huenneke, one of the team captains. \u201cOne of the best things is seeing how people can improve; it really does show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club has been off and on at ACHS since the 80\u2019s. \u201cThis is the most recent iteration of it\u2026it was just started by a couple of students who were really interested in Ultimate Frisbee, and wanted to spread it further,\u201d said Virginia Arnold, a member of the team, \u201c[Those] students have now graduated, but the team keeps going on.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another thing that makes Ultimate differs is the universal experience threshold. \u201cYou don\u2019t need to have experience with Ultimate to really learn and do well on our team,\u201d said Arnold. \u201cThere\u2019s a learning curve, because people aren\u2019t used to throwing\u2026but if you\u2019re willing to stick through that\u2026curve, it\u2019s really rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things that impacted the growth of the club was the pandemic. At first, it was hard for them to hold practices. \u201cThrough the summer, we didn\u2019t practice,\u201d said Arnold. However, the pandemic also gave them new opportunities. \u201cIt was almost convenient that the pandemic existed, because we were able to use these field spaces that traditionally the [other] high school teams would get access to,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter Covid started hitting, there was a hiatus for a while\u2026and October 2020, that\u2019s when the team really got popular\u2026that’s when it kinda blew up.\u201d said Huenneke. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ultimate Frisbee club continues to grow, and is always open to new members. \u201cWe allow anyone to come in, whoever wants to come out and play,\u201d said Arnold. \u201cUltimate is very accommodating of people of various gender identities, so whoever you are, you can find a place in Ultimate.\u201d Ultimate Frisbee is a mixed sport, which means that both guys and girls play together on the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team practices are usually held Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30-sunset, and Sundays from 10-1. Weekday practices are held at Chinquapin, and Sunday practices are held at GW. Students are welcome to join at any time. \u201cWe\u2019re always taking new members,\u201d said Huenneke. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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