Youth opportunities in the Madison area

Youth Ultimate in the Madison Area

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Current Programs Open for Sign-Ups (Fall 2026)

Elementary Ultimate
Join us this fall for 6 weeks of Elementary Ultimate!  Practices will be on Thursday evenings from 5:30-6:30 at Olin-Turville Park from 9/3 through 10/8 and will be a fun-focused mix of drills and games.  No experience needed - this is a great introduction to ultimate!  Sign up here: https://forms.gle/BcuDdbvhByNUANZ69

Middle School Ultimate
Join us this fall for 8 weeks of Middle School Ultimate! Programming will be on Monday evenings from 6:00-7:30PM from 8/31 through 10/26 at Burr Jones Park (lit fields) and each night includes skill development work as well as scrimmage time. (No frisbee on Labor Day.) Open to players in 5th-8th grades.  Sign up here: https://forms.gle/zqUc2BujDW82DWzV7

High School Hat League
Join us this fall for 8 weeks of High School Ultimate! Programming will be on Monday evenings from 7:30-9:00PM from 8/31 through 10/26 at Burr Jones Park (lit fields - no frisbee on Labor Day). This is a hat league - players can sign up with a friend or solo, and will be put on a different team each week.  Each week there will be one Open game (all male-matching players) and one Mixed game (male- and female-matching players - gender ratio determined by female-matching players).  Coaches will be available to provide feedback if desired. Open to players in 9th-12th grades.  Sign up here: https://forms.gle/owcMShARpi95B91CA

HalloMendota Middle School

Our annual costume tournament returns!  Celebrate Halloween and great ultimate spirit with this school-based Middle School frisbee tournament on Saturday, October 24 from 8AM-4PM at Olin-Turville Park!  Players will be matched with their school's team, or, if their school with doesn't have enough players, with teams needing a few more players to fill out a full roster.  Sign up here: https://forms.gle/Jo6DciRdshbDZ3qW7

Middle School Clinic
Join the University of Wisconsin ultimate frisbee teams on 11/1 from 1-3 PM at Stoner Prairie for a Middle School frisbee clinic! Current college players will teach skills and run fun drills and games. Open to players in 5th-8th grades.  Sign up here: https://forms.gle/FaxFM43mCZc13oDs6


Youth Club Teams

Madison MUFAbots Youth Club teams – The Madison MUFAbots is a set of five coached teams (Under 20 Mixed, Under 20 Boys, Under 20 Girls, Under 17 Girls, and Under 17 Boys) that will practice as teams over the summer and participate against other national and international teams in the Youth Club Championships in Aurora, Colorado on August 1st-3rd, 2026. MUFAbots teams are an amazing opportunity for Madison youth ultimate players to learn from experienced coaches who also play at the collegiate level, at the club level, and professional level. 

 

Typical Spring Youth Ultimate Schedule

Madison Area High School League

MSCR Middle School League

MUFA Middle School Skills and Scrimmage

MUFA Elementary School Skills Class

Typical Summer Youth Ultimate Schedule

MUFAbots Youth Club Teams

Youth Participation in Adult Summer League

Madison Radicals Rad Academy

Summer Camps (Sun Prairie, Edgewood, etc.)

Typical Fall Youth Ultimate Schedule

MUFA and Wisconsin Ultimate High School Hat League

MUFA Middle School League

MUFA Elementary School Skills Class  


Contact our Youth Chair for all information related to youth Ultimate in Madison: Sara Lazenby at [email protected]

In Spring 2020 the following high schools had planned for school-based teams participating in the WI Ultimate Madison-Area League:

Girls: Edgewood, Madison East, Madison Memorial, Madison West, McFarland, Middleton, Oregon, Stoughton, Sun Prairie

Boys: Edgewood, Madison East, Madison LaFollette, Madison Memorial, Madison West, McFarland, Middleton, Oregon, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona


MUFA Youth Complaint Policy

All adults serving as youth volunteers/chaperones/coaches receive background checks and complete SafeSport and Heads Up! concussion awareness training.  All volunteers are expected to report to the MUFA board (via the Youth Chair) any violations of policy prohibiting sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, bullying, threats or harassment, or hazing.  Any allegations of child physical abuse or sexual abuse are also reported to the appropriate law enforcement authorities.

To make a report (as a coach, player, or parent) regarding any of these violations please e-mail [email protected].  All reports will be reviewed by the MUFA board.