Intramural

Planning
Assignment
Middle/Secondary
School Program:
Grades 8, 9 & 10

Jessica Williams
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 Middle/Secondary School Intramural Program: Grade 8,9,10

A. Philosophical Statement on the Value of Intramurals

The purpose of an intramural program is to give students the opportunity to participate in
activities that may not have been accessible in the past. In doing so, students are given the chance
to explore new skills and opportunities without fear of rejection. These activities are not limited
to sports. Intramural programs can include recreational components that incorporate hiking, world
drumming, jewellery making, and/or fitness. For sport specific activities, intramurals gives those
students, who do not play on the school teams, a chance to play. These programs are joined
voluntarily, provide equal opportunity and include student involvement in planning. Sport
intramurals reflect the skills and activities that the students are learning in their physical
education class or the upcoming varsity season thereby giving them to opportunity to further
pursue a sport of interest and the chance to practice for those interested in trying out for a school
team. There should be equal opportunity for male, female and coed teams, and should meet the
needs of students with disabilities. Activities should be modified so that they are appropriate for
its participants, and specific rules should be outlined in order to regulate activity, thereby
ensuring equal opportunity, fair play and safe participation based on the number of participants,
required space and equipment needed. In addition, intramural programs provide students with the
opportunity to develop their leadership and organizational skills. In the beginning of the program
most of the organizing will be teacher based. However, over time, students will begin to
collaborate with the teachers thereby taking on more responsibility and ownership for the
program. A benefit of having student input into the program is that it will allow for constant
remodeling based on what students felt worked and didn’t work resulting in a program that
reflects the students wants and needs. Moreover, a student ran intramural program resonates
among students creating a strong sense of pride of the program and the school, thereby creating a
more respectful environment. Intramurals can be designed for a lunch hour time slot to reduce
time conflicts with student schedules and gym availability. In the end, the goal of these programs
is to create accessible opportunity to play for all students. Intramurals are to be an enjoyable,
structured break from school where students can interact with their peers and spend time with
teachers in a different, more relaxed environment, thereby benefiting everyone.
B. Objectives of the Program
 Fun!
 Provide accessible activities for both beginners and advanced students
 Provide sport and recreational opportunities for all students
 Opportunity for athletic leadership students to organize, promote and run an intramural
program
 Give students a chance to explore new skills, or develop their skills further
 Prevent student boredom
 Promote leadership and responsibility
 Promote team spirit and school pride
 Ensure equal opportunity, fair play and safe participation

C. Organizational Structure of the Program

Roles and Responsibilities:
Principal/Vice Principal:
- Provide approval, funding and disciplinary support
Head Coordinator (Athletic Leadership Teacher):
- Head Supervisor.
- Collaborates with the athletic leadership class.
o Involved in the organization of budget, teams, scheduling, scoring,
equipment, awards, supervision, officials, scorekeepers and promotion.
- Responsible for clock: whistles start, stops, 3 minute mandatory subbing and game
and court transition
- Enforces rules and regulations, and deals with any conflict
Supervisors:
- One athletic leadership student will be assigned to each team
- Responsible for recording score, player fouls and penalties, laying out equipment and
directing each team to the appropriate area
- Helps head coordinator with their duties
- Reports to head coordinator with results
Referees:
- Athletic Leadership students
- Maintain a safe environment
- Call fouls, penalties and illegal plays
 Students/Participants:
- Be respectful of teammates, opponents, athletic leadership students and head
coordinator
- Play Safe
- Have fun

D. Methods of Forming Competitive Teams

Students are required to make their own teams. Basketball teams will be made up of
6max players, and there will be Soccer/Floor Hockey teams will be made up of 10max players.
Whistle will be blown at 3 minute intervals during each, which indicates mandatory subbing (5x
in each 15 min game).

1. Student Choice: students organize and submit their own teams, to include team name and
color. This allows students to form teams with their friends, thereby increasing student
participation. This method may result in uneven distribution of skill within the league.
However, if one team is drastically weaker than the rest there are always options for teams to
move into the beginner league rather than in the advanced league, but this is at the discretion
of the team. I chose this method because intramurals are not about being assessed and placed
team or being isolated from your friends. Intramurals are a voluntary opportunity for students
to participate actively in sport in a non-judgemental environment, which is why I believe this
is the fairest option.

2. Randomly Assigned: students sign up for an intramural sport and whether they wanted to
play in the beginner or advanced team. Teams are then organized randomly by the head
coordinator. This method may result in uneven distribution of skill and separation from
friends, which will lead to a decrease in participation by students because ultimately students
want to hang out with their friends during their lunch hour as they are typically separated in
their scheduled classes. This method is useful in a PE class when the teams change over the
course of the semester, but for intramurals it is inevitable that a student will feel completely
isolated and not join in the future because of the previous experience.

