Chapter 15

Question 1

What’re 5 types of planning related to recreational sports?

Answer 1

short term planning
long term planing
maintenance planning
facility planning
equipment planning

Question 2

Why plan?

Answer 2

to guide direction, establish priorities

anticipate mistakes, and to be proactive (not reactive)

Question 3

What’re the basic steps of program planning as applied to recreational sport?

Answer 3

planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating

Question 4

What’re the 5 steps of the recreational sport program planning model?

Answer 4

1. Understand the goals and objectives of the organization
2. Understand participant needs and organization capacity
3. Plan and design a program
4. Implement a program
5. Evaluate program and make suggestions

Question 5

Could you describe Step 1 of the RSPP Model?

Answer 5

learn the vision statement, mission statement, long term plans, and goals and objectives of the organization in order to assure the program is in line with these

Question 6

Could you describe Step 2 of the RSPP Model?

Answer 6

assess needs and understand organizational capacity

Question 7

Could you describe Step 3 of the RSPP Model?

Answer 7

program planing and design

Question 8

How are PERT (Project Evaluation Review Technique) diagrams or Gantt Charts useful to someone involved in reaction programming?

Answer 8

they represent the tasks as related to their timeline for completion

Question 9

Could you describe Step 4 of the RSPP Model?

Answer 9

implementation of the program throughout the duration of the program whether as a facilitator or directly involved in program delivery

Question 10

Could you describe Step 5 of the RSPP Model?

Answer 10

evaluating the program and making program recommendations

Question 11

Are formative evaluations useful at all in recreational sport programming?

Answer 11

Yes, they occur while the program is being implemented and can provide feedback to improve the effectiveness of the program while it is still happening

Question 12

After evaluation a program, recommendations are made. What’re the 3 recommendation choices that can be made?

Answer 12

No change
Modify
Terminate

Question 13

If a program is recommended for termination, then should it be stopped cold-turkey (abruptly) or gradually?

Answer 13

phasing out programs usually has the advantage of providing participants with time to find alternative programs to meet their needs.