Club Party

Here is the info for the Club Party:

When: Jan 10th 2009
Time: 5:00 pm
Where: Ashton's House
8214 Belmont Valley St
Las Vegas, NV 89123

What to Bring: Male Club Players Dessert Female Club Players: Side Dishes

Bring the worst gift you received from the holiday and we will be exchanging them during the party. Write your name on your gift. If you do not bring a gift you will not be able to participate in the exchange. The gift exchange is limited to the players.

All Club players must also pay five dollars for themselves and an additional five dollars per guest to help cover the cost of meat, utensils and drinks.

Give your money to Jake or Eleanor along with the following info:

Name (club player):
Number attending (including player) x $5.00
Dish Bringing:

Happy New Year

Everyone have a Happy - Safe - Healthy New Year!!!

New Year Resolution for TVH: Do not shoot the ball just to shoot the ball... every time we take a bad shot this means the other team has a chance to score a goal. You all know (or you should all know) you and your teammates work much harder on defense then offense - by taking those off balanced shots you are giving them the ball so they can score.

Because you are free (no one is on you or pressing you) does not mean you can shoot the ball. The ideal goal is for you to have the ball looking like a shooter and someone makes a move (RB, drive for inside water, defense makes a mistake) and you pass the ball to the open person and GOAL... because the goalie was set on you, because the person who got opened their defense was out of position. On the other hand I don't want to see when someone is open not to take the shot or we are Red on our shot clock or the end of the quarter or game and we don't shoot the ball.

Monday's master workout and Tuesday's club workout was like watching a rerun!! Both teams SHOT the ball even if your man was on you, or the goalie was set on you. (I am getting a headache writing all this)

Your teammates will know to go back defense because you are open to take the shot and we won't get burnt on the Counter Attack.

See you Next Year! Sandy

Pictures from Commerce

Here are pictures from Commerce - you can buy from Alan.

http://mywaterpolopics.smugmug.com/gallery/6876022_mbSYU#P-1-16

Wild Blue Yonder

Congratulations to Jake - he has been officially excepted into the Air Force Academy. This Monday Jake will be flying off the high board while we throw balls at him - don't miss out on the fun!!!

Workouts

Workouts:

Tuesday
Club: 6:30-8 Younger - Whitney
6:30-9 Older - Whitney

Sat: 1-2:30 Club - Whitney
2:30-4 Masters - Whitney

Monday: Masters - unlv 7-9 pmn
Tuesday Club same as above
Sat: Same as above

Jan 5th - back to normal - Masters 7-9 pm UNLB and Sat's 2:30-4 pm Whitney
Jan 6th - back to normal - Club - T/Th 6:30-8 Younger 6:30-9 Older - Sat 1-2:30 Whitney.

Club

Following please pay your Dec dues:

Marcus - Al - Gabbby - Brenden

Masters Monday

Don't forget Monday Holiday Scrimmage - Hard Rock for dinner and gift exchange $10 limit. Be on time for scrimmage 6:55 pm - players late owe a round of drinks!! (Looks like Magee is paying)... lol

See you Monday..

Pictures from ASU

Click on picture to enlarge:

Workout Sat

WE WILL HAVE WORKOUT SAT AT THE MULTI GEN POOL - 1-2:30 PM CLUB AND 2:30-4 PM MASTERS.

M A S T E R ' S - DON'T FORGET MONDAY GIFT EXCHANGE $10.00 LIMIT:
7:00 - 8:00 PM SCRIMMAGE
8:00 - OUT DRESS AND GO TO HARD ROCK
8:15 - DINNER $7.77 STEAK AND SHRIMP OR $9.99 PRIME RIB AND DON'T FORGET THE
AWESOME HOT CARMEL APPLE PIE.
GIFT EXCHANGE - $10 LIMIT

Al's and Magee's Snowmen

Eleanor - Santana's

Eleanor that is one big snowman!!

2 More Snowmen

Zach and Taylor's attempt at a snowman:

Snowman - Brenden and Steven Kass

NO WORKOUT TH AND FRIDAY

BESIDES, IT BEING COLD OUT THERE, THE WATER AT THE MGP IS STILL ON THE COLD SIDE. CHECK BACK FOR SAT'S WORKOUT.

SEND YOUR SNOWMAN PICTURES... SANDY

SNOW MAN CONTEST - TREVOR

SNOW MAN CONTEST

SANDY'S ENTRY

Club - No Workout

No Workout Thursday and Friday.... Dec 18th and 19th. Check back for Sat's workout.

Don't forget to build your snowman and send your pictures to me: tweetwo@cox.net

If you send the picture in jpeg I can post on the blog. Winner to be announced at the next workout = whenever that will be.

SNOW MAN/WOMEN CONTEST

BUILD A SNOW MAN/WOMEN - TAKE A PICTURE - SEND TO: tweetwo@cox.net

WIN A PRIZE FOR THE BEST SNOWMAN/WOMEN....

KEEP CHECKING THE BLOG FOR WORKOUT UP DATES!!!

SANDY

Masters

NO WORKOUT TONIGHT - DEC 17TH - WED!!!! UNLV CLOSED THE CAMPUS DOWN. MY STREET HAS SNOW ABOUT 4 INCHES HIGH.

CHECK BLOG FOR SAT'S WORKOUT.

