JO's - Game 5

Today we let the guys sleep in till 10:30 am - then took them to IHOP. Had a nice big Bkfast, drove back to the hotel - had our team meeting and went to the pool a little early to watch the two teams before our game. We would play one the those team - win, we play the winner, lose, we play the loser of that game.

We played Regency - they scored the 1st 2 goals - we came back with 1 goal late in the 2nd quarter and they scored a last second outside 5 meter shot. Half time was 1-3.

The third quarter we finally began to play to our potential at both ends of the pool. We went up by 1 goal at the end of the 3rd quarter. The 4th quarter was a hair pulling experience for me, Matt and John... and our parents in the stands. We were up by 2 goals, the ref's both blow their whistles and kick out a player - the other team calls a time out... right before the ball is put back into play the ref tells me we have two players out - they both called different players out. So with 3 second to change the defense to a 4 on 6...... they shoot the ball 4 times and we make the block and they regain the ball each time and finally scored on the 5 try..... PLUS the table is 6 seconds late waving in our two players sitting out. I made sure the ref's knew the table messed up. We drew a kickout on a pretty easy turn at two meters - we finally set up with the players in the correct positions and run 4 play with Kyle at 1 - Jake at 2 and Matt at 4 and run it perfectly and score. Up again by 2 goals...... the table does not change the score, after much yelling. There is now only 54 second left - I call a timeout - tell the table to change the score and told the guys to swim thru the ball because the other team is going to swim and try to steal the ball. So goalie passes the ball out to Kyle and he is not swimming to the ball, Kyle makes a pass to Josh who is not even on ball side and does not swim to the ball, they steal the ball and miss the counter shot. Our goalie then makes a pass out to Matt and he makes the pass inside instead of outside - they steal the ball and miss the 2 on 4 counter attack. The the goalies passes the ball out to Jake a little too far and they steal the ball from Jake and they miss another counter attack goal. We won the game 8 to 6.... but the next time you see me, Matt and John we will have a little more grey hair!!!

Next and last game will be Tuesday at 11 am.... against Long Beach Shores. The guys are going to the mall for dinner, shop a little, go to a movie. They are doing a great job!!! They are getting their money worth in playing time and game experience: all are close games!!!!

Older Club Workout for Tuesday

Older club workout will be held at Whitney Ranch 6:30 - 9 pm. Only for this Tuesday.

See you all soon - two more games

Sandy

Master Workout

On August 1st (Wednesday) we will have workouts at Dula (pool downtown) UNLV will be close for at least 2 weeks to do repairs before the school year. Our workouts will be:

Dula 6-8 pm Wed August 1st and all the Monday and Wednesday till our August 18th - 19th tournament.

Please let Mark St John know if you are planning on playing in the August tournament. On 4th - Saturday I will post the teams.

PLEASE SIGN UP TO HELP RUN THE TABLE OR SELLING FOOD ITEMS - KIDS BALL SHAGGERS - SET UP AND CLEAN UP CREWS.

JO - Game 4

We played Sultan today at 5:30 pm - it was a close evenly matched game. They scored a counter attack on their 1st possession and on the very next possession they scored another counter attack. We came back and tied the game 2-2 and the next quarter we were up another 2 goals. Then in the 4th quarter it was very hard to communication from the bench to the water with all the parents from the other team sitting behind our bench. And they came back to win by 1 goal in the last seconds of the game. The guys put their hearts in the game but sometimes heart and no experience or not thinking does not cut it. The final score was 5-6.

Our next game is Monday at 1:30 pm against Placer Hills..... will keep you posted.

JO - Game 2

We played Florida the #1 seed in our bracket. The final score was 6-9 Florida. Our 2nd quarter killed us - Matt Brooks had two majors so with only 1 sub I had to put Matt in the goal and play both goalies in the field. Florida took this time to have a shooting workout and made 5 of their 9 goals, taking outside shoots (lobs - hard shots) and 2 of those goals came off of tips and into the goal. We came back hard in the 3rd quarter and put Matt back in the field and closed the gap.

We lost the 1st game by only 1 goal and I considered this game as a lost because we made sooooooo many minor mistakes. Tonight we lost by 3 goals but consider this game a win!!! We really played 110% better, all the guys worked hard on defense and most important they did not make the same mistakes as in our 1st game. The players we have from Utah and Arizona have been on the bubble each year at the Zone tryouts and second string on their club teams. They are now stepping up and taking an active part in both the offense and defense. The guys are all getting along great - every day I have them play Paper - Rock - Scissors to see who will carry balls and caps: So far David lost the 1st day - tomorrow Josh from Hunter Utah will have the honors.

