This is a video showing you different ways to improve your ball handling skills. You can buy this item from another link - this is from a guy in Canada, he also sell this rotating ball that helps you shoot the ball harder.
This link is the video showing how to use the amazing A:
http://www.waterpoloschool.com/amazing-A.htm
This is the link where you can buy the pitch back - this is from the US:
http://www.waterpoloschool.com/amazing-A.htm
Recommend this for every family!!!
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Teams for Summer Tournament
Let me know if I missed anyone... Red is paid $20 (PLEASE PAY BEFORE THURSDAY AUGUST 9TH)- these are not your cap #'s... some are playing on two teams.... all the club players wear your Team Vegas T-shirts. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO WORK THE TOURNAMENT.
DON'T FORGET THE MEETING ON SATURDAY 7:15 AM (Aug 18th) ABOUT OUR TRIP NEXT SUMMER TO MAUI - HAWAII!!!!!!
12's
1. James 2. Eleanor 3. Mary 4. Max 5. Josh 6. Chris 7. Emilie 8. Gabby 9. Connor
12's (10's)
1. Keith 2. Sonny 3. Jacob 4. Santana 5. Jared 6. Steven 7. Tyler 8. Skyler 9. McCarthy 10 Noah 11. Treavor 12. Norton 13. Lance's 14. Joah
Others
1. Dr Phil - 2. Chris 3. Kyle 4. Nelson 5. Reno player 6. Santana 7. Mary 8. Connor 9. Skyler 10. Connor
High School
1. David 2 Jake 3 Colin 4. Alex 5. Eliz 6. Eric 7. Mark Jones 8. Griffen Pooll 9. Dr Phil 10 Eleanor 11 Kyle
Masters A:
1. Rob 2 Jenny 3 Magee 4 Zach 5 Flipe (player from Brasil) 6 Tony 7 Roger 8 Edwin 9 Carlos 10 Robert 11 Joe 12 Peter 13 Foley
Masters B:
1. John 2. Vaune 3 Adrain 4. Alex (male) 5. Thor 6. Jamey 7. Shannon 8. Frank 9. Erin 10. Mark St John 11. Damon 12. Anthony 13 Paul 14. Whitney 15. Jacint - Goalie
Last: Don't forget to pay dues for August. September no dues to be collected.
DON'T FORGET THE MEETING ON SATURDAY 7:15 AM (Aug 18th) ABOUT OUR TRIP NEXT SUMMER TO MAUI - HAWAII!!!!!!
12's
1. James 2. Eleanor 3. Mary 4. Max 5. Josh 6. Chris 7. Emilie 8. Gabby 9. Connor
12's (10's)
1. Keith 2. Sonny 3. Jacob 4. Santana 5. Jared 6. Steven 7. Tyler 8. Skyler 9. McCarthy 10 Noah 11. Treavor 12. Norton 13. Lance's 14. Joah
Others
1. Dr Phil - 2. Chris 3. Kyle 4. Nelson 5. Reno player 6. Santana 7. Mary 8. Connor 9. Skyler 10. Connor
High School
1. David 2 Jake 3 Colin 4. Alex 5. Eliz 6. Eric 7. Mark Jones 8. Griffen Pooll 9. Dr Phil 10 Eleanor 11 Kyle
Masters A:
1. Rob 2 Jenny 3 Magee 4 Zach 5 Flipe (player from Brasil) 6 Tony 7 Roger 8 Edwin 9 Carlos 10 Robert 11 Joe 12 Peter 13 Foley
Masters B:
1. John 2. Vaune 3 Adrain 4. Alex (male) 5. Thor 6. Jamey 7. Shannon 8. Frank 9. Erin 10. Mark St John 11. Damon 12. Anthony 13 Paul 14. Whitney 15. Jacint - Goalie
Last: Don't forget to pay dues for August. September no dues to be collected.
Theme - Till Tournament
Club and Masters will be working on 6 on 5 (offensive and defense).
Here are few rules:
1. Catch and pass the ball - do not fake the ball.
2. You must pass the ball so your team mates can shoot right off the pass.
3. You must know who, where and how you are going to pass the ball before you get the ball. Don't get the ball, then think where should I pass the ball.
4. NO 1 to 6 passes or 6 to 1 passes. (only a few, very few can make this pass and only at certain times and players have to be in a special place.
All this week - everyone will begin workouts at the same time!!! 6-8 pm at Dula.
Listen!!! Watch and Listen when you are out!!! Ask questions!!!!
