Most types of competitive aquatic programming were slightly more common in 2022 than in 2021, according to the latest Aquatic Trends Survey.
Nearly half of respondents in 2021 (48.2%) said they hosted swim meets and competitions at their facilities, compared with 54.8% in 2022. And while 54.8% of 2021 respondents said they offered youth swim teams in their programming lineup, in 2022, 57.5% offered youth swim teams.
More than a third of respondents offered school swim teams in 2021 (35.1%) and 2022 (38.8%). Adult swim teams jumped from 17.5% in 2021 to 23.8% in 2022.
Diving and diving teams as well as water polo were slightly less common, but also saw increases from 2021 to 2022. Some 16.9% of respondents in 2021 said they offered dive teams, while 18.1% did so in 2022. And while 16.5% hosted water polo in 2021, in 2022 17.3% included water polo in their programming lineup.
The new Aquatic Trends Report data reported here will appear in the January 2023 issue of Recreation Management magazine.