GUTS Winter Courses 2024
The Global Ultimate Training School is expanding our winter ultimate course offerings for 2024
Welcome to the third year of the Global Ultimate Training School's winter courses!
We are offering 7 distinct courses this year. This will allow us to expand our reach and meet more folks with different interests. All players, captains and coaches are welcome to join all sessions as everyone can be a leader on a team and it’s never too early to learn!
Our Early Bird Pricing Deadline is Friday, January 5th at 12 Midnight ET and the Final Enrollment Deadlines for each course are the Monday at noon ET before the course. Please reach out to nutc.information@gmail.com if you will need any financial assistance for these courses.
Most of our courses below are also eligible for USAU Recertification Credits — check out our course descriptions below to see more!
These winter classes, the National Ultimate Training Camp, NUTC on the Road, GUTS on the Road are just some of the ultimate enterprises under the umbrella organization of The Global Ultimate Training School "GUTS". Feel free to contact us for any of your ultimate educational needs.
We are using our proceeds to fund scholarships for our overnight camp. We distributed over $5,000 to campers in 2023, the most we have ever given out in our 23-year history. We hope to do the same, if not more, in 2024. We also pay well-deserved stipends to our admins and presenters. If you can, please consider sending an additional donation on top of your enrollment fee to support our scholarship fund.
Refund Policy
Until 1 week before course begins: $15 cancellation fee
1 week before course begins until the course date: no refund available
Course Descriptions
Global Ultimate Training School
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Tiina Booth
Tulsa Douglas
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $65 Early Bird/$80 After Jan 5th
Final Enrollment Deadline: Noon Jan 8th
“Training Your Team to Be Mentally Resilient”
Ultimate coaches and captains often focus on teaching skills, drills and strategy to their teams. While the physical aspects of team building are important, we believe that developing a strong mental game is essential to reach consistent success, no matter what kind of team you coach. Tiina and Tulsa will explain the foundational pieces of mental resilience and how to train individuals and your team to excel with this program.
This course is designed for leaders of middle school, high school, college and club teams. It will also be recorded and available to participants after the course.
1.5 USAU Recertification Credits
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Tiina Booth
Tulsa Douglas
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $65 Early Bird/$80 After Jan 5th
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Jan 15th
“Beyond the Basics of Mental Resilience” (NEW)
This course is designed as a follow-up to “Training Your Team to be Mentally Resilient.” Participants should have a working knowledge of the basics of mental training, including visualization, the physiology of competition and how to reach peak performance. Ideally participants will have attended our introductory presentation and implemented some of our practices as a coach or team leader.
What does mental resilience mean as your team moves into more demanding levels of competitions? How do the mental traps change? As the stakes become higher, how can every player and coach contribute to the overall mental strength of the team when it is needed the most? Tiina and Tulsa will introduce real life case studies as well as rely on participants to bring their own examples to class.
This class will also be recorded and available to participants after the course.
1.5 USAU Recertification Credits
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
Hoag Kepner “Torched”
Lexi Marsh and Draper White “I Was a Hurricane”
Tony Leonardo “The Lot”
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $45
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Jan 22nd
“Telling Ultimate Stories Through Film” (NEW)
Please join us for a panel discussion of 3 ultimate films that are currently being developed and/or promoted. Each producer will discuss the challenges and joys of shooting these documentaries, as well as supplement their experiences with clips. This class is perfect for anyone interested in film-making, our history or both.
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Bryan Jones
Miranda Knowles
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $65 Early Bird/$80 After Jan 5th
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Jan 29th
“The Future of Defense” (NEW)
Bryan and Miranda will introduce a brief history of defenses that have been used over the first few decades in ultimate and where they believe the current state of defense is at the moment. They will address strategies as well as valuable assets for past, modern and future defenders. They will finish with some predictions as to where they see the defensive side of things to be going and what they hope for the evolution of defense.
This class will also be recorded and available to participants after the course.
1.5 USAU Recertification Credits
“College Recruiting Panel” (NEW)
Every session at NUTC, campers and parents are greeted with a sign that says, “Colleges Represented at Camp This Week.” We encourage staff to answer any questions about playing opportunities beyond high school and our alumni counselors are eager to share and recruit.
This panel is our attempt to open this experience to more high school athletes who may not attend our camp. Discussions will be led by graduates and coaches of 10 schools from around the country. We will have reps from both Div 1 and Div 2 who will be happy to answer any questions. In addition, attendees will have access to an ebook with information from these schools and others. Parents are most welcome at this session.
Ultimate may not be an NCAA sport but we do understand the importance of making the right match for aspiring players. We hope this panel will help inform these decisions for many years to come!
Current List of Colleges Represented:
Colorado College, Middlebury, Mt. Holyoke, Northeastern, Pitt, St Olaf, Tufts, UCLA, UMass, Vassar
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $35
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Feb 5th
“Simple Solutions for Complex Problems on Your Ultimate Team” (NEW)
Let’s be honest. Regardless of the level of the team, ultimate coaches and leaders often share the same challenges. How do you increase buy-in? How do you hold players accountable on and off the field? How can you design practices that closely mimic actual competition? Which strategies should you use to best take advantage of the strengths of your team?
Tiina and Tim will analyze the most common problems that teams face. While these may originally appear to be complex and nuanced issues, Tiina and Tim will offer simple and clear solutions that will put your team back on the road to success. Participants will also be asked to share their own case studies.
This course is designed for leaders of middle school, high school, college and club teams. It will also be recorded and available to participants after the course.
1.5 USAU Recertification Credits
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tiina Booth
Tim Bobrowski
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $65 Early Bird/$80 After Jan 5th
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Feb 5th
“FMP Grassroots Summit” (NEW)
Teams that serve FMPs have not rebounded from the pandemic. If players have managed to stay together, they are often behind in skill development and experience. This summit invites everyone who plays in, coaches or cares about FMP divisions to join us for a meeting that will address these challenges. We will identify the most common problems for the first hour and then embrace solutions in the last. We hope that everyone will be inspired to commit to “one small thing” that will help turn this trend around. Let’s engage with grassroots activism once again.
Enroll in our GUTS Winter Courses Below
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
GUTS Staff
7-8:30PM ET
Course Price: $35
Enrollment Deadline: Noon Feb 12th