Player & Team Leader Resources
USQ RESOURCES
- Mentorship Program
- USQ Fundraising/Sponsorship Resource Info Packet
- Hosting a Youth Workshop
- New Team Info Packet/Resources (How to Start a Team, Recruitment, Etc.)
- Team Resource Guide (Marketing, Recruitment, Etc.)
- Player Travel Guide (How to book flights, get a rental car, book a hotel room, budget for travel, Etc.)
- Coach Resource Guide
- Team Leader Resource Guide
- Tournament Director Training Manual
USQ TEAM ADVICE ARTICLE SERIES
- How to Navigate Team Leadership Transitions - April 2020
- Planning Out Your Season - May 2020
- Team Travel - June 2020
- Team Fundraising - July 2020
- Team Recruitment - August 2020
- Team Retention - September 2020
CAPTAIN Development RESOURCES
- Captain’s Resource Guide
- Minimizing & Managing Team Conflict
- 3 C’s of Being a Captain
- How to Be A Great Team Captain
- Sports Team Captain
- What Does It Mean to Be A Team Captain?
PLAYER Development RESOURCES
- Why Mindset & Failure Matter in Performance
- Dealing With Anger in Competition
- Balancing School & College Sports
- Sportsmanship & Why It Matters
- Developing A Mistake Ritual
- Time Management Tools
- Working Through Injury
- Why Character Beats Results in the Long Run
- Keeping Success & Failure in Perspective
- Preventing Hazing & Bullying On Your Team
- What Makes A Great Teammate?
- How to Play Quidditch (Alejo Enriquez)
Member RESOURCES
- Team Requirements/New Season Checklist
- Find A Referee
- Find A Snitch Runner
- Gameplay Policies and Forms
- Official Member Code of Conduct
- Membership Overview
- Player Membership
- Regional Championship Information
- Regional Coordinators & Social Media
- Registration for Regionals, Circuit Events, and Nationals
- Qualifications for Nationals
- Circuit Event Information
- Collegiate Division Season Play Requirements
- Club Division Season Play Requirements
- Standard USQ scorecard
- Team Membership
- US National Team
- US Quidditch Cup Website
- USQ Accident Insurance, including how to file a claim
- USQ Coach Resources
- USQ Event Feedback/Evaluation Forms
- USQ Logo & Guidelines
- USQ Player/Captain Resources
- USQ Policies
- Quidditch Conferences
SAFETY TRAINING RESOURCES
CONCUSSION RESOURCES
- NFHS Concussion In Sports (free)
- NFHS Concussion for Students (free)
- Heads Up: Concussion Resources (free)
- Center for Disease Control & Prevention: Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussion
- Counseling After a Concussion (Counseling@Northwestern, the online Master of Arts in Counseling program from The Family Institute at Northwestern University)
- Traumatic Brain Injury
ACL INJURY PREVENTION
- NFHS ACL Injury Prevention (free)
HEAT/HYDRATION SAFETY
- NFHS Heat Illness Prevention
- Hydration Safety
- Heat Exhaustion
- Heat Cramps
- Heat Syncope
- Exertional Heat Stroke
SUN SAFETY
USQ SAFETY ARTICLES
ATHLETE CARE & Travel RESOURCES
- Athlete Hydration Tips
- NFHS Sports Nutrition Course
- NOW Sports: Recipes for Active Lifestyles
- Regional Recipes
- Sports Nutrition: Eating for Peak Performance
- Sports & Nutrition: Fueling Your Performance
- Top 5 Recovery Foods
- Eating On the Road
- Renting A Car When Under 25
- Student Airfare Discount Resources
- Student Discounts
- Greyhound Bus Group Booking
- Airfare Discounts/Group Travel
- Player Packing List
- Foods That Help You Sleep Better
- Mental Health & Athletes: 45 Resources to Help You Cope (Online MSW Programs)
RULEBOOKS
- Rulebooks - (Youth & Adult)
- Maintaining the Gender Maximum: A Guide
- Rulebook Improvement Suggestion Form
WARM-UPS/COOL-DOWNS
- Dynamic warm-up drills
- Warm-Up Routine
- Youth Warm-Up Routine
- Passing Warm-Up Drills
- Warm-Up/Cool-Down/Stretching
- Cool Down Stretches
- Stretches to Help Prevent Injury
- Dynamic Warm-Up
- Full Body Cool Down
- 5-Minute Cool Down
WORKOUTS & PRACTICE DRILLS
- Youth Drills
- Team training program
- Beater workout
- Chaser/keeper workout
- Seeker workout
- At home workout program
- Core Exercises for Distance Athletes
- Speed & Agility Cone Drills
- 30-Minute Running Workouts
- Small Tactics Guide (Nadine Cyrannek)
- Drill Manual (UK Quidditch)
- Custom Quidditch Workout Generator (Alejo Enriquez)
- Quidditch Canada Athlete Tips
- SportsPlan: Sports Drills Sharing, Planning, & Community
- Blank Field Diagram (USQ Adult Rulebook)
- Blank Field Diagram (USQ Youth Rulebook)
If you would like to submit any workouts/drills, please fill out this form by clicking here.
BUILDING A QUIDDITCH PROGRAM
- Info On Starting A Team
- Starting a New Team Info Packet & Resources
- NFHS Captains Training Course
- NFHS Sportmanship Training
- How To Run A Practice
- How to Play Quidditch (Alejo Enriquez)
- How to Play Quidditch Podcasts (Alejo Enriquez)
- How to Play Quidditch Study Cards (Alejo Enriquez)
- How to Play Quidditch: Referee Videos (Alejo Enriquez)
