Are you serious about water polo?

Are you serious about water polo?  Want to play in high school and maybe beyond?  Here are some serious suggestions on what you should be doing in order to perfect your play and be the best local player that you can be. 1.  Participate in Legacy EVERY session (except when doing HS water polo). 2.  Do Swim Conditioning as often as you can, ideally two days per week.  And, HS players in the Spring you absolutely should either do HS swim season or Legacy Swim Conditioning.  College coaches 1st question to prospective players is NOT "how many goals or saves do you have?"  It is almost exclusively, "What is your 50 and what is your 100 (freestyle)?"   You have to be fast to play good Varsity water polo and REALLY FAST to play in college!  Swim Conditioning will be offered this Winter & Spring on the alternate days of water polo. (i.e. water polo=Tues/Thurs and swim conditioning=Mon/Wed/Fri) ** Several participants in Legacy's Swim Conditioning this past summer, were moved to Varsity because their speed and ability to counter attack/defend had improved dramatically! 3.  Participate in the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics (JO's).  This is a must if you want to experience higher levels of play and elevate your game.  The JO experience is a powerful, fun and tremendously motivating experience.  (Talk to our 2013 14U JO team for a great perspective on positives of the JO experience.) 4.  Participate in the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program (ODP).  This program is a huge commitment and not inexpensive, but it is worthwhile to try-out at least once.  This is a program where you will experience the best water polo players in your age group in the entire Pacific Zone.  More information on this program is available by contacting Legacy and additional comments and recommendations are available from parent Tim Auger at this link. There are some pros and cons, but doing the program at least once will add to your overall playing ability and perspective.  Try-outs are coming up in late Nov/early Dec for the Pacific Zone. Girls: 12th Grade & Under       10th Grade & Under          8th Grade & Under  1st Training: Dec 7, 2013             Dec 8, 2013                          Dec 8, 2013   Boys: 12th Grade & Under                 10th Grade & Under          8th Grade & Under  1st Training: Nov 24, 2013           Nov 24, 2013                        Nov 24, 2013  Legacy has past participants on multiple Division I, II and III college teams. Some current examples: Ben Price, goalie at UC Santa Barbara  Beau Bayless, 2nd year goalie at US Naval Academy  Sam Sunde, recruited for the 2013 Stanford men's water polo team  Zach Olivas recruited for the 2013 Chapman University men's polo team  Maggie Albers, 4th year, University of Hawaii women's team  Devan Kennifer, 2009-2012,  Harvard University women's team    Four Legacy participants are named USAWP Outstanding Academic All Americans!!   Congrats to four of Legacy's 2012 JO 16U team members who were selected this September as recipients of USA Water Polo's Outstanding Academic All American award!   Katie Rice, Allie Loomis, Shannon Cry and Sydney Clark.   Great job girls - in the classroom and in the pool!     Our website will be updated soon with the Winter practice schedule and pool locations. Stay tuned!     Legacy  Calendar Visit  legacypolo.com for the our session practice calendar      Go Legacy! Legacy Water Polo Thanks You! Thank you for your continued participation and positive feed back on how to make our program better.  You can always contact us at Legacy Polo or phone: 831-625-2120.