Holiday Camp - Females and Males born in 98 or 97 (masters too)

USWP holds a Holiday Camp (held at the US Olympic Training Center) for up and coming players who will begin the Pipeline to the USA National Team. This is the camp Max went to last year and was noticed by the National Coaching Staff.

Here are details if you are interested - BUT - If you can not afford to do the Holiday Camp, ODP and our club tournaments do not sign up for the Holiday Camp.

Location: USOTC - Colorado Springs, CO
Dates: Boys Dec 9 to 13th Girls Dec 16 to 19th.
Cost: $300 per player (includes all meals - ground transportation and dorm rooms - play books) plus your airfare from Vegas to Colorado Springs.
Parents cannot attend: you will need to sign medical releases.. it is safe. Once they get off the plane they walk to baggage claim and there is a USOTC booth where they check in and will be driven to the Training Center. The OTC has a guard at the gate 24/7.

Let me know if you have any questions - and if you would like to attend. Our zone gets 10 players (10 male and 10 females) so it is not 100% you will be selected. You must let me know before Oct 10th - 10/10!!!! So far the following players have expressed an interest in attending the Holiday Camp: Joey, Lake, Hannah, Laura. Jake as a coach, maybe Whitney as a coach. Any master who are interest in becoming a ref can also attend this camp.

Sat Oct 2nd

Sat Oct 2nd workout times have been changed: please be on time as our workout time has been shorten by a bit. Location is still at the MGP

Waves 11 am to 12 noon
Rapid and Surf 11:45 get in and warm up 12-1 pm scrimmage
Masters 12:45 warm up - 1-2 pm scrimmage.

Can you do this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZU6qBaXP4o&feature=player_embedded

Congrats to Eleanor and Zach Academic All American

http://www.usawaterpolo.org/press/pressarchive/10-08-02/2009-2010_Academic_All-Americans_Announced.aspx

New Team Gear

Don't forget your order for the new team gear must be purchase on or before 10/10/10 Oct 10, 2010.  You can order from the link located on this blog.

San Diego - Pacific Tournament

REMINDER

8^th Annual SAN DIEGO

Pacific Fall Classic

Tournament Date: Oct. 9^th & Oct. 10th

Departure Date:  Friday, October 8^th  at 2 PM, Meeting at the Arco gas station by the “M” Casino

REVISED- Tournament Cost:

$100 per player

TWO HOTEL OPTIONS:

OPTION #1 - SpringHill Suites By Marriott 

                      12032 Scripps Highlands Dr.

                      San Diego, CA 92131

Rate: $99 per room (for either King Suite or Double Bed w/ Sofa Bed Suite)

(Full Breakfast included)

Call Shelly or Sonya –Team Reservations: (858) 740-2227

Reservations are under: TEAM VEGAS WATER POLO

! MUST CALL IN YOUR RESERVATION  BY  9/24/10 !

OPTION #2- Hampton Inn

                     11920 El Camino Real

                     San Diego, CA  92130

Rate: $95 per room (double bed room) (breakfast included)

Please contact Mark for reservations

! MUST CALL IN YOUR RESERVATION BY 10/1/10 !

Additional costs:

Gas money- $30 per player (For players that require transportation)

Food Money- $60 (For players traveling w/out parents)

Souvenir money (e.g. tournament t-shirt, etc.)-OPTIONAL

Parents- please contact Mark or Angie for further info.

$100 dues will be collected on Tuesday, Oct. 5^th @ Practice

12 & U –  Angie…………………… (702) 400-9466

10 & U-  Mark St. John…………… (702) 477-5529

September 18th - Saturday

We are having workout this Saturday September 18th

1-2 pm Waves
2-3:30 Rapids and Surfs
3:30-4:30 Masters

Will have our new shot clocks out for the scrimmages

Awards

Congrats to Sarah DeFussco, she made the Junior Olympic All American Team. Also Congrats to Whitney who finished 4th in her division last weekend at the La Jolla Ocean swim...

