By Yeah, this is vary late. Recorded on 2/23 it covers the recently concluded Spin Lob tournament in Austin and precedes the Thunder Spring Invite which took place in Lewisville on February 26-27. And now the high school season is here! Much more to come of that but first, reminisce
POD: 2022 Starts with Dare to Dream, Big Numbers for Prep Polo
The kiddos of Texas descended on the Cy-Fair Natatorium last weekend where Joe and James faced off in an epic and shouty 12-and-under cage match. After some brilliant tactical moves, which included telling his team to “guard that guy!” it was James’s squad who emerged triumphant. (Joe would insist
ODP Texans Live Streamed at West Region Champs
Dozens of Texans are participating at USA Water Polo’s West Region Championships for its Olympic Development Program. All the action will be streamed live from Utah by Game On Live Studio via YouTube. Follow athletes from throughout the state here. Live updates of the schedule and results are also
POD: 2021 Ends with a New Linehan, More Normalcy, TX Successes
At least it wasn’t as bad as 2020. The water polo world returned to some sense of normal in 2021 even though Covid was never too far removed. Nonetheless, Austin College had it’s most successful calendar year so far, Texas showed it’s capacity to host more national events, the
POD: MIT’s Austin Ringheim, and How to Field a UIL Team
UIL water polo will be here before we know it and both Joe and James are getting questions from athletes and families who want to know the process behind getting their schools to field teams. Joe get in the weeds of it so that parents and athletes can get
POD: Mark Lawrence on MPSF Championships, Plus Game Days
Mark Lawrence took his ‘Roos men’s team to Stanford and came home with two big wins over their rivals from Pennsylvania, and a respectable outcome versus powerhouse Stanford. Their (most successful?) season is over but the women’s season quickly approaches and there’s much to be done to maintain the
POD: ODP Head Coach Cullen, Texas Challenge Cup, & the Future
Chris Cullen is nearly half way through (!) his first season as the director of YOUR Southwest Zone ODP team. He talks about where we stand with the most recent changes in the program as this season’s rosters are announced soon (maybe already). Plus, James and Joe are both
POD: Pegasus, Thunder Make Waves Outside Texas
North Texas was well represented and fared even better at the recently completed Cousineau Cup in SoCal and Rocktober in Arizona. Plus, Austin College returned from Colorado with three losses to some serious competitors, the UIL makes things official, and more about Joe’s and James’s former coaches jumping in
POD: Junior Olympics, Senior Olympics, and Season 3?
We return to the fray after four weeks of such things as helping to manage more than 1000 youth water polo matches, coaching (extremely loosely defined) a group of 10-year-olds to complete victory, staying up late to watch Americans pursue Olympic water polo glory, traveling to the beach, visiting
POD: Trent Calder and St. Mark’s Win, Packed Summer Schedule, ‘Roos get Ranked
St. Mark’s lived up to its TXWaterpolo top ranking and defeated a very game Dawson High School to win its 9th boys’ state title in Cy-Fair last Saturday. We talk with a soaked Trent Calder, first-year head coach of the Lions, about his comeback win. And the summer schedule