1. Chapter 4
RECREATIONAL SPORTS: INTRAMURAL, FITNESS, OPEN, AND SPORT CLUB PROGRAMS

2. RECREATIONAL SPORT HISTORY
OHIO STATE UNIVERITY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
NATIONAL INTRAMURAL ASSOCIATION - DILLARD UNIV.
NIRSA - NATIONAL INTRAMURAL AND RECREATIONAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION

3. RECREATIONAL SPORT TERMINOLOGY
INTRAMURAL
EXTRAMURAL
FITNESS PROGRAMMING
OPEN RECREATION
SPORT CLUB PROGRAMS

4. REC. SPORT OBJECTIVES 1. HEALTH AND FITNESS 2. SKILL DEVELOPMENT
3. PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
4. RECREATION

5. MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL THE DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS - INTRAMURALS, SPORT CLUBS, FITNESS PROGRAMMING
STUDENT LEADERS
STUDENT DIRECTORS/UNIT MANAGERS
RECREATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL
OFFICIALS

6. ORGANIZATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
ACTIVITIES
SCHEDULING
ELIGIBILITY
AWARDS
POINT SYSTEMS
RECORDS
FINANCES
USE OF COMPUTERS
MEDICAL EXAMS
PROTESTS AND FORFEITURES
PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION

7. COMPETITIVE STRUCTURING FOR INTRAMURALS
LEAGUES - BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, SOFTBALL, AND OTHER TEAM SPORTS
TOURNAMENTS - RACQUET SPORTS AND PLAYOFFS AT CULMINATION OF LEAGUES
MEETS - SWIMMING, TRACK AND FIELD, GOLF, CROSS COUNTRY, ETC.

8. TOURNAMENT STRUCTURES
ROUND ROBIN
SINGLE ELIMINATION
SINGLE ELIM. WITH CONSOLATION
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
MUELLER-ANDERSON PLAYBACK
BAGNALL-WILD
LADDERS, PYRAMIDS, SPIDER WEBS

9. SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMPETITIVE STRUCTURE
MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION
DETERMINE “WINNER”
ENSURE FAIRNESS TO ALL
NATURE OF COMPETITIVE EVENT
ALLOW PARTICIPATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMPETITIVE

10. ELIMINATION TOURNAMENTS
SELECTING APPROPRIATE BRACKET
RATIONALE FOR SEEDING
THE PLACING OF BYES

11. RECREATIONAL SPORTS PROGRAM PLANNING
MISSION OR VISION STATEMENT
OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION
SPECIFICATION OF GOALS
IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTRAINTS
IDENTIFICATION OF RESOURCES
THE PLAN
EVALUATION