Athletic Electives - strengthening your body to support your mind

Instructional Athletics
Our athletic electives are designed to teach you the fundamentals as well as the advanced skills of each sport. In just a few weeks you gain lifetime fitness skills that can provide benefits long after the summer. Electives are taught by experienced staff and coaches and include drills, conditioning, training methods, rule interpretations and scrimmages. All electives are open to boys and girls and are tailored to participants’ age and skill level. Emphasis is placed on self-improvement, sportsmanship and teamwork. You enroll in an athletic elective for the
full five-week session.

Intramural Athletics
For many students, the option to play their favorite sports is an important feature of the Summer Session. In addition to the instructional athletics offered in afternoon electives, we have a robust intramural program that offers you, at whatever your level of expertise, a chance to compete against other teams of students and faculty on campus.

Twice a week, you can compete individually, in tennis, or against other teams in soccer, basketball and volleyball. Teams (or individuals, in the case of tennis) who have the best records compete against one another in a tournament held in the final week of the Summer Session.

The semi-final and final games in our intramural tournaments have traditionally been among the most popular and exciting events on campus. Those who do not wish to compete cheer their friends on. Our head coaches, all of whom have experience coaching during the academic year, organize these intramural games.

Teams are organized by ability level so that everyone gets a chance to play, and coaches ensure that, above all, the athletes learn the value of mutual respect, good sportsmanship, and teamwork. The intramural program takes place between dinner and study hall.