Ultimate Club Case Study

How to Determine the Ultimate Club College becomes a time where young adults explore both who they are and what they want to be. An important part of this journey is the involvement in extracurricular activities, like athletic clubs, Greek life, or academic clubs. In particular, athletic clubs can be over looked by many students. To many it is harder to join a sports club that seems to require certain skills for you to enjoy it or to feel apart of the community. This is why many shy away and choose academics or go Greek because it seems easier to feel included. Yet, I think that athletics create a better, more positive atmosphere than other clubs. I played softball in high school and competitively for many years and have knowledge of the dynamics of athletics in communities.

In order to prove that athletic clubs offer just as much, if not more than standard collegiate activities, I observed and interviewed some of the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee members at the George Washington University. Through research and interviews, I considered how the Ultimate Frisbee team integrates itself into the George Washington Community. Previous research into Ultimate Frisbee considers it a lifestyle sport. Lifestyle sports provide a “particular and exclusive identity” to those who participate

In general, “53% of college students spend at least an hour or more per week in a given year participating in clubs and organizations” (Dugan 229). For Ultimate Frisbee the commitment requires practice a couple times of week with tournaments on the weekends. Most of the time the tournaments are out of town and require extra traveling time. All of the player interviewed stated that Ultimate Frisbee required the most time than the other clubs they participate in. Yet they also told me that nothing was mandatory, that they all choose to put Ultimate Frisbee higher on their priority list than other