Cody Kountry Aquatic Swim Team is a USA Swimming, year-round, competitive swim team offering high-quality professional coaching and technique instruction to all swimmers ages 6 years and up, from the beginning swimmer to the most competitive and skilled swimmer. The CKATS Swim Club is committed to developing the potential of all swimmers through training and competition, from novice to advanced, in an environment that fosters individual excellence while developing a strong, cohesive sense of team. The club promotes swimming as a lifelong sport and seeks to not only develop swimming potential, but also skills for life such as sportsmanship, confidence, and leadership. Active family involvement As a non-profit organization, the Cody CKATS rely heavily on the efforts of volunteers. Commitment, teamwork, and excellence are embraced by our club and applies not just to the athletes but also to the team working behind the scenes to ensure a strong and successful club. Families will be encouraged to be actively involved in the club. The existence of a strong culture of volunteerism is also something that the club promotes to create a positive, successful organization. There are many volunteer roles that are available and the higher the level of family participation from the membership the more successful the club will be. The Board of Directors will work towards establishing the following: Social/fundraising committee Swim meet committee Provision of adequate opportunities for parents to train as an official BENEFITS OF SWIMMING: While winning is nice and setting a record, getting a best time, or making a qualifying time feels good, we hope that our young athletes learn more than, It is great to swim fast. There are many benefits to the sport of swimming: Promotes fitness and teaches a child to strive for physical achievement Swimming cultivates a positive mental attitude and high self-esteem Is an exciting individual and team sport Teaches life lessons of sport and sportsmanship, learning to deal with winning and losing and working with others Is a healthy lifelong activity - Participants may be 1 or 101 years old Motivates participants to strive for self-improvement and teaches goal setting & focus