Arizona Coed Masters and High School

Just got word from Arizona: The tournament will start Sat at 10 am and end at 5 pm on Sunday.

The cost if you are playing in the Coed is: $80
The cost if you are playing in High School is: $80
(if you are playing in both $100). Along with your hotel - meals and transporation.

Here are players who are attending:
Masters: Rob - Matt - Jenny - Magee - Thor - Joe - Edwin - Vaune - Brandi - Gregg - Jake - Matt Jr - (Robert? - Mark ?)

High School: Jake - Matt - Eliz - David - Ryan - Adam - Max - Zach - (Andrew - Colins - Kyle from Reno - Gabby?)

Special Day

Today - Saturday Oct 27th - we are honored to have special guest speaker come to share their Olympic Experience with the players and PARENTS!! Don Gambril: Olympic Swimming Coach, Harvard Swim Coach, Alabama Swim Coach and Assistant AD, Long Beach State University Swim Coach, Phillip 66 Swim Coach, LA Athletic Club Swim Coach, Commerce Swim Coach, Rosemead Swim Coach... along with traveling the world to speak to groups. Patty Caretto: Olympic Swimmer - World Recorder Holder in the long distance! Lynn Skrivars: Olympic Swimmer in the Backstroke events.

They are going to talk about their Olympic Experience - what it has meant to them - how you can become whatever you strive for.... This should take about 10 mins PLEASE COME TO MEET AND LISTEN TO THEIR STORIES. ASK QUESTIONS!!!

SPECIAL PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN OUT BY THESE OLYMPIANS!!!

PLEASE BE AT THE MULTI GEN POOL 12:50 PM. AFTER THEY FINISH SOME OF MY SWIMMING BUDDIES ARE GETTING IN TO SWIM AND GETTING A FEW POINTERS ON STARTS.

Bowling & Pizza

Eleanor has arranged a team outing for the club players!!

Team Vegas/Henderson

Team Outing

What: Bowling and Pizza

(all the Pizza you can eat)

When: Nov 17th - Saturday

9:45 am to 12 noon (Workout right after)

Cost: 12.00 per player

Prizes for:

Highest Score - Most Strikes - Most Spares

Where:

Sunset Lanes

4451 Sunset Road

Henderson NV 89014

Reserve Your Spot:

To save your spot you must give

Eleanor or Jake $12.00 on or before

November 2nd!!! (Friday)

One out - Two to Come

Here is Magee and Tami's little one: Maci!!! Does this look like Magee or what?! OK Joe your turn next! Then Tony/Angie in Dec.

Special Speakers

On Oct 27th - Sat 1 pm (Multi Gen Pool) we will be honored to have several Special Speakers: Olympians both Athletes and Coaches. They will be speaking to both the players and parents.

Please be at the pool 12:50 pm (10 mins early). They will be speaking on their Olympic experience, what it has meant to be an Olympian and to answer any questions you may have. Players be on your best behavior!

Dues

The following still owe dues or tournament fees:

Club: Nelson, Josh, Jared, Andrew (for Oct)
Masters: Dave (biker), Frank, Erin, Roger, Up, Carlos
Tournament fees: Thor and Carlos U of A ($80) Connor $50 Newport

ASU - High School and Masters (coed)

Just got an email and ASU will not host the coed division during the spring but will move the Master Coed tournament to Dec 8 - 9, 2007 (Sat and Sun).

How many Masters would like to attend?
How many High School players would like to attend?

Not sure on the cost - they have not set the entry fee yet and don't know how many will be going: Figure from $60-80.00 each plus your hotel, food, transportation.

Answer on this blog - and let your teammates know.

Arizona Results

We had some great games this weekend in Arizona. Before giving you the results let's get a little background.

1. Less than 1 month back from our month off - so we were not in the best shape and all games were played in a 30 meter pool and 7 minute quarters.
2. We had two sub. (We picked up a third sub: Paul Watson - he came down and worked out with us about 2 weeks ago).
3. This team had 1 starter from last years team.

