Who We Are

SouthCoast Aquatics

WHO WE ARE
  SouthCoast Aquatics is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that offers guided youth competitive swim programs and learn to swim & dive lesson programs for children ages five and up.  We accommodate all levels of swimmers from the beginner to nationally ranked competitors. 

Mission Statement
SouthCoast Aquatics is a competitive swimming program designed to develop athletes from the novice swimmer to the most advanced Olympic hopeful for local, regional, national and international competition.  We serve the communities of the SouthCoast Region of Massachusetts, and promote, foster, support and encourage all aspects of competitive swimming.

Vision Statement
SouthCoast Aquatics will inspire and enable our athletes to achieve excellence in the sport of swimming and in life.

Strategic Goals

·    To serve the competitive athletes of all SouthCoast communities by building a world class facility to provide competitive venues, cross training, fitness, learn-to-swim, recreational and therapeutic aquatic programs.

·    To help athletes achieve their highest objectives in local, regional, national and international competition.

·    To continue evolving as a highly competitive world class swim team, by offering professional, high quality and motivational training and facilities.

·    To provide a competitive swim league in which all area competitive swim teams can take part in.

·    To integrate learn-to-swim and competitive swimming into the local elementary school systems as a part of the school day.

·    To provide financial assistance to children in the community who would not normally have the opportunity to participate.

·    To provide scholarships to competitive swimmers to further their training on the college level.

·    To fulfill the needs of SCA and the community concurrently.  

Guiding Values

 Team:

·   To teach children a value system to enable free choice and the ability to accept the responsibility and consequences for those choices.

·   To continue to develop and promote the sport of swimming.

·   To provide a foundation to achieve a well-balanced lifestyle.

·   To instill self-discipline and concern for others.

·   To provide a foundation for coping with the challenges of life.

Community:

·    To develop social conscience and responsibility.

·    To promote and teach aquatic safety.

·    To provide a cross training facility for all levels and ages.

·    To provide improved quality of life for the community by    offering access to programs and resources on a regular and consistent schedule.  

Guiding Principles

 Leadership Through Achievement
 Leading by example: not telling others what to do, but rather setting the example so others will want to follow.

 Team Spirit
 Working together as a team, respecting and supporting each other, and the sport of swimming, and encouraging positive goal setting and achievement.

 Commitment
 Achieving goals through focus and commitment; teaching our swimmers the importance of the road less traveled.

 Self-Worth
 Recognizing that everyone is important and each person has a role and responsibility to themselves, the team, and their family. You have a voice.

 Self-Confidence
 Feeling good and knowing about yourself results in recognizing your strengths and weaknesses. Improving strengths and overcoming weaknesses lets you know you can do anything. 

Self-Improvement
Goal setting and hard work motivates self-improvement. How can you improve if you don’t know where you are going? Challenge yourself and work hard.

SouthCoast Aquatics Team Quote
“You can have anything you want – if you want it badly enough.  You can be anything you set out to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold that desire with singleness of purpose.”
                                                                                                                       -Abraham Lincoln

SCA  was established by Coach David Ponte and area families who wanted to provide the best opportunities for their children to enjoy the sport of competitive swimming.  Since our inception, we have had swimmers qualify for USA-S Sectional Championships the New England Eastern Zone All-Star Team, along with swimmers who have won individual titles at the New England and District Championships and Age Group Championships.  We have also had swimmers who a have earned  New England Swimming’s “Top 10 award”.  This award is presented to athletes who have achieved one of the ten fastest overall times in an event during any meet held in New England during the season. 

SCA is known throughout the area for a 1^st class year round swim program.  We offer a guided age group program for children age five and up, and can accommodate swimmers of all levels from beginning to nationally ranked competitors. When a young person becomes a member of SCA, we try to teach them the values of sportsmanship and teamwork.  Our program helps to provide physical, emotional, and intellectual skills that will last a lifetime. 

The founding philosophy for creating SCA is to provide a competitive swimming program where area youth are able to participate in the sport regardless of ability or commitment level.  We want all children to experience and fall in love with the sport.  We want to provide the best opportunities for individuals to reach their maximum potential on the local, regional and national levels.  In doing this, we are committed to providing a staff that is on the cutting edge in all areas of training.  Finally, our program will put athletes first, winning second. We will be primarily concerned with the process of developing our swimmers as athletes and as people. 

Vision / Mission

To provide the communities of the SouthCoast Region with aquatic programs that promote, foster, support and encourage our athletes to achieve excellence in the sport of swimming and in life.