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ABSTRACT

This case study illustrates the complexity of sport development decision-making and specifically highlights the public health concern of drowning disparities in the United States. Using sport development research to demonstrate the linkage between empirical study and practice, students must consider various factors for the most effective approach to attract and retain participants involved in a local swimming program. The parks and recreation department director, Bob Shell, is tasked with determining the best program structure based on the sets of sport development proposals he received from a member of the management staff. To further ensure students are presented with a realistic scenario, this case offers a combination of fictional and real life events from an innovative swimming program in Memphis, Tennessee. Students must critically evaluate not only sport development practices and the merits of the swimming program, but other organizational partnerships that may be formed in the community. Therefore, students are placed in a decision-making role that is common to managers in many sport contexts beyond swimming. This case study is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate sport management courses, with specific application to sport development, policy and governance, strategic management, and recreation or leisure topics.

5. Discussion questions and exercises

The information given to students in this case study offers an opportunity to contemplate the realistically complex factors that public and private organizations face when attempting to use sport as a policy tool and address critical social issues, such as drowning disparities among the population. Amidst numerous and sometimes competing perspectives for the best sport development approaches, the following questions could guide discussion in the classroom or online. The questions could also facilitate group assignments for determining how to attract and retain participants to specific swimming programs primarily meant to address drowning disparities in communities: (1) In Memphis, explain why it was important to encourage swimming for Blacks. In your location, discuss who are the underrepresented groups and how similar is the issue of swimming participation/drownings. Identify the benefits (or potential benefits) of a community partnership offering a swimming program that addresses disparities in swimming ability among segments of the population.