3. Evaluation and Placement: Students will participate in a sport activity day where the head
coordinator will assess student skill. Students will then be placed on team based on the head
coordinators perception. This method would not be practical for this particular program
 because it turns intramurals into tryouts, which is exactly what some students are trying to
avoid. Intramurals are to be fun and enjoyable not stressful. Evaluation would lead to
decreased participation and students may feel unworthy or not good enough. In any
intramural program I would avoid this method of forming competitive teams.

E. Yearly Outline of Activities

Month Activity
September Open gym, promotion, sign-up, planning and organization, 3 grade-specific social
events
October Basketball
November Basketball (Jr. Varsity and Varsity Basketball Tryouts)
December Christmas break (2 weeks) Basketball Playoffs
January Exams (1 week) Soccer
February Soccer (Jr. Varsity and Varsity Soccer Tryouts)
March Spring break (2 weeks) Soccer Playoffs
April Floor Hockey
May Floor Hockey
June Exams (1 week) Floor Hockey Playoffs

F. Weekly Schedule for Each Grade Level

Basketball Schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1:
#1 G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg
Game 2: Game 2: Game 2:
G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv
Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1:
#2 G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg
Game 2: Game 2: Game 2:
G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv
LUNCH Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1:
LUNCH
11:30 #3 G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg Make-up 10:55 to Make-up
Game 2: Game 2: Game 2: games 11:35 games
to G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv (11:00-
(warning 11:15) or
12:15 Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1: bell at
#4 G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv open gym
11:30)
(warning Game 2: Game 2: Game 2:
bell at
12:10) G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg
Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1:
#5 G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv
Game 2: Game 2: Game 2:
G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg

Hoop Game 1: Game 1: Game 1:

#6 G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv
Game 2: Game 2: Game 2:
G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg
 Soccer and Floor Hockey Schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Court 1: Court 1: Court 1: Court 1:
G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg Make-up
Game 1:
game
Court 1:
11:35 –
11:50 Make-up
Court 2: Court 2: Court 2: Court 2: game
(11:00-
G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv Make-up 11:15) or
game LUNCH open gym
LUNCH
10:55 to
11:30 11:35
Court 1: Court 1: Court 1: Court 1:
to (warning
Game 2: G8 Beg G9 Beg G10 Beg Make-up bell at Court 2:
12:15 game 11:30)
11:52 – Make-up
(warning
12:07 game
bell at
12:10) (11:00-
Court 2: Court 2: Court 2: Court 2: 11:15) or
open gym
G8 Adv G9 Adv G10 Adv Make-up
game

G. Organization for Competition

General Overview:
There will be 3 sport intramurals throughout the year: Basketball, Soccer and Floor
Hockey. Each sport will be played for 10 weeks. This allows each team to match up once over the
8 week period, and 2 weeks for playoffs. Each grade will play once a week Monday through
Wednesday. Thursdays are designated for make-up games or byes based on number of teams in
each grade, and Fridays will be used for make-up game or open gym.
Leagues will be split based on grades. Each grade will have a advanced and beginner
league. All teams have the option of being coed (no criteria for # of girls vs. boys). All games will
occur during the lunch period. The first set of games start at 11:35 and the second set of games
start at 11:52 (2 minutes allotted for transition). Games are 15 minutes long. Players in the first
set of games can eat their lunches after their game, and players in the second set of games can eat
their lunches before their game
 Regular games will be organized in a round robin tournament style. All teams make
playoffs. Playoffs will be first round elimination for both the advanced and beginner side:

2012-13 Intramural
Champions

No intramurals will take place in September. September will be used as an organizational

month. Athletic leadership will work on promoting intramural sports by designing 3 fun and
social lunch hour events for students in each grade to participate in. This will help promote school
pride, team spirit, and student bonding, thereby encouraging students to come out and participate
in intramurals by aiding in the team-making process.

Schedule A is designed for basketball:

Athletic leadership students will be responsible to keep score at one of the six designated
hoops
Games will be played 3 x 3 in the half court (See half court rules in Appendix 1)
Players will ref their own games (offensive players call fouls)

Schedule B is designed for soccer and floor hockey:

Athletic leadership students will be responsible to keep score for each team and
officiating.
Option to play soccer outdoors on the field (weather dependent)

