Lebanese American University
Atheltics Office
Extra Curricular Sports Activities

     The LAU Athletics Office offers a wide range of extra curricular and sports activities, which are well suited to the needs of our students and the LAU community. Furthermore, most of the activities and varsity sports are supervised and coached by some of the best and most respected people in their respective fields. They are always there to help and offer advice.

      The LAU-Beirut Athletics Office currently offers the following sports/activities: Aerobics, Basketball, Chess, Fitness, Folk Dance, Hip-Hop Dance, Kickboxing, Latin Dance, Swimming, Soccer, Table –Tennis, Tennis, Track & Field (whenever possible), and Volleyball (all for men & women), and men&rsquos Handball and Rugby League.

      All activities are offered on campus except for Soccer, Handball, Rugby League and Track & Field. Also, throughout the year the LAU Atheltics Office organizes intercollegiate, intramural, high school, and international tournaments, in addition to participating in other local, regional and international events. Most of the varsity teams get exposed to high level competition and play regular season games against some of the other universities and colleges in Lebanon. At the end of each academic year an Athletics Awards banquet is held to recognize and honor LAU&rsquos best and most dedicated athletes and coaches.

      All students are encouraged to try-out for any of the varsity teams, just as they are encouraged to participate in all or most of the extra-curricular activities.

Here is a list of the extra curricular activities currently being offered at LAU:

Activity Time Place Instructor
Aerobics MWF 4 - 5, 5 - 6 P.M. Dance Room Saad Semaan
Basketball TTH 10 - 11 A.M. Indoor Court Free Play
Friday 10 - 2 P.M.
Friday 4 - 6 P.M. Faculty/Staff
Chess MTH 4 - 7 P.M.     Old Fitness Room
        (Court Level)		 Elie Eid
Folk Dance MWF 6 - 8 P.M. DANCE ROOM Mounir Malaeb
Fitness Daily 7 A.M. - 7 P.M. LRC21 Basement Samir Kadi
Kick-Boxing MWF 12 - 2 P.M. Dance Room Sami Kiblawi
Latin Dance MWF 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.     LRC 1ST FLOOR Roy Achkar
Swimming
Swimming Pool
TTH 5:00 - 6:15 P.M. Faculty/Staff Mahmoud Arnaout
TTH 6:15 - 8:30 P.M. Students/Varsity Adel Yamout
TTH 8:30 - 9:30 P.M. Dorms/Girls Abeer Yamout
F 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Open Swimming  
Table Tennis DAILY 11 - 2 P.M.     Old Fitness Room
        (Court Level)		 Free Play
Tennis Daily 10A.M. - 6 P.M. Tennis Courts Free Play
Hip-Hop MWF 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. LRC 1ST Floor Eman Shuman

  *The assigned times are subject to change. Please check with the Athletics Office for more details.