Intramural Games/Dukes Gym Essays - , Term Papers

Dr. Evans PE 310 Intramural Games/Dukes Gym 300 College Street NE, Orangeburg, SC 29115 David Erby Recreation Specialist Prior to arriving to the intramural games, that take place on Tue, Wed, Thur., my expectation was for students from the student body to come to the games for socialization. I pictured the games to be an outlet for a lot of the students on campus. I expected the teams to be warming up to play, and I anticipated a lot of excitement. The days that I attended the games I saw just that. I myself have attended numerous games in Dukes gym so I expected the games to be just as I remembered them. When I walked in the gym I observed students standing around and sitting on the bleachers. There was a basketball game going on, and there were two students refereeing the games. There two separate teams and the scores were close. On both teams there were students playing. The players were all African American males, and they were all between the ages of 18 and 23. The players seemed to be between the height of 57 and 63. Everyone is the gym appeared to be on leisure time, because they all were enjoy ing the activities taking place. The staff was composed of students that attend South Carolina State University. The staff was coaching and overseeing the game. The staff were continuing to do what I observed when I first walked into the gym. The staffs responsibilities were to monitor the game, make sure the students werent getting out of control, making sure none of the players got injured, and making sure the gym did not get messed up. The staff were wearing dress down clothes. None of the staff had on the same clothes. Everyone had on shorts, short sleeve shirt, and tennis shoes. The staff were very helpful and they were attentive to the game and their surroundings. Based on my observation I believe that I could do this job effectively. I am a fan of basketball and I enjoy downtime, so working in the gym would be an ideal job for me. In my opinion the purpose of the Intramural games at Dukes gym is to provide a safe outlet for the students at South Carolina State University. When I spoke with the head coach of t he gym he stated that I was right on the money with the gyms purpose. Dukes gym is accomplishing its goal to provide a safe outlet for the students of South Carolina State University. It is clear to see that the students are enjoying the games every week because one the three days that I attended the games the stands were full. The gym was so packed that many students had to stand up around the court. The basketball games clearly are very safe. This leads me to believe that the programs that are provided by the gym are matching the gyms mission statement. This is a place where I would easily spend my free time. In the three days that I visited Dukes gym I was very pleased. This is the perfect place for the students of South Carolina State University to enjoy safe and entertaining activities.