Mixed Format Event

Using a mixed format event has worked really well in schools.

In this event the first four games of the day will be entered by schools as their school teams.

They will play a regular competition style event.

The final two games of the day will be a hat tournament format so that players from different teams get to play together.

In the Irish school system there is a mix of single sex and same sex schools.

These tournaments can be run as mixed tournaments with a gendered hat league or perhaps as gendered tournaments with a mixed hat league.

Mixing the format has proved to be impactful in increasing girls' participation in the mixed games as boys they don't know will throw the disc to them.

In the gendered hat leagues coaches have found that they were able to coach girls tactics that they wouldn't normally see until college level.

Target Audience: Schools or maybe entry level college teams.

Advantages: Increased participation for the girls. Increased strategic plans into the games. Increased friendships encouraging players to stay in the sport for longer.