When you combine the three Principles we have explored: Filling Emotional Tanks, the ELM Tree of Mastery, and Honoring the Game; they serve to form the Culture of Your Team. At Summer League Swimming, we like to think of culture as “the way we do things here.”

You, as a coach, have a great opportunity
to define and shape the Culture of Your Team
It's not a question of whether or not you will.
have a team culture, because you WILL have one.
It's just a question of whether that culture will be the
one you want.

Bad Team Culture

Good Team Culture