With Australia's wonderful beaches, its well-known culture with swimming and the gold medals won at the Olympic Games; There is expected to be a high participation rate in the swimming events. However, over the last three years, participation rates at the swimming carnival have declined by ten per cent within Wavell SHS, it seems one might wonder where swimming actually stands in the future. But let's focus more on the root cause of this phenomenon: Figueroa's framework focuses on five levels of fairness and personal participation in a sport, particularly swimming. To address such a question on a well-known topic, we examine the constant misconceptions regarding adolescents, their body image and low self-esteem in modern society, as well as the influence of society, culture and media on adolescents. And while this is a universal problem, not only found in sports but in life in general, we look at where most teenagers, like myself, begin to progress from the early stages of low esteem of oneself, thus creating the problem of participation in sport. and swimming carnivals. High school, a place where most talent is revealed and opportunities are offered/taken, a place that shapes young Australians' views on sport and the ongoing process of producing young Australian athletes. However, with young adolescents' misconception of what an athlete "looks like," they begin to compare their self-image to that of what the media portrays, which is your typical skinny, thin, and handsome/pretty model. This results in a low level of self-confidence in an individual because it focuses on the individual level. The cultural level of Figueroa's framework plays an important role in an individual's upbringing in society. With the typical stereotypes of Wavell culture continuing to...... middle of paper ...... ensure that this method works because, like the Netball and Rugby League programs of excellence, it would create a culture and a personal group history within the school, and with a little work in society as well. In conclusion, the decline in swimming participation is deeply rooted within Wavell State High and society due to the different upbringing of most cultures within the school and the low self-confidence of the most students and their self-image, this only compounds declining participation rates. However, if, as stated, a culture was created within the school and society through the establishment of a swimming excellence program and the addition of a small portion of swimsuits swimming, there would, in my opinion, be an increase in the participation rate in swimming. between different cultures and HPE courses and the Swimming Carnival.