Recreational Sports Trends for the 21st Century: Results of a Delphi Study

Every recreational sport administrator has the challenge to plan, guide and lead his or her organizations into the future. Yet, the future is mostly unknown. This article provides insight into what the future may hold for recreational sport practitioners in a campus setting, by sharing the results of an electronic Delphi study conducted to identify the key trends impacting the delivery of recreational sports programs up to the year 2015. Of the 31 trends that emerged from the study, the panel of experts believed that funding and budgets, legal aspects, and technology would have the greatest potential for impacting the delivery of campus recreational sports programs over the course of the next 15 years.