|
Welcome to ODSA's Radd Tour page, providing a full outline of the outreach program funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion and various corporate sponsors under a Sport Priority Funding grant. Radd stands for "Regional Athletic Disc Development" and this tour travelled throughout the fall of 2007 and spring of 2008 across the Province to cities and towns that are equipped with disc golf courses or ultimate leagues.
The program targets grades 7 through 10 and is built around the core curriculum requirements taught in physical education classes. Each school visited will receive a detailed teachers' manual written by a Ministry & sport consultants and either 12 Daredevil or Wham-o ultimate discs, rules and an Ultimate 101 DVD, or where appropriate a disc golf package with teachers' manuals, a teaching video, 35 all purposes Innova Shark golf discs, PDGA rules and an Innova practice target.
All students will receive instructional handouts over viewing both sports, throwing and catching techniques, contact info, outlining course and league listings.
Each class taught will be 75 minutes in length. The class is broken into three elements. First a short 15 minute audio visual presentation on the history of the flying disc, the physics of flight, and an overview of throwing and catching skills followed by a section on various disc sports. This is followed by a 30 minute session on throwing and catching the backhand and the forehand. This is then followed by a brief 5 minute overview of the particular sport, be it disc golf or ultimate and then 25 minutes of game play. The objective is to reach 100 elementary schools and 100 secondary schools teaching approximately 14000 students over the course of the Radd Tour.
|
ODSA hired two qualified instructors that had background screening and are experts in one or both disc sports.....
 |
Ryan Briggs, Ultimate Instructor
Ryan has an extensive background in playing Ultimate, with both the North Bay Ultimate Players Association (NBUPA) and the Nipissing University Ultimate Players Association (NUUPA) where he held Team Captain and President positions respectively. Among his extensive list of achievements, Ryan is a recipient of both the President's Cup for Robotic Skills and D. Marshall Leadership Award. Ryan is a recent graduate with an Honors BBA degree. With his recent work with Service Canada Centre for Youth, Ryan brings a unique range of skills to this years tour and we welcome him. |
Dušan Nedelko, Disc Golf Instructor
Dušan is an experienced team leader working with Project D.A.R.E. at Wendigo Lake Expeditions in South River. Dušan has an ecotourism background and loves the outdoors. He is an avid disc golfer and has designed and installed two disc golf courses in Ontario. Dušan feels that this position is a marriage of his abilities as a recreational activity facilitator and his passion for disc sports. |
|
Acknowledgements, Sponsors and Thanks
ODSA wishes to acknowledge Blowfish Creative and the excellent work of Kris Paule and Neil Griffith; for their guidance, creativity and professionalism, working under thight deadlines and for going that extra mile to see the project through. We also wish to thank the Ministry of Health Promotion for the SPF grant funding, Pizza Pizza for under writing some of the disc costs, VC for the discounted apparel, Daredevil Discs & Wham-o for the ultimate discs along with Innova Disc Golf for the discounted targets and discs, all delivered under tight deadlines. Special thanks to Wham-o for the Ultimate 101 DVD's, John Houck and Circular Productions for the Learn To Play Disc Golf videos, the PDGA for discounted rule books, Toronto Ultimate Club (TUC) for the use of some cones and a large travel bag, and finally Discount Car and Truck Rentals for the tour vehicle. Thanks also to Christopher Lowcock and the rest of the ODSA executive for their vision and dedication to disc sports, past, current and future.
|
|
Print to Page