The team really played well over all - they played their hearts out did not give up (sometimes the body could not move but the mind was trying to swim). Here are quick recaps of the games this weekend.

1st Game in round play: RSOF this was Steve's (S&R) guy team - they were pretty loaded with top players. We began the game in the sun and the 1st quarter they got a lead that was hard to catch. When Rob was making passes he could not see if he was passing to the white or black. In the 2nd and 3rd quarter we closed the gap playing great defense. In the 4th quarter right as the team was lining up for the sprint someone said "Come we can win - let's start shooting hard and putting the ball away" And booooommmmmm the team played offense, took 2 bad shot attempts and they counter and scored and within 1 min into the 4th quarter we were out of the game. Good news: we scored 11 goals!!! Bad news they scored 17 goals.

2nd Game in round play: Played Thor's former team - it was close the 1st half then we broke away on counter attacks winning by a over 10 goals.

3rd Game and final game in round play: U of A "B" team both teams with the same record 1 win 1 lost. This is a university team (you know the type, young, in shape, fast). They scored the 1st 2 goals off of counter attacks - They did not get up because they anticipated they were just fast. We slowly closed the gap and finally tied them late in the 3rd quarter. We only needed a tie to advance 2nd in our bracket instead of 3rd. It was close but we tied which was a win for us for two reason: We did not give them goals because we just thought offense, score and the 2nd reason: this win put us in the top 6. Good News: In top 6 Bad news: Had to play the last game and everyone who drove would not get home till after 1 or 2 am... if we lost that game everyone who drove would get home 6 pm.

Thor had our Bar-B-Q - great steaks - corn - roasted onions - beer - wine... Zach and Rainie brought special sausages and sandwiches... or yeah Jake had his 1st Beer and only fall down once.

1st game final round: Played KAOS - good players lots of experience and play a smart game. Great game for us - lost by 1 goal.

2nd and final game in final round: Played University of Arizona "A" team - you know those young, in shape, fast players who were better than their "B" team - which we tied). They were very fast and everytime we made a bad pass, took a bad shot or even took a good shot they countered us - not every other time but everytime they swam us and were up on the counter. Rob played a great game and blocked most of their shot and kept us in the game or they over passed on the counter which allowed our slower bodies to catch up and messed their counters up. U of A had the lead in the 1st half by 2-3 goals - in the 3rd quarter we made a nice run and took the lead by 3 goals then came the wall!!!! We hit the wall, we began to force play and they came back to tie. In the final rounds the golden goal rule applied - so off we went to sudden death. (Oh by the way only kidding about Jake drinking his 1st beer - Jake also scored in every game) They won the sprint - nothing - we lost the ball from a bad pass on the wind - nothing - they set up nothing - we lost the ball on the wing - nothing - they scored.

The team played well: Every played stepped up their game and took on roles they do not usually play with the masters. Their game knowledge and leadership has gone to the next level. We had great games - played great - and most important had a great time.

Attendance

Club: Attendance has been good - let's get it up to 100% and everyone on time!!

Masters: We are hurting right now with the following out:
Magee - another 2 weeks - Mark W just got his port out and will back soon - Paul has bad knees and has to let them rest so he can walk - UP is having surgery on his writst this Thurs - Frank has a sore back - Jamie has to get an operation on his shoulder (just when he got back in shape and back into the game) - Lee was out with her major patch up job on her eye - Shannon had the flu for 10 days - Anthony has a bad back too. Get well soon - we are going to need all of you to help drive for the Marathon Dec 2nd - Sunday!!

T-shirt Contest

Congratulation to Kyle for his t-shirt design! When we get t-shirts you will get 2 free t-shirts. Good job!!!

Master's

Workouts:
Since attendance is down in both the B and A groups we will all workout together from 7-9 pm.

