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Living Stones
Ultimate Frisbee Club

4-6th Co-ed Team

*NOTE: 4-8th graders welcome
from other schools

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We believe Ultimate Frisbee is the best sport in the world. All skill levels welcome. We will teach you how to play - or come really good. We work hard to be inclusive and welcoming. Can't throw a frisbee? That's ok! We teach hundreds every year! Never forgetting our our main goal of having FUN above all else. 

Learn more about how to play! Read up about it or watch a video.

Living Stones Academy are your Spring 2023 Zig Zag Ultimate League Champions!

 

We split to 2 teams this past spring.  Out of 28 teams in the league our teams took 1st and 2nd place! 
 

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Fill out this interest form to stay up to date on preseason events.

Free drop-in sessions. Zoom info meetings. And more!

WHO WILL WE PLAY:

We play in the Zig Zag Ultimate league established in 2012. There are 39 teams in the league across Grand Rapids.  We might play West Side Christian, Grandville Middle School, Lowell, Rockford, and more!

Preseason Events

WHO CAN PLAY?
Anyone, boys and girls! We expect most to have never played before - maybe not even know the rules. Or how to throw a disc. As you keep coming you learn the game and how to throw. We work so hard to be welcoming and inclusive. 

WHO IS RUNNING THIS? COACHING?

Living Stones Academy Ultimate Frisbee Club, is a branch of Zig Zag Ultimate. Zig Zag Ultimate was started in 2012 and now has 400+ youth playing every year with teams all around West Michigan. ZZU offers leagues for: 4-8th Grade, High School, Adult, College Teams, and more! 

Co-ed team

 

SEPT 11 - OCT 27

Practices ​​

  • Thursdays 3:15-5:15pm @ Living Stones Academy

  • *Alternate practice Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm @ MacKay Jaycee park if you are unable to attend Thursdays. 

Games

  • Friday's 5:30pm @ MacKay Jaycee park or @ Grand Rapids Christian High School Football Stadium.

Uniforms

  • Jersey $35 (unless you have one from a previous season)​

  • Shorts $35 (Optional)

  • Cleats are required (soccer, lacrosse, or football)

    • We have several donated cleats! There is a chance we have your size. ​

  • Disc, $10 (optional)

REGISTRATION INFO

  • Registration by August 10: $150

    • $50 extra if register after

    • Consider donating to help another Frisbee player play this spring!

Coach

  • Eric Kas will be the coach for the LSA team this Fall. Eric is currently employed with the Christian Reformed Church in the work of Safe Church, where he trains others in abuse awareness and response and restorative practices. He and his wife, Tamara, have both played Ultimate Frisbee competitively for over a decade. Eric has also been the president of Grand Rapids Ultimate a local non-profit ultimate frisbee league, and captained and played with several ultimate club teams in Grand Rapids, MI. He is currently playing with the men’s club team based in Grand Rapids, MI: Beacon. He has two sons who attend Living Stones Academy and are currently in kindergarten and preschool. 

  • We are hoping to bring back our coaching staff from the Fall and add in a few more!

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Fall 6-8th Grade Travel Team 

  • The purpose of this team is to create a more competitive environment for players who wish to travel and compete against players from around the Midwest. While we firmly believe we can achieve great competition with our local teams, this team is an additional fun option for the Spring Season! 

  • This is a tryout team, meaning we will take a limited number of players. We encourage all players to tryout regardless of your “perceived” skill level. Bring your A game and let the coaches decide. 

  • We have a long season to help you improve on your weaknesses and hone in on your strengths

  • More info link

Living Stones Ultimate Jersey

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WHAT PARENTS SAY:

  • "This is the first sport my son actually enjoys. We wouldn't let him play football after he got injured."

  • "I like it because my 4th grade son, 7th grade daughter, and 8th grade son can all play at the same time. ONE car trip!"

  • "I was hesitant about the fact that there are no refs, but after the first game I'm surprised at how well it works. They actually talk about disagreements to each other instead of needing a ref." 

  • "I appreciate that I don't have to worry about concussions like when he was doing football. I also love knowing my son will always get a good workout in every single practice and game." 

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WHAT IS ULTIMATE FRISBEE:

Combining the nonstop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football, a game of Ultimate Frisbee is played two seven-player teams on a field similar to football. The object of the game is to score  points by catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone. A player must stop running while in possession of the disc, but may pivot and pass to any of the other receivers on the field. 
 

Just like basketball, Ultimate Frisbee is a transition game in which players move quickly from offense to defense on  turnovers that occur with a dropped pass, an interception, a pass out of bounds, or when a player is caught holding  the disc for more than ten seconds. Although, Ultimate Frisbee resembles many traditional sports in its basic athletic  requirements, the rules are simpler, which allows the game to be self officiated. The concept of Spirit of the Game is integrated in to the basic philosophy of the sport, it is written in to the rules and is practiced at all levels of the games from local leagues to the World games. 

Several local colleges have teams including Davenport University which offers athletic scholarships to attend the university and play on the Men's or Women's Ultimate Frisbee teams.

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