Our next game is against Honolulu - their team in past years have always been very quick not only in swimming but all their moves and shots were quick. Check in tomorrow for more results.

JO - Game 1

We played Stanford this am we lost by 1 goal 8-7. Overall the boys played well: Remember we have 8 players (6 field and 2 goalies) from 5 different clubs. From day 1 to now I can see a huge difference in their play, but we made some pretty basic mistakes which lead to 6 of their goals. They had two very nice shots. Pretty funny when we see teams with 10-12 players on their bench and we have 1 player. I am making John Melia and Matt Brooks sit on the bench to fill the 15 chairs on the deck.

Tonight we play Florida - they are the #1 seeded team in our Bracket. They played Stanford and they did not have a very good game and this game ended in a 7-7 tie. So we will have our work cut out for us! They will not only want to beat us but must beat us by as many goals as possible.

Will post the results tonight.

Boys JO's

We left 5:45 am on Thursday for JO's - got to Modesto and scrimmage two teams: 18 Boys and 16 Boys from Turlock. We played well (except for our "M" Defesne at the end) but won very easy. We have 6 field players and two goalies, which means 1 sub. Ryan broke his hand (Good job Jacint - lol).... and could not make the trip, in fact Ryan has to sit out of JO Swimming too. He is in a cast now and in 1 week if the bones are not going in the correct direction, he will have to had an operation to but in hardware so the hand is set correctly. Hang in there Ryan... we will miss you. We stayed the night in Modests.

This am we scrimmaged Modesto and Oakdale - did 1 long quarter regular game - then did 20 mins of 6 on 5 with both teams. We did pretty good and beat both teams easily. We then drove to San Jose (Santa Clara) had dinner and the boys are hanging out watching TV - sitting by the hotel pool. So far no problems! They are a good bunch of kids.

Tomorrow we play Stanford and the #1 seed Florida.... both have great programs and very very hard games for us. Will let you know the results Sat pm....

Play nice on Sat!!!

Mark Waski

Mark - goalie just got his Pet Scans back and the cancer is gone!!! Yes ! Yes !

OK Mark get back in the water now!!!

Baby Magee

From Chris Magee:

Well, we went to the hospital at 12:30 am today and by 4:03 am ... we had a 8 lb 1 oz - 20" baby girl. Maci Furce Magee.

Mom and newborn are doing great! She did it all natural and drug free.. She's one tough girl.

Tammi & Chris (and Abbi)

Article - Water Polo Planet

Tony was surfing on the web and found an Article he thought the team would like to read.

http://www.waterpoloplanet.com/HTML_Hunkler_pages/48_What_Polo_Is_All_About.html

Maui Tournament - 2008

Maui - Hawaii Tournament!!! We are going to hold a meeting August 18th - Sat before our tournament. 7:30 am at the Multi Gen Pool

We will discuss and begin planning for the 2008 Maui Tournament. Please be present bring your ideas on fund raising - be ready to volunteer for different projects to get our players to the wonder land of Maui, Hawaii.

Dues & Time Off

The following have not paid dues for July: Sunny, Jacob. Dr Phil and Steven have not paid for June and July. Be do so before Monday July 23rd.

We will be taking time for after our August 18-19th Tournament. We will be off from August 20th to Sept. 17th (or 19th). Will give you the exact date we begin back. Please pay for August dues and no dues will be collected in Sept.

Summer Tournament

Our Summer Tournament - August 18-19 (Sat and Sun) everyone will be playing. Do not make any plans all day!!!

The cost will be $20 per player - payable to Team Vegas. If you do not sign up for at least 4 hours to either work the table, set up, clean up your cost will be: $40. Club players: every one's parent (one or both, but at least one must help - table, set up, clean up, selling) or your cost is: $60.00

Here are the people in charge of the tournament: see these people to sign up.

Tony - Louie: Table workers
Joe: Ref's
Matt Nagel: Concession Stand
Mark St. John: Set up
Jake & Eliz: Ball Shaggers
Aniko: T-shirt design
Need someone to order Awards: Team - MVP - see Sandy

Masters - Workout Theme

Monday and Wed (July 23 & 25th) we will scrimmage within our groups. Everyone come at 6 pm. If needed we will use players from the Red or Black squads to round off the teams. On Wed we will have a 4 team tournament:
1. Black
2. JO
3. Red
4. Red

Everyone try to be there on time - so I can make the teams up.

