Tips to help teams live long and prosper!

* Note: in this article when we refer to women or men, we include self-identifying, non-binary and trans folks.

One of the many unique aspects of ultimate is that it’s a popular co-ed sport. In the VUL, more than 4500 people play ultimate in the summer, of which about 58% are men* and 42% are women*.

We know both anecdotally and through survey data that one of the main challenges for many teams to form and stay together year-over-year is their ability to recruit and retain enough women-matching players.

In order to understand how successful teams do this we asked 100 experienced captains what they do so we could share their wisdom with you! Our hope is that this collective knowledge sparks new ideas for your team to keep on having fun together!

You’ll notice most of these strategies aren’t just related to recruiting and retaining women. In fact, many captains told us that they don’t do anything special for women, they just do the same types of things for all new players.