Here are few rules:
1. Catch and pass the ball - do not fake the ball.
2. You must pass the ball so your team mates can shoot right off the pass.
3. You must know who, where and how you are going to pass the ball before you get the ball. Don't get the ball, then think where should I pass the ball.
4. NO 1 to 6 passes or 6 to 1 passes. (only a few, very few can make this pass and only at certain times and players have to be in a special place.
All this week - everyone will begin workouts at the same time!!! 6-8 pm at Dula.
Listen!!! Watch and Listen when you are out!!! Ask questions!!!!
Mary's JO
Mary just finished the Gold Medal Game against Commerce - Mary made the last goal for Santa Barbara and tied the game in the last min of play. The scored ended in a 5 to 5 tie and had to go to a shoot out. Commerce won the Shoot Out.
Mary is now off to play in the 14 & Under division - playing for 14th place. Great job Mary, we have missed you at workouts and can hardly wait for your smiling face back with Vegas!!!
Good Job Mary!!!
Mary is now off to play in the 14 & Under division - playing for 14th place. Great job Mary, we have missed you at workouts and can hardly wait for your smiling face back with Vegas!!!
Good Job Mary!!!
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Mary Brooks - JO's
Mary Brooks is playing with Santa Barbara. This is the team that came down during Easter Week and we scrimmaged against them. The coach of the Santa Barbara Team (Cathy) was a former National Team Player.
Mary called today and said she is doing good - she is playing good water polo at both ends of the pool. She is up on counter attacks and driving ballside. Her 12 & Under team should win all their games. Mary is also on the 14 & Under C team - which won both their games today.
Will keep you posted on Mary's play!! Go Mary!!!
Mary called today and said she is doing good - she is playing good water polo at both ends of the pool. She is up on counter attacks and driving ballside. Her 12 & Under team should win all their games. Mary is also on the 14 & Under C team - which won both their games today.
Will keep you posted on Mary's play!! Go Mary!!!
Web Site
Looking for someone on the team that can design, set up, and maintain a web site for our club. We want to keep our blog as a daily place to look but add a web site. We want to offer a place where future and new players can look up facts about our club.
Please let Sandy know if you are interested.
Please let Sandy know if you are interested.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Aug 18-19th Tournament
I need to know who will be playing!!!! I want to make up the rosters and post before Sat. Aug 4th.
Please let me know - via blog or in person.
$20 per player for the tournament - you must help at the tournament. If you have not signed up yet - see Tony - Mark - Matt (Keith's Dad).
Sandy
Please let me know - via blog or in person.
$20 per player for the tournament - you must help at the tournament. If you have not signed up yet - see Tony - Mark - Matt (Keith's Dad).
Sandy
JO - last game
We played our last game Tuesday against San Diego Shores B - we won but not without drama again. Drew was throwing up right before the game and could not even walk - so he sat on the bench with a cap on to make it look like we had 1 sub.
We went up 3-0 in the 1st quarter. Then the guys got a little offensive stir crazy and countered too soon, or were just not knowing where the ball was at and next thing we know it is a game 4-3 at half. We played a much better end of the game when up by a few goals.... much more control and no turnovers. We ended with a record of 3-3. Not bad for 8 players (6 field and 2 goalies - from 6 different programs) and in most games we always had a player in foul trouble or rolled or sick.
They played their hearts out - not one time did anyone ask to be subbed out for a rest!!! Great Job guys!!!
We went up 3-0 in the 1st quarter. Then the guys got a little offensive stir crazy and countered too soon, or were just not knowing where the ball was at and next thing we know it is a game 4-3 at half. We played a much better end of the game when up by a few goals.... much more control and no turnovers. We ended with a record of 3-3. Not bad for 8 players (6 field and 2 goalies - from 6 different programs) and in most games we always had a player in foul trouble or rolled or sick.
They played their hearts out - not one time did anyone ask to be subbed out for a rest!!! Great Job guys!!!
Monday, July 30, 2007
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!!!!
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
See you all soon - two more games
Sandy
Sunday, July 29, 2007
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.
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.
Our next game is Monday at 1:30 pm against Placer Hills..... will keep you posted.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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.
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.
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.
Friday, July 27, 2007
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!!!
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!!!
OK Mark get back in the water now!!!
Monday, July 23, 2007
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)
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)
Sunday, July 22, 2007
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
http://www.waterpoloplanet.com/HTML_Hunkler_pages/48_What_Polo_Is_All_About.html
Friday, July 20, 2007
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.
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.
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