SWAT Mission

The Sackville Waves Aquatic Team commits to develop all folks to achieve their highest personal level of excellence. We will do this through: Leadership, Integrity, Dedication, and Team Pride.

SWAT Vision

Our vision is to create a supportive environment that will allow all folks to feel comfortable to strive for their highest potential. We commit to be a provincial leader who continually produces excellent people: in the pool, and in all communities.

SWAT Values

We aim to have our Core Values irrefutably modeled at every level of our club; by our coaches, swimmers, board of directors and parents.

LEADERSHIP: provide the leadership and means that will ensure sustained excellence across all levels of our program.

• Innovation & Skill Development: We commit to be proactive in the growth and design of quality programming to promote and ensure the highest level of skill teaching and development.
• Coach Education: We commit to continually invest in coach education to ensure our coaches are equipped to provide the highest quality of coaching to allow our athletes to improve at all levels.

INTEGRITY: promote respect, honesty, transparency and growth across all levels of our program.

• Respect: We commit to show respect for our coaches, facilities, ourselves, teammates and our sport on a daily basis. Honest and sincere behaviors and intentions characterize all respectful relationships in our program.
• Accountability: We commit to be accountable for all things we have  in our control; to understand the outcomes or our actions and how they reflect on the club and ourselves in every community. The achievement of our goals are a reflection of our efforts in training and our relationships.  

DEDICATION: instil traits of commitment and discipline to strive to achieve excellence across all aspects of the swimmers life.  

• Commitment: Model commitment to your training, to your team, to time management and to maintain a balance between sport and life to be able to fully succeed both in an out of the pool. 
• Discipline: We commit to encourage a strong work ethic daily through the philosophy of “train and prepare how you want to compete”, which is the simplest form of discipline. 

TEAM PRIDE: promote an inherent sense of community through athlete-centric actions to build a strong base of team culture and team support across all levels of our program.

• Athlete-Centered: We commit to support the different needs of all athletes to become competitive, intrinsically motivated and confident individuals; and teach the tools to believe in their ability to set goals and commit to these goals even in the face of obstacles. 
• Community: We commit to create and develop a community environment that welcomes all folks and allows our program to achieve sustained success. Individual achievements reach greater heights when shared together with a group of people who care and share a similar vision. We strive to maintain a parent volunteer support base with participation in team events, and an active on deck presence in officiating roles at meets for the betterment of our sport.