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The term intramural is most commonly associated with sports teams organized within a school. The term means inside the walls, indicating that matches are conducted with members of the same school (as opposed to varsity teams who compete with other schools). Other usages include the more informal intramurals, or simply recreational sports. The word varsity can refer to several things. ...
Activities for intramural students are conducted separately from varsity athletics. Often these programs are administered by students themselves under the supervision of a faculty sponsor or intramural coordinator. Intramural sports are found from the elementary school level through college level. Programs at large universities have an autonomous administrative unit on campus with their own facilities and staff. The competitive nature of the events are characterized as informal, but the intensity remains very high in reality. Generally, the activities are open to all students who form their own teams and sign up for leagues that are appropriate for their skill level. Most programs offer levels of play from advanced to beginner (e.g. A, AA, AAA, Coed). A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ...
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Intramural activities may sometimes extend beyond the walls of the institution. Such "extramural" activities can include everything from sports clubs which compete with other clubs off campus to play days that integrate students from different schools into competition/participation units.
The National Intramural Recreational Sports Association, a professional organization based in Corvallis, Oregon, provides a network of more than 4,000 highly trained professionals, students and Associate Members in the recreational sports field throughout the United States, Canada and other countries. (See National Intramural Recreational Sports Association) In most of the world outside North America, sports scholarships and college sports on the North American model do not exist so the distinction between college and intramural sports has no relevance and is not made.
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References C. Jensen & S. Overman. Administration and Management of Physical Education and Athletic Programs. 4th edition. Waveland Press, 2003 (Chapter 14, "Intramural Recreation").
D. Wade & S. Mayhew Everything I know about Intramurals, I learned from Gary Cahen (1st edition, Iota Press, 2005.)
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