Does anyone feel that two games in the span of two hours and no warm up time except for on a field that clearly states "closed" is worth being known as a league? The youth league is a great idea. If you don't know what the details are, here is a small list:
1. Two games (1 hour each)
2. Winners play winners, losers play losers
3. Teams are somewhat evenly matched
4. No space for error, because the fields are reserved before and after the two hours allowed
5. No finals, nothing to lead up to.
Sounds nice, correct? Well here is the problem driving all the way to west berkeley for only two hours worth of ultimate and then having to turn back is kind of lame. Especially you are ATC, or some other team that has to drive more than two hours to get to the fields.
I love the concept. I think that HS ultimate needs to start moving in a league format. College is hard to do because of the distance, but HS has the ability since most are within, at most, a two hour drive. What they are doing will revolutionize bay area youth ultimate. I think all of the coaches should come together and talk about starting it up as a league.
Fall should be warm up tourney's and then spring will be one day tournament style league so every game matters. But this is a whole different blog...coming soon.
I think that what Jordan is doing is great and I hope it leads to a new format of youth ultimate, but this one "league" is kind of falling short of hype and expectation.
Keep on huckin Yay Area.
Geoff
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