ABOUT UNITED SWIM ASSOCIATION (USA)

USA is a year round swim program that trains swimmers from various communities including Dublin, Hilliard, Lewis Center, Powell, Upper Arlington, and surrounding neighborhoods. Our swimmers range in ages from 5 to 18, and every swimmer enjoys a positive, family-structured swim program.

USA Swim Team has a volunteer parent board — parents who are concerned about providing constructive, competitive, and non-competitive swim programs for their children. Our swim team is a positive outlet and helps to build life skills for the swimmers.

OUR STORY

The United Swim Association (USA) was founded in 2009, so our story is still being written… 

Our club is a USA Swimming year round competitive swim team offering high quality professional coaching and technique instruction for age group and high school swimmers of all abilities.  We also offer a non-competitive swim program for swimmers who are new to the sport, summer swimmers, or multi-sport athletes who want train with a swim program.

The club’s philosophy focuses around each individual swimmer’s development of stroke technique, training capacity, and most importantly, developing a life-long enjoyment of the sport. We strive 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.

All of our coaches, are members of the American Swim Coaches Association, have access to the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United States. Our Coaches provide assurances that the time children spend swimming will be quality time.

The United Swim Association, a registered 501c3 non-profit club.  The club is run by a Board of Directors, which meets each month. All members are welcome at each meeting and encouraged to be involved in team activities.

We are constantly growing and training young swimmers to maintain a well-rounded competitive swim team.  USA’s commitment is to maintain a low coach to swimmer ratio and provide each swimmer an opportunity to meaningfully interact with the Coaches.  Our small team environment and family friendly environment and activities make being a part of this team a lot of fun for all members of the family.

Thank you for visiting our Website. We are looking forward to meeting you. Interested swimmers or parents are encouraged to contact us.  Interested swimmers may also join us for a practice or in water evaluation. Please email [email protected] to schedule a new swimmer visit. 

UNITED SWIM ASSOCIATION CLUB MISSION

Our mission is simple: To support and promote competitive swimming throughout Greater Columbus. We provide services for our members, supporters, affiliates and the interested public.  The United Swim Association exists to:

1. Provide a safe and positive environment for all members

2. Teach life skills to its athletes

3. Encourage swimmers to reach their full potential while having fun

4. Train swimmers in stroke technique, aerobic and anaerobic conditioning, and racing

UNITED SWIM ASSOCIATION CLUB VISION

We inspire and enable our members to achieve excellence in the sport of swimming and in life. 

The United Swim Association is a USA Swimming Year-round competitive swim team that emphasizes competitive success at the Local, State, Regional, and National levels.  USA provides programs for all ages, skill and commitment levels. We emphasizes a strong team concept, teaching life concepts and goal setting as vital components of our organization at all levels.  Team goals include:

1. Raising our status to become a top team at the local level, become a top placing team at the state level (Junior Olympics),

2. Gain a significant presence at the regional level (Central Zones and Sectionals)

3. Send swimmers to national level meets.

We have a well devised age group system where kids are encouraged to be their best and are taught the current “cutting edge” techniques in a fun, diverse, safe and supportive atmosphere. We have a High Performing level group that supplies an environment that leads to success at the State, Zone/Sectional and National levels of swimming competition.

UNITED SWIM ASSOCIATION CLUB VALUES

We value our family friendly reputation, and we are proud of the integrity, sincerity and transparency our board and coaches provide to swimmers and parents about all aspects of our team. Together, we are a learning organization, always listening to our parents and swimmers.  We hope to help swimmers develop and demonstrate the following values at all team activities and that these values carry into all areas of their life:

1. Being Helpful, Friendly, and  Courteous at all times

2. Respect for themselves, their teammates, their coaches, and their opponents

3. A Caring and Kind attitude for others around them

4. Being Honest with themselves and others around them

5. Taking Responsibility for their own actions, and learning the responsibilities they have to teammates and the team

SAFE SPORT

UNITED SWIM ASSOCIATION CLUB ORGANIZATION  

The USA Swim team is a 501c3 non-profit company registered with the State of Ohio.  A Parent Board operates the team.  The Board members are all volunteers.  The team employs professional swim coaches to operate the day-to-day on-deck swimming operations of the team.  

TEAM HANDBOOK  

The United Swim Association has a detailed handbook that outlines all the Clubs operating procedures, policies, and necessary information about the USA Program.  The Handbook is available to all members logged into the website.  Prospective team families can also receive a copy of the handbook by sending an e-mail to [email protected] and requesting a copy.