Red's - thanks for coming early and helping set up the pool!!!

Master Workout - July 25th

Next Wed the 25th - both groups are going to scrimmage the JO boys team I am taking to San Jose next week.

6-7 pm Black group vs JO Team
7-7:30 pm Leg workout

6:30-7 Red group Leg workout
7-8 pm Red team vs JO team (Red's will divide into two groups and we will play a round robin with all 3 teams.

Theme for Week of July 16th

This weekend we are going work on shooting!!! Shooting and a little more shooting!!!

Here is what I would like to you think about when shooting!!!!

1. Don't think about just making the goal - you have to think about your body position - your release - your legs - the movement during the shot - the goalie positions. DO NOT JUST SHOOT THE BALL HARD!!! AND DON'T THINK TOO MUCH, which will cause you to lose your legs and shoot into the goalie or over the cage.

2. Legs - stomach is the parts of your body that should be hurting after a good shooting workout. Not your shoulders!! You may need to swim a little during the drills to rest and or loosen up a little before going on.

Shannon's Move

Thank you Mrs. Keating for the donation to the team. I am sorry we did not have everyone there who said they would come and help. (Magee, Joe, Foley, Roger where were you?) But a Big Thanks to: Adam (club player 14 years old) - Mary (former President of Team Vegas - retired) and Gregg!!! I'll bet I know who did most of the heavy lifting!!!

Blog Posts

I have set up this Blog as an information - congratulations - space. I did not create this blog for someone to write about how they don't like the new set up for the masters. I was gone for the weekend and could not get to my computer to stop or erase the one negative comment.

If you need to discuss an issues please come see me face to face. The blog is not a place to air your negative comments.

Newport Results

The kids did great!!! Still a lot to work on but we are getting there. We beat So Cal B's in our 1st game - which put us in a great position: We were in the top 4. Our next game was against SET (team from El Toro) We started off great then had SET by 3 goals but then had a few moments of ??? and at half our lead was cut to 1 goal (5-4) SET scored the 1st goal of the 3rd quarter and ties us - then we had some great defense which lead to counter attack goals and we were up 10-5. In the last quarter SET came out firing and out scored us 3-1 but Team Vegas/Henderson. This win put us in the Championship game vs CVA (Capo Valley Aquatics). In out last game we were out muscled with their big 2 meter - we were in a catch 22: if we dropped and double at set they shot from the outside - if we played man to man at two meters he shot from 2 meters. They also scored on a few defensive mistakes.

All and all it was a very good weekend - saw much improvement in and out of the water.

Masters Workouts

Hey gang - The workouts are going great: Monday the Black group did an awesome job - You were all doing the two wet shots correctly (bet better than the Red group).... wraps were good too. We are going to continue to work on 1 on 1 drives. Remember you bear into your man, don't swim away from them.

I know the leg workout is pretty hard but without legs you can't shoot, pass, play any defense!!! So work the legs!! When you are doing legs or the swims - make sure you guys are working out as a team - help and encourage your mates!!!

This Sat there is no Club workout - so when you walk in and don't see anyone don't panic!!! Workout begins at 2:30 pm for Masters and a few of the older kids.

Shannon's Moving Blog: Shannon will let you know everything you need to know about her moving day on this blog. So far: Joe - Magee (if Tammi doesn't have the baby) - Mary - Foley - Roger - Adam (14 year old boy) - could use at least 1 more strong guy - 2 would be great - the more the quicker the move will go.

So Check back here for details: direction to Shannon's apartment - etc.

Workout Theme for week of July 9th:

Set offense: We have to have a somewhat controlled offense so we have an idea of what we are doing, not like robots but we need to have some idea of when, where and how we are going to shoot the ball. This way it does not come as a surprise and we get scored on, off their counter attack.

If the defense drops and doubles two meters from the point (3): We run 5 up (or could run 1 up if 5 is not there).

If the defense drops and doubles two meters from the weak flat (4): We run the point drive.

If they press and ball gets into set we need to anticipate a foul or the shot. If shot - go back defense and help cover for our set. If the set is fouled we need to drive from the point and release from the weakside of the pool to put back into two meters.

We will continue to work the counter attack!!! Few things:
1. Stay out of dummy land
2. Know where the ball is at
3. The top or 1st players down - need to release
4. The players 1st down to the base (2mt) must swim out for the 2nd wave!!! We get this down and we will run the other team down - they won't counter and we can save our energy for our counters.