H. System of Points and Awards

In order to avoid a biased distribution of points, point will be given out weekly for wins,
ties, starting games on time and attendance. Wins will receive 3 points, ties will receive 2 points
and loses will receive 1 point. Points will be recording by athletic leadership students and
submitted to the head coordinator at the end of each session. 1 point will given for teams that
provide enough players to start the game, 2 points will be given for teams that have subs and 3
points will be rewarded for teams with their full roster. There will also be an opportunity for
 teams to receive additional points. During each sport season there will be one themed dress up
competition rewarding the winning team with 9 points and runner up with 6. The second
opportunity will be a team cheer competition. Winning team will be rewarded 9 points and runner
up will be rewarded 6 points. This way, teams that have been less successful during the season
will have a chance to make a jump in the standings thereby altering their ranking going into
playoffs.
The final award given will be selected by each team during the end of season evaluation.
Teams will select which team they thought showed the best work ethic, good sportsmanship, fair
play and great resilience. This team, along with the championship winning team, will have their
pictures posted on the athletics and recreation bulletin board, recognition during the morning
announcements and their pictures posted in the intramural promotion papers the following year.
In addition, the championship winning team, based on funding and donations, will receive a prize
in the form of t-shirts, recreation passes to a local gym or one free cafeteria lunch.
The purpose of the point system is to determine team rankings throughout the season and
going into playoffs. In addition, it promotes student commitment, team spirit and healthy
competition within the league. The same point system is used for all grade levels and for both the
beginner and advanced league.

I. General Rules and Behavior Expectations

In order to maintain a fun, safe and fair environment it is expected that intramural
participants abide by the following rules and expectations. Failure to do so may result in game or
league suspensions, and will be at the discretion of the Head Coordinator.
General Rules:
-Permission forms must be filled out, signed by student and parents or guardians and
submitted to the Head Coordinator before September 19th.
-By signing the permission form, students are confirming their participation for the entire
duration of the sport. Failure to show up to more than 3 games will result in removal from
the league unless previously discussed with the Head Coordinator.
-Students can only play in their grade’s league.
-Students are not allowed to play for more than one team.
-Students must wear athletic pants or shorts and top to participate.
-Students must be wearing runners to participate.
-No food in the gym no matter what. Students are to finish any snacks prior to entering
the gym or after.
 -Participation in intramurals is a privilege. Any sign of unsportsmanlike behaviour or
failure to obey school rules will result in a 2 games suspension with potential for a league
suspension at Head Coordinators discretion.
Behaviour Expectations:
It is expected that students will:
-Be on time, dressed appropriately and ready to play.
-Exhibit safety, leadership and fair play at all times.
-Check in with their athletic leadership team representative.
-Starters for each team must shake hands prior to beginning the match, and all players
must shake hands following the match.
-Treat Athletic Leadership students with a high level of respect. Any disrespectful
behaviour towards volunteers will not be tolerated, and will result in immediate
suspension from the league.
-If there are any issues teams must submit a formal complaint to the Head Coordinator
explaining the situation.
-Physical confrontation (fighting) will not be tolerated, and will result is suspension from
the league.

J. Non-Athletic Events or Activities Included in the Program

As previously discussed, activity days will be provided for all students in grades 8, 9 and
10 during the month of September. These activities will be designed by the athletic leadership
students, and will include fun team building activities that get the students working together and
socializing. Activities may include a root beer chugging competition, scavenger hunt, balloon
picture contest etc.
For students not interested in sport intramurals there will be an opportunity to participate
in recreational activities. During the activity days for each grade level there will be an opportunity
for students to request recreational activities they would like to participate in. Based on the
student requests, facilities available and faculty support there is opportunity for yoga or dance
intramurals in addition to craft intramurals which could include: jewellery, wood work, painting
etc.
In the earlier stages of the intramural program there will be greater emphasis on sport
intramurals, but as the sport program progresses and becomes more successful, due to increased
student involvement, there will be greater opportunity for additional recreational activities.
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Appendix 1:

HALF COURT BASKETBALL RULES

Half court basketball requires three players from each team on the court at once. The
game follows the same basic rules as full-court basketball, with some differences due to the
limited space. Three-on-three players typically officiate the game themselves, allowing for some
rule flexibility.

Game Play

The offensive team must make at least one pass before shooting the ball. As in full-court
basketball, offensive players can only remain in the free throw lane for three seconds.

Substitutions

Teams can make player substitutions during any play stoppage, such as a basket, foul or out of
bounds play.

Possession

Decide which team will possess the ball first [using “rock, paper, scissors]. After each basket the
opposing team gains possession of the ball. If a team takes possession of the ball with a
defensive rebound or turnover, that team must take the ball back behind the three-point line by
passing or dribbling it before they can shoot the ball. In jump ball situations, alternate
possession.

Self-Officiated Rules

[Games will be played to 21. Scoring system remains the same as traditional basketball]. A team
must win by two points. [Each team is given one time for the duration of the game]. [Offensive]
players must call fouls themselves. All full court basketball foul rules apply to half court
basketball as well. (Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/116306-half-court-basketball-
rules/#ixzz1pynq8g88)