Middle School Coed Spring League

There will be a mandatory coaches' meeting in late February or early March. Topics will include league logistics, schedules, rules, expectations of coaches, and management of head injuries.

General:

  1. This league uses the Official Rules of Ultimate, 11th Edition.
  2. The on-field gender ratio for this league is 4 boys: 3 girls.
  3. All players on a team must attend the same school. All exceptions must be approved by the Eligibility Committee. Applications are due by February 15. Please refer to the Eligibility Rules for details and for information on this process. Note that the Eligibility Rules have been revised for 2012.
  4. Teams are required to have an adult coach present at all games. The coach must be at least 18 years old.
  5. Please follow all park rules. This includes no dogs on athletic fields, and no food on synthetic fields. Please follow these and all other park rules, or we could lose our field privileges.
  6. In order to be eligible for post-season play and for the league Spirit of the Game award, a team must report all of its game scores and Spirit scores promptly. Scores for the entire season must be reported no later than 11:59pm on the Sunday following the last Saturday of regular play (so, Sunday May 6).
  7. All league-specific rules will be outlined at the coaches' meeting. Minutes will be provided after the meeting.

Paperwork:

The following paperwork is due by Wednesday, March 14. 

DiscNW prefers electronic copies of the paperwork, emailed to [Enable javascript to see email]. If you need to submit hard copies, please bring them to the coaches' meeting or mail to DiscNW at the address in the upper right corner of the website.

  1. The coach must submit a signed DiscNW Youth Participation Agreement and Release and Concussion Information Sheet for each player on the roster. Coaches should keep their own hard copy of the first page of this packet and bring it to all games and practices, since it contains a medical authorization which allows the coach to seek medical care for a player if the parent cannot be reached. Please alphabetize the player waivers by last name before submitting them.
  2. All coaches are required to sign a Coaching Code of Conduct form, which outlines coaches' responsibilities while participating in DiscNW events, and which signifies that they have been educated as to the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries.
  3. Each team must submit a team roster.  You may use the DiscNW Youth Team Roster, or the roster may be in your own format, but it must include the name of the event, the year of the event, the school and team names, and the full names, grades, and genders of all players.Please alphabetize the player names by last name on the form.

Division Rules:

  1. Schools with more than one team will automatically have one team assigned to the A pool. The other team(s) may play in any division, provided that the guidelines below are met. This ensures that the pools are all approximately the same size.
  2. Teams may be comprised of players from multiple grades.
  3. Teams with 8th graders may not play in the lowest division.
  4. Exceptions to the above rules may be granted with approval from the League Coordinator and Director of Youth Operations. However, teams who are granted exceptions to the division rules will not be eligible for the playoffs. For example, a brand new team with 8th graders may play in the lowest divison for the regular season, but it would eligible only for consolation games in post-season play (i.e., it could not compete for the division championship). To request an exception to the division rules, email .

Playoffs

There are several policies regarding teams' eligibility for the playoffs. Please make sure to read the playoff policies by clicking here.