U of A Tournament: The following have paid: Robert, Rob, Vaune, Jake and Zach. The following need to pay $80: Carlos - Edwin - Thor - Alex.

The following have not paid dues for Oct: Frank, Lee (how is your eye?) Jacint, Roger, Damon, Foley, Dave, Carlos, Eric.

Master's please come at 2 pm to help the club players!

Schedule for U of A Tournament

Here is our schedule for the U of A Tournament:

No Games on Friday!!!

Oct 13th - Sat
8 am vs Sharks - White Caps - be at the pool 30 mins before game time.
1 pm vs Old Pueblo - Blue Caps
3:30 pm vs U of A - White Caps
(after this game Bar-B-Que at Thor's house) - everyone to chip in money for dinner, bring your own drinks.

Oct 14th - Sun
Game times depend on our record on Sat - games begin at 8 am and last game starts at 3:30 pm.

Cost: $80 per player: Paid so far: Rob - Robert - Jake (not paid yet: Thor - Carlos - Edwin - Alex - Vaune - Zach) Magee can't go and we would like to have one more person who can swim up and down the pool!!! 30 meters and 7 min quarters!!!

Club Parents - Today Sat 9-29

Parents: We would like to meet with you as a group before workout today: Saturday - Sept 29th. Just for a few minutes.

Thank You Coaching Staff

Bad News - Good News - Great News

Bad News: Magee was not at workout on Wed because he had an appendicitis and was in the hospital. Good New: He is home now, Tammi said he is being a baby telling her how much pain he is in.... after Tammi just gave birth to their 2nd baby! Get well Magee, we miss you. Will you be able to go to the U of A tournament?

Great News: Mark Waski got some great news: He is Cancer free!!! Mark said we will see him more often at workouts now.

Club - Goals

Club Players: Your goals are due on or before Oct 2nd Tuesday!! Email them to me:

tweetwo@cox.net

Read "How to Write Goals" on this blog.

Sandy - Tony - Mark

Goals for Masters

Goals

Everyone should have the following goals all year long:

1. To improve leg strength by working hard during the conditioning phrase of workout.
2. To apply my leg strength to the game situation: thinking about my legs, body position during shooting drills, defensive drills and during scrimmages.
3. To improve my swimming – speed and conditioning.
4. To learn something new each day: The day you think you know it all is the day you will stop improving your game.
5. To have fun!!!

Goals for:
(These goals should be obtained before 2008)

Magee: -When shooting stay off your back.
-Counter hard both ways – you have the speed and not using it.

Rob: -Getting to high corners.
-Knowing when to come out and steal the ball from two meters.

Shannon: -Shooting without your arm going back so far and stay off your
side.
-Move into open water without the ball.

Anthony: -You love offense and do great – Love Defense and do great.
-Keep a positive and open mind when learning the game, there
is a lot to learn – don’t get down.

Edwin: -Hands!!! Got to catch the ball and shoot off the pass
-Get in the best shape of your life!!!

Nabu: -Change some of those bad habits this year: Shooting off your
back, hand on top, thinking only offense.
-Stroke lessons!! When swimming you have to pull and then
push the water back..moving arms but not going fast.


Jacint: -It is OK to make a mistake, don’t get down on yourself or
make a big deal about it –learn and play on.
-Anticipate off and def, then use your speed to get open on
counters.

John: -Outlet passes on the counter attack.
-Communication to your defense and still mind your cage.

Frank: -Really work hard on doing the eggbeater correctly.
-Drive and play with grace, do not always play so physical.

Joe: -Team Leader (communicate) on offense.
-Offensive moves (drives, counter, setting) without so much
showmanship. Do it but not so much and not too often.

UP: -Don’t fake the ball every time you get the ball. When you do
fake it has to move the goalie.
-Since you have been gone we have several new systems, plays,
know all of them before the end of the year.

