SUPER TEAMS will put your intramural program over the top!
We always had a good turnout for our intramural program, but we were looking for a way to maximize student participation, a way to put us 'over the top' so to speak. About six years ago we started our Super Team program - an initiative that increased our yearly intramural participation from 150 - 200 students to over 400.
The idea of Super Teams is to encourage students to make a team with their friends and stay with this 'team' for the entire school year. We want students to make intramurals a year-long committment. You can add players to your team throughout the year if you wish. To qualify as a Super Team you must play our first activity - indoor soccer - without forfeits (failure to show up) or unacceptable behaviour. Once you have done this you can qualify as a Super Team. You must fill out an application form(available on the RTB website) listing your team members, team name, division (grade level and either boys of girls league), and enclose $4.00 from each player. With this money plus the funding we supply as a school, we purchase team t-shirts for each member of each intramural team. The students select their own shirt colours (maximum of 2), team name and shirt design. We get the shirts printed at a local t-shirt company.
These shirts create an amazing buzz and excitement in our school that lasts for weeks and the impact on the intramural program and student participation is tremendous. Students show up to play as a team in their shirts and they absolutely love it! Students want to be a part of something at school and the Super Team program provides this. We have had many teams stay together from grade 9 right through to grade 12.
The Super Team program had a positive effect on getting more girls to play. We usually get 6 - 10 teams in the Junior Girls Division (grades 9 and 10) and similar numbers in the senior division. In addition, we put a major focus on getting the grade 9 students involved.
The Super Team program is now an expectation at St James Catholic in Guelph, and as a physed department, it is a great expectation to try to live up to.
The idea of Super Teams is to encourage students to make a team with their friends and stay with this 'team' for the entire school year. We want students to make intramurals a year-long committment. You can add players to your team throughout the year if you wish. To qualify as a Super Team you must play our first activity - indoor soccer - without forfeits (failure to show up) or unacceptable behaviour. Once you have done this you can qualify as a Super Team. You must fill out an application form(available on the RTB website) listing your team members, team name, division (grade level and either boys of girls league), and enclose $4.00 from each player. With this money plus the funding we supply as a school, we purchase team t-shirts for each member of each intramural team. The students select their own shirt colours (maximum of 2), team name and shirt design. We get the shirts printed at a local t-shirt company.
These shirts create an amazing buzz and excitement in our school that lasts for weeks and the impact on the intramural program and student participation is tremendous. Students show up to play as a team in their shirts and they absolutely love it! Students want to be a part of something at school and the Super Team program provides this. We have had many teams stay together from grade 9 right through to grade 12.
The Super Team program had a positive effect on getting more girls to play. We usually get 6 - 10 teams in the Junior Girls Division (grades 9 and 10) and similar numbers in the senior division. In addition, we put a major focus on getting the grade 9 students involved.
The Super Team program is now an expectation at St James Catholic in Guelph, and as a physed department, it is a great expectation to try to live up to.
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