US Quadball launches 10-year plan to shape the sport's future

US Quadball has launched a 10-year strategic plan, branding the effort as USQ Strategic Plan 2026-36 and pairing it with the phrase "A League Built for a Lifetime." The national governing body says the process has been underway for more than six months, and it arrives after USQ already began restructuring its season calendar starting with the 2024-25 campaign.

The new plan is aimed at bigger questions than a single championship or a single year. USQ’s materials point to how the sport should expand, how new and existing teams should be supported, and what resources will keep participation sustainable over time. Those questions reach into competition formats, member services, officiating support, youth development, safety policy, volunteer pipelines and fundraising, all of which shape whether quadball can grow without overloading the people who run it.

That long view matters in a sport that is still defining itself. US Quadball, Major League Quidditch and the International Quadball Association changed the sport’s name from quidditch to quadball on July 19, 2022, a move that marked one of the most visible shifts in the game’s identity. US Quadball’s CEO tied the new strategy to that history, writing, "For two decades, this community has refused to let quadball disappear."

The plan also lands after USQ began reworking its competitive structure. In its 2024-25 season-structure announcement, the organization said the calendar had been centered on a single peak event, US Quadball Cup. That restructuring was an acknowledgment that the sport’s pathway, from regular-season play to its top championship, needed a broader frame than one marquee tournament.

USQ has already started sketching that future on the calendar. Richmond, Virginia, has been announced as the host city for the 2025 US Quadball Cup, and the Omaha metro area of Nebraska is set to host the 2027 edition. Those site selections show the organization planning years ahead, while the strategic plan is meant to define how the sport will be governed, funded and sustained through 2036. The next measure of success will be whether the plan translates into stronger membership retention, more stable operations and a competition structure that holds together beyond the headline event.