Chalk Talk Recap

1. Ask Questions
2. Know where the ball is at and your man
3. Know where all the other players are at all times
4. Inches can be the difference between a goal or your man not even getting the ball
4a.Inches can be the difference between stealing the ball or getting kicked out
5. Defense means to be on your man or in position so your man cannot get the ball
6. Jam center - don't let the other team swim closer to our goal uncovered
7. Roles on a team - Starting off: Defense Midway: Defense and a little offense
Vet: Offense and defense - you only get to play offense when your defense is
great.
8. Coaching styles
9. Dedication
10.College - study - prepare so you don't miss workouts because of homework.

Great group!!! Good popcorn!! Good comments!!! Good questions!!!

Club - Tuesday and Congrats

Rain - Snow or Shine we will meet at my house for a chalk talk and watch a video of the 12's at Commerce this past weekend.

Congrats to the following players who made the All Tournament Team this weekend:

14's: Hon Men: Max Taylor
12's: 1st Team: Mary Brooks 2nd Team: Connor Chanove Hon Men: Sky Chanove
10's: 1st Team: Dale Corey 2nd Team: Hannah Kalsman and Marques Deleeon Hon Men: Trevor Chanove.

Great Job to the All tournament players - remember it was your teammates that help you make the team. Everyone should be keeping track of any honors you win. You will need to put on your Water Polo Resume when applying to colleges.

Club

Since Whitney is closed this week and Tuesday it is going to rain - we will meet at my house for chalk talks - bring a note book, paper and pencil.

Date: Dec 16th - Tuesday
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm
Place: 59 Desert Sunflower Circle
Henderson, NV 89002

Sandy

Club

The following players have not paid dues: Must do so before you leave on Friday for the tournament.

Marcus - Al - El - Gabby - Dr Phil & Steven (2 months Oct and Dec) Brendon.

Masters

Following players have not paid dues:
Edwin - Thor - Will - Adrian owes $10 - Mike - Kim - Lynsdy - Chris

Masters

No workout this Sat Dec 13th. Next week normal workout times.

Dec 22nd - Monday after our Xmas game (please be on time) we will only go for 1 hour then head to the Hark Rock (777 Special) for our Xmas gift exchange - bring a gift $10.00.

No Workout Dec 24th and we will be back Dec 27th 2:30-4 pm at Whitney.

Club

All groups will be at the MGP next week - Dec 16th (Tue), Dec 18th (Thur), Dec 20th (Sat) They will be doing work at the Whitney Pool.

Club - Older Players

Don't forget workouts will be at Whitney 6:30 - 9:00 pm. 6:30-7 pm Dryland 7-7:30 pm Conditioning/Help with younger players. 7:30-8:15 Drills. 8:15-9 pm Scrimmage.

Shoulder

The longer you play no matter how young or old you are, shoulders can only take so much and it is up to you to prevent injuries. The drawings above are some of the ways you can build your shoulders to help prevent injuries.

Club

Don't forget this week and till the spring the older group will be Whitney

Tue and Thur 6:30 pm to 9 pm.

We might keep our Friday workout at MGP... we will let you know week by week.

ASU Results

This weekend Jake - Ryan - Carrie and Joe played in the ASU Coed Tournament. Others who joined TVH: Craig Wilson (Oly Goalie), Margo Miranda (former National team player and TV player), Jocelyn Wilkie (former National Team player), Kyle and Hogan from Reno and Robbie from Penn.

We scrimmage Drew team on Friday night - we played pretty good for our 1st game and playing together.

We won all three games on Sat against: West Hollywood beat them by 6 or 7 goals, ASU was our best game be them by 3 goals, Sun Devil (Drew's B Team) won by several goals. This put us 1st in our bracket and played for the 4th year Burlingame... we lost this game as we were without Wilson (goalie) and Kyle our only hole set, Mark and AJ (players on ASU) played in the cage for us. Burlingame was too strong and experienced for our young men!!! We lost the final game 3-7.

Looking at all the team we had the best defense allowing the least amount of goals and in the final game we played a driving game instead of working the ball into set and worked out well for us. Good job by all!!!

Clock Fund

I want to Thank the following players for their donation toward paying the City of Henderson for the clock that was broken at our Summer Tournament.

Rob, Robert, Magee, Shannon, Zach, Jake, Joe, Lee, Jacint, Greg, Tony, Vaune, Mark, Rick and Louie B.

We fell short on the donations so Marcus has made a donation to match what we have raised. We have now paid for the city for the clock with a few bucks left over.

Again, Thank You all for helping the club....

Masters Xmas Gathering - Club Xmas Party

Masters: Looks like everyone is busy and we really don't have a free weekend to have a Xmas Party. So: Dec 22nd Monday we will workout 7-8 pm then go to the Hard Rock and have the famous 777 Special and have a gift exchange. Gift limit $10.00 Your family is welcome... in fact anytime we do stuff like this bring your family.

Club: We will be having our Xmas Party after Xmas Jan 10th after our workout at Ashton's home. Bring your worst gift or $10 limit gift. Pot Luck - more details will follow from Jake and Eleanor.

Workout Changes - Club and Masters

The MGP pool will be closed for repairs from Dec 7th to Dec 15th.

Club Older Group: Tue and Thur everyone will workout at Whitney 6:30-9 pm

No workout on Friday and Saturday!!

Masters: No workout on Saturday - Dec 13th.