Tidewater 2022 Winter League Rules

Tidewater Ultimate Indoor League Rules


  1. 5 on 5. The preferred gender ratio will be 3 men: 2 women, but can be changed with captain’s discretion and player availability. This can be changed either for the full game or by half

  2. Field length will be smaller to fit onto the indoor soccer field. The playing field will be 120’ by 70’ with an additional 20’ endzone on each side.

  3. Stall counts. Stalls will be to 7. If there is a contested stall call, the count will come back in no higher than 5. If there is a contested foul call, the stall can come in no higher than 4. 

  4. Continuous play. There will be a pull to start the first half. Whenever a team scores, they drop the disc where the receiving player caught it. The opposite team will then walk the disc directly up to the goal line where they then tap the disc in to start play. At the start of the second half, the teams will switch who is performing the initial pull and the endzones that teams are scoring in

  5. Each game will consist of two 11-minute halves and a 2 minute half time. At the end of each half, the disc must be thrown by the time that the clock strikes 0 for the goal to count

  6. Games can end in ties during the regular season. For the playoffs, ties are not allowed. If the score remains tied once the second half buzzer goes off, play continues until one team scores during the playoffs

  7. Substitutions. Hockey-style subbing for the game can happen at any time. A player exits from the field will pass their hand close enough to a player on the sideline to give a high five (although no high five is necessary). The player coming in must be the same gender as the one leaving.

  8. No timeouts for either team

  9. Any rules not directly stated will come from USAU’s latest rule book found here

    https://usaultimate.org/rules/

Tidewater 2022 Winter League

We are weatherproofing winter league! We will be playing INDOORS at the WISC (Williamsburg Indoor Sports Complex). This will be on turf so NO CLEATS. Tennis shoes or indoor soccer cleats only. Highly recommend getting indoor soccer cleats.

SIGN UP HERE: https://www.tidewaterultimate.org/league-registration

League is 10 Weeks . Starting January 9th to March 20th, 2022 on Sunday evenings from 7PM-9PM (or 6-8PM, depends on the WISC’s junior league). NO GAME ON FEBRUARY 13th, 2022. We know it is Super Bowl Sunday.

Address: 5700 Warhill Trail, Williamsburg, VA 23188 https://g.page/TheWISC?share

The difference between grass field rules and indoor rules will be:

  • 5v5 most likely (subject to change)

  • Continuous timed play (hockey subs)

  • No pulling unless it was the initial game start one. Not make it take it.

JERSEY & DISCS sign up deadline is January_1_,2022. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We will most likely have new jersey designs. Please sign up as soon as possible to facilitate planning. Discounts are available if you currently have an ACTIVE 2022 USA Ultimate Membership, if you choose not to receive a disc and/or jersey, or if you are a first time female/non-binary player. USAU membership means that you have a USAU account AND have paid for a membership that has not expired yet, not just that you have a USAU number. You do not need one to play/sign up for league. First time player means that this your first time playing with Tidewater Ultimate.

If you are a no-show and/or do not communicate, we will redistribute your jersey and discs. No refunds will be offered without communicated extenuating circumstances.

Waivers are for the calendar year. Since this is the beginning of 2022, everyone has to redo their waivers. You have 3 ways of completing your waivers. Waivers are mandatory and must be completed before you play. The USAU waivers are not available yet online. When they are, I will email them to you and post them here. YOU MUST FILL OUT FORMS PRIOR TO PLAYING.