Athleon Site

Since Saturday I have only received one request to be invited onto the Athleon Site email me at: tweetwo@cox.net

Pacific Tournament

Click on link below to view flyer for Pacific San Diego Tournament


https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1UKooKUFsAi8LwxU6lvRm4lKY8W6blCMhEPFVq7_I89k

No Tuscon Masters Tournament

The pool at U of A is down for repairs - so no tournament in Oct.  Our next tournament will be in Jan in Scottsdale.

Boys Weekend

Please let Tony know if you are attending BEFORE Sept 15th - Today if possible!!!  The rooms need to be confirmed by this date!!!  IMPORTANT - IMPORTANT!!!!!

Recap weekend

Great weekend:
1.  Rob Wills and John Melia finished the "Tour of America" - running from Santa Monica, California to New York, Ground Zero.  We are so proud!!!
2.  Great Speaker on Nutrient - thanks Vaune for setting this up.
3.  Louie officially moved into his new home - Thank you everyone who helped him feel welcome!!!
4.  Whitney, Wendy and Louie swam in the La Jolla Ocean Swim on Sunday - Louie swam and finished the mile swim - great job!!  Whitney talked Wendy dropping out of the mile swim and they both entered in the Gator Swim....3 miles!!!  Wendy got 3rd in her age group!!!

For Saturday - September 11th

Special Speaker today - see post below: 9 am at UNLV

No Workout Today

Check out USA Water Polo Web Site - Rob and John are featured.

Louie's Welcome Housing Warming Party 1 pm to ?

Team Gear

Check out the link to order our new team gear.  If you have any questions on ordering ask Tony at workout.

http://monsterpolo.com/SIG/teamvegas.html

The link is also under the calendar for future reference.

Nutritionist - Speaker

The pool is closed on Sept 11th - Sat, so in place of workout we have scheduled a Nutritionist to come and speak to our groups - All Players and Parents please attend.  After the conclusion of the Nutritionist presentation we (coaches) would like to go over our up coming plans for this year and next year, answer any questions you may have.

Day: Saturday  Date: September 11, 2010  Time: 9 am   Location: UNLV

The room: First Floor of the BHS room 132 Building-Health Sciences Rod Lee Bigelow Building #52
http://maps.unlv.edu/bbhs.html located behind the back end of the pool off Flamingo Road.  You can also park at the pool and walkover to the building.

Hope everyone can attend not only to listen and learn from the Nutritionist but to hear what is going on with your team!!!

Rob in Philly

Rob will be at ground zero tomorrow for the completion of his run. Im sure he would love some emails or calls on the last leg of the run. We are all proud of you Rob

Eye of the Tiger!!

Guys Weekend - UCLA and USC

Hello Parents, 

Not too long ago Sandy spoke to you and players about the opportunity of visiting 2 college campuses in California this year. Well the time has come and we have set a date!

Sandy is making arrangements for us to visit with coaches from UCLA & USC and possibly getting a tour of the Athletic Department from each campus. Our players will also be attending 2 games during this trip. On Oct. 15th, they will attend a UCLA vs. Stanford game and on Oct 16th, they will watch a USC vs. Cal Berkley game. 

We want to make this a guy/male experience with the team, so please fathers/uncles/brothers, if at all possible, please consider being part of this fun trip.

It is also a great opportunity for the boys to get a feel of the college life and future educational/water polo endeavors.  

I need to know how many of you are interested in going on this trip so that I can have a head count before any hotel & transportation arrangements can be finalized. 

We will be staying at: THE UCLA GUEST HOUSE (for one night)

Cost is $148.00 per room, this hotel is on the UCLA campus!!!

I need a response from you NO LATER THAN SEPT. 17th. (please email me or call me at (702) 491-6466)

If you do not provide me with a response on this date, I will assume you are handling your own traveling/lodging accommodations.

Departure will be Friday, October 15th at 12:00pm and returning Sat., Oct. 16th at night.

 If your child will travel alone, please let me know ASAP so that I can make rooming accommodations with other players from our team that may be traveling alone as well. 

I will follow up with gas and hotel fees as soon as I get a head count.  

Thank you,

Tony

Louie's House Warming

This Saturday September 11th at 1 pm let's celebrate Louie's new house!!

