Building Community through Team Sports

Large group work is at the heart of this course. Using the example of Ultimate Frisbee, the students will explore how collective energy can be harnessed. They will find out how to create a team by building on everyone’s initiative, strength, and energy. By creating a safe space to play and discuss together, every team can work to its best potential. All the rules and practices of Ultimate Frisbee will be closely engaged with and students will use ​‘spirit circle’ to dig deeper on topics of inclusivity, fairness, good communication, working within rules. 

Ultimate Frisbee as a Tool for Social Change

Can a non-refereed, self-officiated sport like Ultimate Frisbee rewrite the rules of social equality, gender inclusion, and community building in urban India?In this insightful episode, host Ashish Krishna (Faculty Member, Azim Premji University, Bhopal) sits down with Benoy Stephen (Co-founder of Y Ultimate), a Delhi-based non-profit organisation using Ultimate Frisbee as a powerful tool for life skills education and social impact. 

Benoy shares the inspiring journey of Y Ultimate, starting from public parks like Zamrutpur in South Delhi to empowering young leaders and athletes on national stages. Together, they dive into breaking traditional gender stereotypes through co-ed sports, navigating restricted public spaces in fast-paced cities, overcoming systemic funding and bureaucratic hurdles in India’s Sports for Development sector, and why long-term behavioural change requires sustained community investment.