SUMMERVILLE YMCA TIDALWAVES SWIM TEAM
Our team is a year round competitive YMCA / USA Swimming swim team offering quality professional coaching, technique instruction for all ages and abilities for swimmers in Summerville, North Charleston, Ladson, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Charleston and more. The goal of our team is to provide every member an opportunity to improve swimming skills and achieve success at his or her level of ability, from novice to national competitor. We are a South Carolina YMCA swim team with a USA Swimming sanction. We compete in CYSL and SC USA swim leagues. Our success is only possible with the help of our parent volunteers. The team runs smoothly with the help of all families; please see our volunteer area for more info on our parent volunteer requirements.
Competitive swimming gives swimmers the opportunity to enhance their technical skill and strengthen their aerobic fitness in a training regime that stresses discipline and constant personal improvement. Competitions give swimmers the experience to put those strengths and skills to use in races, across a wide range of events and distances, and to experiment with different strategies and situational pressures. Personal performance in these situations, and the lesson learned, are more important than the medals won. Stress management, team dynamics, work ethic and dedication are all life skills that competitive swimmers will take with them beyond the pool.
In accordance with our mission and vision, all members of the Tidalwaves are not only expected to comply with USA Swimming- mandated policies, but to promote the YMCA core values when interacting with other Tidalwaves members, coaches, staff, volunteers, facilities and other teams. The Tidalwaves coaching staff and volunteers are committed to provide a safe, positive environment for our athletes to be able to succeed in and out of the pool and to grow into healthy, responsible adults.
With this in mind, these values will be reinforced throughout the year by the coaching staff in practices, electronic communication and at parent meetings. Members not upholding our tradition of positive behavior in or out of the pool will be given guidance on how to model their personal behavior. There is a wide gap between not meeting your best potential and acting willfully against the team’s mission. In instances where personal behavior is threatening to others, facilities, the reputation of Summerville Family YMCA or in violation of local laws, timely and appropriate punishment may be given to the individual(s) in violation of Tidalwaves policies up to, and including loss of membership privileges. The Tidalwaves Head Coach will evaluate issues of athlete or coach conduct along with our Safesport representitive. The Summerville Family YMCA executive committee will evaluate issues of non-athlete conduct.
Tidalwaves Mission Statement:
To serve the youth of Summerville, SC and surrounding areas, providing diversity of swimming instruction for children in a positive atmosphere. Our goals are to cultivate confidence and self-motivation, by instilling good sportsmanship, self-discipline, and respect for others. We will accomplish this by providing opportunities for every member to reach her/her potential at each stage of their development; giving youth of all ages the opportunity to improve swimming skills while building friendships and healthy habits that last a lifetime.
Tidalwaves Vision Statement:
We envision a swimming community – from our swim lesson program to senior level and Masters swimming - dedicated to following the highest principles with the greatest love, as characterized by moral integrity, physical vitality, discipline, compassion, humor, and joy.
We believe that no dream is too big to chase; no improvement too small to recognize; that all of us inherently desire to be our best selves; and that hard work in a TEAM environment can yield exceptional results.
We strive to be successful at every competitive level, recognizing that achievements at each stage of development are vital to the success of the team.
We believe in being a team that supports, mentors, encourages each other with genuine enthusiasm, and approaches any competitive outcome with humility, grace, and good sportsmanship. The Tidalwaves are dedicated to creating a safe, healthy and positive environment to teach youth the benefits and joys of hard work, mental focus, team spirit, and physical training in the context of competitive swimming. These attributes will benefit our athletes now as well as in the future, making them champions in and out of the water for a lifetime.