1331 Barberry Court
Henderson NV 89015

Lunch will be served at 1 pm (Tri Tip, Salad, drinks, cake, chips, dips etc)  Bring your suit to help break in his pool.  Let Angie know if you will be attending!!  Masters, Club players and all parents are welcome.

Evaluations - Recap - Coaches Meeting

I have met with almost all the players and their parents, they went well, here are the main points that came from the Evaluations:

1.  Players need to ask questions.
2.  Goals are due either by end of this week or next week - depends on which group you were in.
3.  The eye wash Louie uses is called: Genteal Gel comes in a twin pack for $17.99, you can get at WalMart or CVS.
4.  Players/Parents when you go out of town let me know and I will try to set you up with either:
a.  A team you can workout with   b.  Colleges to visit, I might be able to set up a meeting with the Water Polo Coach.
5.  What to Eat on Trips - we are setting up a meeting with a Nutritionist soon.

There are still a few players who have not signed up - please talk to me so we can schedule an appointment soon.

I also met with our coaches, we discussed many items - here is a Recap from our Meeting:

2010 Remainder Schedule of Events:

-Masters - University of Arizona - Date to be announced
-Boys/Men Weekend Trip - last year the girls/women took a trip to San Diego State to visit the campus and meet the Water Polo Coach.  This year our boys and their dads will take a trip to UCLA and USC.  Oct 15 to watch UCLA play Stanford and Oct 16th to watch UCS play Cal. Tony will organize
-Pacific San Diego Classic - Oct 9-11 with 10's and 12 or 14 Girls.  No 14 Boys, need to save money for the Speedo Cup in Michigan. Angie can you organize?
-We are planning on taking a Boy 14 & Under/8th Grade to Michigan again - Nov 12-15th. Wendy can you organize?
-Commerce Tournament Dec 10-12 - all age groups - Any Volunteer's?
-Next year we will try to attend the Reno Shootout, a high school tournament which takes place Labor Day Weekend.

2011 Schedule of Events:
-Some of players will compete in the Olympic Development Program - ask your ODP Coaches for info
-We will again host the Masters Festival - would love for Colleen, Cheryl and Dorothy to run this again.  We are going to add the Poker tournament to the Festival and Mark and Trish will be in charge of the Poker Tournament.
-Masters will attend the Scottsdale Tournament in Jan.
-I am looking into entering our teams in the Cal Cup League - 4 weekends - one day and we get 2-3 games... great opportunity for our kids to get more experience and not cost much money.  More info to follow.
-Masters will attend the San Diego Finest
-Masters National may be out - too hard when we split our team, cost is high, only get 4 games and 5 min quarters... I am looking into another tournament, maybe the River Rafting Tournament - arrive Friday - 1 game, Sat am 1 game - then off on the river - social BBQ - Sunday am game.  Or we could enter in one of the Texas Tournaments.. still looking.
-We will attend Kearns again
-JO's might be in Orange County this summer.
-Reno Shootout - Sept
-Speedo Cup
-Commerce Tournament

Fund Raising:
After much discussion we are setting standards for each player/family to either participate or donate to our Team's Fund Raising cause.  Tony will be writing these Policies.  Each Fund Raising event will have guidelines for each player/parent for the following either fund raising or events we are hosting:

-Car Wash - Policy to be written by John and Andre
-Fireworks - Policy to be written by Rob and Tony
-Poker Tournament - Policy to be written by Trish and Mark
-Festival - Policy to be written by Colleen and Cheryl
-Summer Slam - Policy to be written by Matt

In the past we have had the same families doing all the work but all the kids/players get the benefits, use our new balls, caps, game clocks, cones, etc.

We (coaches) would like your help in recruiting new players to the team:  When you are watching workouts and you see a kid or parent watching our workout or game, approach them and ask them if they have any questions about our team/family/sport.  Mark will have "Club Info sheet" for you to hand out.

Last but not least we are going to begin working to get Water Polo in the High Schools - we may have to begin as a club sport in the schools but it will be a start.  Louie has taken on (kinda forced to) the responsible to get this off the ground.  So when Louie approaches you please offer you help - this is the key to grow water polo here in Vegas and this would be another great stepping stone for your kids college education.