How Coaches Are Evaluating Tryouts This Year

Tryouts are in! But what exactly will coaches be evaluating in tryouts this year? How will they determine which players are the best fit for their team? What will be the difference between an applicant that does or does not make the team? Head coaches Cody Narveson of the Minneapolis Monarchs, Greg Bento of Boston Forge, Nathan Digmann of Indianapolis Intensity, and Juan Martinez of the Austin Outlaws are here to answer six burning questions applicants might have about how they’re being evaluated this season and took a moment to give advice to new players.

MLQ Return to Play Guidelines April Update

In preparation for the upcoming 2021 season, MLQ is continuing to roll out our COVID-19 policies in the MLQ Return to Play Guidelines. With this new update comes the following additional policies: Travel and Housing Policies Includes: provisions for carpooling and sharing vehicles and travel provisions for housing while at series Practice Guidelines Includes: more 

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Alternative 2021 Plans for MLQ Canadian Franchises

Due to the unique, ongoing effects of COVID-19 on our Canadian franchises, MLQ, the Ottawa Black Bears and the Toronto Raiders have discussed and reached an agreement on an alternative approach to the MLQ season. This two-phased approach will focus on stabilization and development of the two MLQ franchises and Quidditch Canada’s Eastern teams.  ROSTER 

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MLQ Youth Rulebook: How Come and Why Now?

It should come as no surprise that the past 12 months have left a bevy of MLQ volunteers with that ever-rare commodity of free time—and, with that, a bevy of new projects to focus on.  An MLQ Youth Rulebook is one project that has been brewing inside the minds of MLQ leadership for a while 

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MLQ Moves to Phase Two for 2021 Season

In February, MLQ announced tentative plans for a 2021 MLQ season. With the border between Canada and the U.S. remaining closed and the vaccination rate of Canada still lagging behind that of the U.S., we will be moving into Phase Two. In the event that Phase Two becomes infeasible, we will be moving into Phase 

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