Zach: -Get in better swim shape (conditioning and speed). To play
with the A’s you have got to counter.
-When setting: be able to kick the ball out, need you to become
more mobile at set.

Greg: -Work the basic (passing, catching, legs, wing passes) and your
game will take giant steps.
-Watch polo games, ask questions and imitate what you see.

Jenny: -Posting up but first thinking drive and get inside or draw the
kickout, them posting up. Think this is going to open
a new game for you.
-Communicate to the guys; you have the knowledge and a good
feel of the game.

Tony: -Keeping your head up at two meters.
-Have fun, polo is fun, leave all the stress behind you. We all
know you work hard and give it your all, don’t get so
down on yourself.

Damon: -Try to watch the game in Panorama – see the entire picture,
not just what is in front of you.
-Work the basics: Legs, swimming, knowing where the ball is
at all times.

Alex: -Anticipate both way (O and D) then use your speed to get up,
don’t count on your speed to get up.
-Keep that left arm in the water while shooting – use the left
arm to stay up and stable your body.

Thor: -Don’t always just go down and set, post up when the other
team drops at two meters.
-Do NOT think draw the foul!!!! Think Do It!!! (no shaking
the head)

Foley: -Take the hole shot quicker, at times you hold onto the ball too
long and allows the defense to crash back.
-Try to make more workouts.

Vaune: -You are awesome at set, make sure your team knows they
will have to cover back on counter for you when you
are setting.
-Instead of lobbing tell your teammates to get open weak,
you fake and then make the assist to the weak side.

Lee: -Work the basics: Mostly legs, passing and catching.
-Offensive counter attack – know where the ball is at,
you are up many times and should get the ball
if you look back at the ball.

Jake: -Be a threat every time you have the ball, you always look
like a passer.
-When swimming move your arms quicker – fast turn over.
-Counter shots: up/down and stay out of the 1 meter!!!

Carlos: -Do not push off!! This will be called offensive and they will
turn the ball over.
-Stop making the noise when you make a mistake!!! The noise
does not and will not make the mistake go away, only
brings attention that you screwed up.
Eric: -Come to workouts!!!!

Roger: -Def on Drives: swim with them, don’t hand check, stay off
their backs.
-Quick outside shots – don’t drop your elbow and you are on
your back just a bit.

Paul: -Read this goalie article that Wilson wrote – I will email to you.
Let me know when I can email this to you.
-Lateral movement – use legs, can’t swim from post to post.

Robert: -Fronting two meters and when you are behind or think they
may get set you have already told someone you might
need help – not when you need the help.
-Shooting different types of shots – side arm, lay on side shot,
skip, etc.

Erin: -Come to workouts.

Dave: -Learn the plays
-Eggbeater – your legs are the base for your shooting, you have
a good shot without using your legs, just think what you
can do when you use your legs.

Did I miss anyone?

Does anyone know about the guy from UNLV, he came at the end of the summer?

Masters

Remember next Monday - Oct 1st workouts are back to 7-9 pm.

B's 7-8 pm Main pool 8-8:30 Legs and Cond
A's 7:30-9 pm 7:30-8 Legs and Cond 8-9 main pool

Players going to U of A please bring your money on or before Monday!! thanks

Sat - Workout Sept 22nd

If there is lighting at 12:30 pm workout will be canceled for the club. If there is lighting at 1:30 pm workout will be canceled for masters.

Few reminders:
1. Club - 12 & 10's Going to the Commerce Tournament - we will leave Friday after school and return Sunday evening. Mark it on your calendar.
2. Masters - the players going to the U of A tournament please pay next week. I already sent the entry fee in.

Goalies!!

Goalies - here are some awesome blocks (some of you know Wilson, he came to Vegas and talked with the team) Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whEY1smOeps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwZidf8RKxw (Wilson's Video)

Goal Setting - click to enlarge

Your goals are due Oct 2nd - email to me: tweetwo@cox.net