Results of the Baby Shower: Need we say any more? Everyone had a great time!!

Shannon needs some strong bodies to help her move. Shannon's mom will make a donation to the team if we can round up 4-5 guys to help move.

July 15th - Sunday 8 am to 11 am - they will feed you and make donation to the team. So far Magee - Joe - Foley will help - need two more guys!!

Sign up on this blog......

Mark Wasik - Congratulations

Congratulations Mark!!! - this is from Mark's web site: (written by Mark's former girlfriend)

I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT AS OF 14 MINUTES AGO, MARK ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM :). OF COURSE AFTER A LOT OF CRYING I SAID YES!!!!!
IT WAS DONE IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM ON HIS BED WHILE WE WERE TALKING.
OOHH THE EXPERIENCES WE'VE HAD!! :-D WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT WE WOULD BE HERE TODAY, GETTING ENGAGED ON A HOSPITAL BED AT 12:30 IN THE MORNING..
(written by Mark's future wife)

T-Shirts

Club Players please wear your grey T-Shirts on Sat for another team picture!!!

Jake & Elizabeth - Team Captains

Goalie - Mark

This is from Mark's site: We are are wishing him the best!!


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!!!
Well a quick update to everyone. Mark has been very lucky and has not had any hard times during his chemo, until now. He is in the hospital with pneumonia. We went to the ER on Sunday because of his fever and they decided to keep him in the hospital for a few days. Mark has been excellent on doing whatever it takes to get rid of the fever. Today he is doing a lot better, he has a lot more energy and the fever has been gone basically all day. If he keeps it up then he could go home tomorrow.
Until then, we are keeping ourselves entertained. We have been playing video games, reading, watching a ton of TV and sleeping, A LOT. This has been a great time for us to catch up on a lot of sleep :)
Please have a safe and fun 4th of July, but not too much fun (we have a view of a wall from this room so no fireworks for us :( )

Club Workout - Tuesday Good Job

As I was driving home tonight and thinking about workout: I realized that there was more communications between players - giving directions, giving a pat on teammates - Great Job!!! Keep it up!!!

I would like to see everyone helping out there - speak up!! Ask for help, and give help by speaking up.

"One time" this is One time month: You can only make a mistake once - you have to think what you did and how you can improve or what you need to do to change the mistake. If you don't know ASK ME!!!!

Party - Sat

Please let me know if you are coming this Sat (I am getting the food on Thursday/Friday) - $5.00 per person includes meal and present for our guest: Tony/Angie - Magee/Tammi - Joe/Yaqi.

Places: Sandy's
59 Desert Sunflower Circle
Henderson
Right after workout on Sat: (Jake - Eliz - sell to 4 pm only)
Directions from Multi Gen Pool: Make right onto Paseo Verde - right on Stephanie - left on Horizon Ridge - right on Mission (at Shell Gas Station) - 2nd left on Spanish Needle - left at the top of the hill - 1st house on the right.

Kids bring your suits - towels!!!

check this out

click on the link below - see if you have missing money out there!!!

http://www.missingmoney.com/Main/Search.cfm

I found money I had at Cox's from years ago.

Workout Theme for July 2nd to ?

Remember no workout for the Masters on Wed - July 4th - Be Safe or our Fireman John will come and get you!!!

These next few workouts we will continue to work on counter attack:
- Know where the ball is at
- Know where your teammates are
- Know where the ball is at
- Know where the defense is at
- Know where the ball is at

And we will include set offense: 3 Basic Plays: You must know what we are going to run before you have to run it!!!
1. Ball is at point (3) the defense is dropping from there: run 5 up
-5 look swim - you could be open anytime from in front of two meters
to the back door
-1 wraps as soon as they start the drive
2. Ball is at the weak flat (4) the defense is dropping from there: run the
point drive.
-point drive and bear into your man - don't just swim down.
3. Press, get the ball into set, make a great pass to 2mt - place the ball so
only they can get the ball - or - place the ball to turn the set to a better
shooting position.
-if the set is fouled - release on the weak side and try to get the ball
back in. And drive on the strong side.

When we are fouled at 5 meters or further out - if you know no one is open - fake a outside shot. .. .. This is so we get use to defending the shot.

The Black players: You attendance has not been good. Shannon, Jake, Antony and Frank have been the only ones to attend all workouts.

The Red players: Great job!!! Keep the attendance and intensity up. If this keeps up plan on going to the Maui tournament next summer - 2nd or 3rd week in July.... then taking at least 3-4 days of beach time. Looks like we will take two masters team.