Disc golf is a growing sport, especially across the U.S., but it can be difficult to get experienced players and teachers to visit Alaska.

So when Universal Play Disc Golf, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching the sport, comes to town, schools and a local club take advantage.

“Disc golf is like, the most accessible sport,” said Zoe AnDyke, founder and director of Uplay, and a ranked professional disc golf player, in an interview during a community workshop. “It’s affordable, it’s low-impact, and it’s lifelong.”

Dozens attend the workshop on Thursday, but they’re the last of hundreds of children and adults that AnDyke and the other members of Uplay have instructed or played with since arriving in Juneau last week, spread across Juneau, Haines and Skagway. They switched up schools, choosing different ones than were selected during their August visit, AnDyke said.

“We taught at (Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School), both at DZ and Thunder Mountain (High School. We taught at (Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé) back in August, and Auke Bay (Elementary School) because it’s the closest to the course,” AnDyke said. “We try to pick two Juneau schools and two other communities.”

AnDyke said she got involved in teaching after seeing many schools where students weren’t being instructed properly. Now, the nonprofit goes to communities inside and outside the professional disc golf circuit, teaching kids and adults alike, AnDyke said. This trip, the group has instructed about 500 people across all three communities,…