You can fill these out several ways:

1. You can sign it digitally and send it to us (tidewaterultimate@gmail.com).

2. You can print it out, sign it, and give it to us.

3. If you have a USAU number (does not need to be active membership), you can log onto your account and sign it that way AFTER DECEMBER 31 BUT BEFORE JANUARY 9. Please send me a screenshot. It should look like this (keep your name, USAU#, and thumbnails of the waivers in the screenshot). In your email please include this info (see below screenshot for this info):

USAU Screenshot Sample (you must keep those orange circle areas)

First Name

Last Name

USAU#Users

Email

Birth Date

High School Graduation (only applicable to minors)

Date

Gender

Street Address

City

State

Postal Code

Phone

Parent/Guardian Name (only applicable to minors)

Parent/Guardian Email (only applicable to minors)

Date Liability Waiver Signed (your best guess or write "signed online")

Date Infectious Disease Waiver Signed (your best guess or write "signed online")

Tidewater 2021 Fall Beach League

Fall LEAGUE 2021 IS HERE!

Dates: Games played on Saturdays starting at 10AM on October 2, 2021 to December 11, 2021

Location: Buckroe Beach. Hampton, VA. North End
Please see the map. https://goo.gl/maps/M2bWsNs3kfag37Rv8

Fields and Parking


SIGN UP HERE: https://www.tidewaterultimate.org/league-registration

For the 1st time ever, we are partnering with the City of Hampton for our Fall Ultimate Frisbee League.

JERSEY & DISCS sign up deadline is September 25, 2021. Please sign up as soon as possible to facilitate planning. Earlier sign up gives you priority for your gender league preferences (mixed or male). Discounts are available if you currently have an ACTIVE 2021 USA Ultimate Membership, if you choose not to receive a disc and/or jersey, or if you are a first time female/non-binary player. USAU membership means that you have a USAU account AND have paid for a membership that has not expired yet, not just that you have a USAU number. You do not need one to play. First time player means that this your first time playing with Tidewater Ultimate.

We will likely run a mixed league AND male/open league simultaneously. Please indicate when you sign up if you have a preference. If you recruited a new female/non-binary player, you must baggage each other so that the male player will be priority for mixed team playing (if his preference is mixed). Earlier sign up gives you priority for your gender league preferences (mixed or male). One baggage only per person and please indicate why you think you should be baggaged with each other.

The league is co-ed, and all players aged 14+ are welcome. Each league week will feature 1-2 games depending if we have an even or odd number of teams, culminating in playoffs in December. If you are new to ultimate or haven't played in an organized game before, visit http://usaultimate.org/ for a breakdown of how the game is played. Youth refers to players ages 14-18. Adults are 18+. Beach Ultimate is a little different format-wise from turf ultimate frisbee. The fields are smaller and the player lines are usually 5v5 or 4v4. You will not need cleats. You will be playing barefeet or with sandsocks.

If you are a no-show and/or do not communicate, we will redistribute your jersey and discs. No refunds will be offered without communicated extenuating circumstances.

If you have played league with Tidewater Ultimate in 2021 and have completed your waivers, you do not need to redo them this year. If this is your first time, you have 3 ways of completing your waivers. Waivers are mandatory and must be completed before you play. YOU MUST FILL OUT BOTH THESE FORMS PRIOR TO PLAYING.

2021USAUWaiver-1.pdf (usaultimate.org)

USA Ultimate - COVID Waiver - 2020.06.03 (01460961.DOCX;2)

You can fill these out several ways:

1. You can sign it digitally and send it to us (tidewaterultimate@gmail.com).

2. You can print it out, sign it, and give it to us.

3. If you have a USAU number (does not need to be active membership), you can log onto your account and sign it that way. Please send me a screenshot. It should look like this (keep your name, USAU#, and thumbnails of the waivers in the screenshot). In your email please include this info:

USAU Screenshot Sample (you must keep those orange circle areas)

USAU Screenshot Sample (you must keep those orange circle areas)

First Name

Last Name

USAU#Users

Email

Birth Date

High School Graduation (only applicable to minors)

Date

Gender

Street Address

City

State

Postal Code

Phone

Parent/Guardian Name (only applicable to minors)

Parent/Guardian Email (only applicable to minors)

Date Liability Waiver Signed (your best guess or write "signed online")

Date Infectious Disease Waiver Signed (your best guess or write "signed online")