Welcome
to the 2015 Carmel water polo season. If you know of any freshman who
are joining the team please pass the following information on and
make sure they and their parents subscribe to the blog so they get
the word directly. The coaches are not given any information on
incoming freshman. The preseason schedule that we call hell
week is optional and voluntary. It will consist of only
conditioning until Aug 14 but it is highly recommended.
The
schedule for 2015 is on the blog as we currently know it. If there
are changes they will be posted to the blog and you will be notified.
Pay special attention to tournament dates.
For
Tuesday the 4th of August the most important requirement is that
you MUST bring a completed Summer Activities Liability &
Medical Release/Consent Waiver form. If you don't, you can't
participate until we have one. The form can be found on the CHS
website under Sports and then Summer Sports. Print out the form, have
your parents fill it out and bring it to Coach Langland when you
arrive Tuesday early enough to be ready to start activities at
03:30. As is dictated by league rules, practice until 15
August will be without any polo equipment so be ready for running,
swimming and calisthenics. That means you need to bring tennis
shoes, running shorts and t-shirt, swimming suit, towel and your own
water source. Older players who are driving are reminded
that you should park in the main parking lot, not at the pool.
In
addition you should be working on filling out the Athletic Department
sports package. If you don't already have a physical they will be
given again on Saturday 15 August at CHS. If you have your forms
completed the athletic office will be open starting on 04 August to
process the forms. They can also be turned in at Arena Day. Avoid the
rush on the first days of school and get your forms in early.
Starting Monday 17 August you will not be able to practice unless you
have brought the team copy of the Emergency Form to practice. Again,
bring it to Coach Langland.
Like
last year we are going to do the roster input online. As those who
have participated in polo before we use the web and email exclusively
to communicate since at times there is not much lead time on changing
issues. Be sure you have an email address (freshman if you don't have
one you can use the one you will get at school) and it is your
responsibility to check the blog and your personal email at least
once/day. We will distribute the URL for the online roster input
soon. Please enter your input at your earliest convenience so we have
access to your person information and have an accurate roster.
As
the schedule says, there is a mandatory parents meeting on
Thursday 20 August from 6:30 to 7:30 in the CHS Cafeteria. At this
meeting we pass on critical information on what to expect from your
son's participation in water polo. You will learn that water polo is
a family activity because there is so much that needs to be done that
we need parents support. We need score and stat keepers, coordinators
and helpers for our snack bar at the tournaments we sponsor, help
with coordinators of transportation, help with team apparel and the
list goes on. The up side is it gives you a chance to be actively
involved in your son's activities. You only have your boys at home
for a few more years. The school district does not provide
transportation to our tournaments so we need parents who schedule
allows to fill out the paperwork that is required to transport team
members and to have their cars safety checked. You can start that
process now. Again the forms are on the CHS website under Sports.
As
was posted a few days ago, on Saturday Aug 8th at 6pm at the Catalina
pool the UCLA Bruins, last years NCAA Men's Water Polo champions will
play an exhibition game with UOP Tigers. Plan on coming and seeing
how the college players play the game.
If
you have any questions please email Coach Langland at
rlangland@comcast.net
and we will get your questions answered.
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