2011 Selections and Player Expectations

Sublime’s 2011 objectives for the club and strategies to implement these objectives, including identifying lessons learnt and new opportunities and skills we have as a team are listed below.

Objectives
• To be a successful and sustainable elite open club by fielding
o A semifinalist Nationals team - select the strongest team possible.
o A development team - To develop an increased high performance player base and skills set for 2012.
• To be a fun team where you enjoy play and get to know your team mates.
• To be a positive team to develop individual and team skills.
• To develop leadership and strategies for 2012

New Ideas/Areas for Improvement
• Increased Focus at training - Emphasis of team training quality
o Preseason (October-December)
o In Season Team Training/Tournaments (January – March) (Note Nationals is first weekend of April)
• Improved individual skills
• Team Bonding (weekend camps)
• More tournament play

In order to achieve the objectives defined for Sublime’s 2011 campaign below is a list of the club expectations. Expectations will vary for each team in terms of some training and financial expectations however all club members should be striving to achieve

Club High Performance, Development and Team Selection
Sublime will have two teams, a high performance (Nationals) team and a development team.
• The Nationals team will be selected based on a nominal skill level reflecting the potential of the team.
o The leadership group will therefore not select a particular team size for the championships, rather selecting based on the positive contribution individuals can make to the team and team balance. Some interstate players may be used where the leadership group determines they will be beneficial to the team and team balance. I
o Interstate players will not be used instead of WA players rather they would be added to team as defined in the above point.
• The development team will be selected based on fielding a Nationals calibre team for players looking to play more competitive ultimate outside of WA and to develop their individual game. The focus of this team will be geared more towards gaining experience.
• Players who are not selected for the Nationals team will have opportunities and will be encouraged to participate with the Sublime Nationals team in elite warm up tournaments to gain experience.
• Team selections will be made based on performance at training sessions and tryouts.

The general arrangement for selections is as follows.
o Tryout weekends - December.
o Teams announced – early January.
o Club Bonding weekend – mid/late January
o 2 x Warm Up tournaments (East Coast) - Feb/March (ie Club attendance - players drawn from both teams)
o Regionals – February
o Nationals – early April

In order to achieve the objectives defined for Sublime’s 2011 campaign below is a list of the player expectations.

Skills, Fitness and Gameplay*
• Able to throw consistent accurate forehands, backhands and hammers
• Able to throw confident passes in the wind and against a strong mark
• Able to play under pressure
• A high level of fitness and strength
• Able to play intense ultimate while maintaining spirit and good sportsmanship.
• Understand and execute the Sublime plays
• Able to play to the Sublime structure, and follow the leadership hierarchy.
*The Development team will have more relaxed criteria however players will be expected to strive to achieve this over the course of the season.

Training Requirements**
• Be punctual and focused at training. Sublime will train like it will play.
• Training will be one weeknight and one weekend session. This will involve some fitness, skills and scrimmaging. Most fitness and throwing skills sessions will need be done in your own time or in collectives of team mates.
• Training and bonding weekends will occur where increased focus is required. These will typically be followed by rest weekends.
• A calendar has been prepared to prioritise commitments over the season.
**The Development team will have a slightly varied training schedule. Please see the calendar for details.

Financial Commitments***
• You must be able to attend at least one eastern tournament (BCI, regionals etc) in addition to Nationals to increase high level game experience and create a better team attitude and chemistry. (Some exceptions may be made at the discretion of the leadership group based upon individual circumstances).
***The Development team will not be expected to participate in warm up events however; Sublime is expecting to have opportunities to play warm up events and will be looking to draw players from both the HP and Development teams. Further information will be provided as event dates and locations are confirmed.

Club Commitments and Communication
• Provide input and assistance to the club in order to implement normal operation of the club, whether it be coaching, administration, uniforms, fund raising etc and all players will be expected to contribute to these in order to run a great club.
• This year Sublime will operate with a buddy system whereby direct groups of players will be able to speak to a particular member of the leadership group. This will be the method of providing feedback to you the player and you providing (honest) feedback or constructive critiques back to the team. Issues raised will be best managed through this process and should be adhered to.