Assignment #4 - Revised

The following is the Logic Model for the Saskatoon Ball Hockey League:

Goals	Objectives	Activities	Outputs	Outcomes	Impacts
To provide kids a fun and low-cost way to stay in shape and improve their hockey skills in leagues that they can continue to play into adulthood.	- Introduce kids to hockey without the skills and equipment needed for ice hockey. - Have a well-organized league of players of similar age/abilities. - Develop hockey skills - Provide a fun and supportive environment for all who want to play.	1. League president secures appropriate rental facilities. 2. League president develops rules. 3. League marketer creates website and ads to inform public and secure registrations. 4. League administration assigns teams, trains coaches, buys uniforms, hires referees and timekeepers, and distributes schedule. 5. Play games - League monitors play, keeps stats, and organizes playoffs.	1. Players have fun. 2. Players improve their hockey skills. 3. Registration numbers increase from the same season the previous year.	1. 75% or more players return the following season. 2. Costs for parents remains steady or has minor increase (less than 10% year over year). 3. Ball hockey league will be recognized as a legitimate sport with Kidsport and other organizations.	1. Children who played ball hockey are more active and healthier than they otherwise would have been. 2. Children who play ball hockey continue to play in the adult leagues. 3. Ball hockey becomes a sport where multiple generations of a family can play together.

Narrative of Logic Model.
      In order to fulfill the goal of providing a fun and low-cost sport for players of all ages, the SBHL will need to structure itself in a way to attract players and accomplish the stated objectives. League administrators will provide the required infrastructure (building, referees, timekeepers, uniforms, website, balls, etc) to support the various leagues and fascilitate the league in an organized and clear manner to ensure the enjoyment of all participants.
      The outputs that will be seen from the SBHL are that players have fun while improving their hockey skills, and league registration will increase (from the same season the previous year). Within one to three years of monitoring, the expected outcomes will be high player retention, stable costs, and external recognition of ball hockey as a legitimate sport on par with minor softball, soccer, tennis, etc.
      The long term impacts of the SBHL will be active kids who are more healthy than they would have been if they did not play ball hockey. There will also be an increase participation in adult leagues as kids continue to play after they are 18 years old. Because of this, some families will find ball hockey to be a sport in which dads and grown sons or mothers and grown daughters can play together.