Events Calendar

Midwest Zone Player/Coach Clinic – St. Louis @ Mary Institute Country Day School Steward Family Aquatic Center

Feb 3 @ 8:00 am – Feb 4 @ 12:00 pm

On February 3rd and February 4th, 2018 Midwest zone will host a clinic for both players and coaches as well as a referee certification school. The program will begin on Saturday, February 3rd at 3:30 pm and run until 7:30 pm. On Sunday, February 4th, the program begins at 8:00 am and concludes at 12:00 pm. The event will be held on the campus of Mary Institute Country Day School 101 North Warson Rd St. Louis, MO 63124 in the Steward Family Aquatic Center. The staff includes USWP High Performance Director, John Abdou, 2004 Olympian and former US Men’s National Team member, Genai Kerr, Midwest Zone Head Referee, Nick Cargola and other coaches.

The cost for the Players Clinic is $100. It is open to male and female players ages 11 and up. Additionally there will be a free splashball clinic on February 3rd from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm for players 10 and under. More info can be found here: www.5meter.com/Missouri.

The cost for the Coach Clinic and Referee School is $10 for USWP members and $20 for non-members. More info can found here: https://wp.usawaterpolo.com/wp15/Events2/Registrations/Register.wp?rgs_EventID=20937&isPopUp=true

Thank you to Missouri Water Polo for sponsoring this event. Feel free to email me with any questions at [email protected] and don’t forget to renew your USWP membership for 2018!

Feb

9

Fri

IHSA Officials Tournament @ Fenwick High School

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Feb 9 @ 5:00 pm – Feb 11 @ 5:00 pm

Officials Training Tournament : Feb. 9th – 11th all weekend at Fenwick High School

This is a hands on tournament very important to the training process and is mandatory for all first year officials. New officials with questions can contact Perry, [email protected].

Feb

24

Sat

Tony Azevdeo and Kami Craig’s Athletes Clinic/Combine @ Hoffman Estates High School Pool

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Feb 24 @ 8:00 am – Feb 25 @ 3:15 pm

NWC and Cardinal Water Polo clubs will bring Tony Azevedo and Kami Craig to Hoffman Estates on February 24 and 25th to run a clinic and combine. This clinic is a great way to kick off the 2018 season!

Here is Tony’s vision for the clinic directly from his website:

“I have created an athlete development system to monitor athlete’s progress over time. The program is standardized in a way that allows me to use specific tools to track development and offer personal feedback. My yearly clinic system has already produced three national teams athletes, six college scholarship athletes and many others playing at top high schools. This system allows me to test athletes, teach them and engage with them directly. I am able to watch them play and provide individualized feedback on performance strengths and weaknesses. By repeating the event every six months (or twice a year) I will be able to re-evaluate the athlete, understand his/her progress and continue working with them to reach key milestones.”

Coaches are free and encouraged to attend; Tony will be working with coaches at the combine. They have requested that we have 9 volunteer coaches per day to record data and then coach a team during the combine portion of the event. If you are interested in to volunteering, please email Marc Popovici at [email protected].

General Clinic/Combine Information:

Cost: $150 – includes giveaways

Max: 50 athletes per day

Clinics: Saturday, February 24 – Female Athletes Clinic/Combine; Sunday, February 25 – Male Athletes Clinic/Combine

Times: 8:00am – 3:15pm

Athletes must provide their own lunch.

Registration Link: https://azevedo.sportngin.com/register/form/361152357

Chicago Clinic_Combine Flyer

Feb

25

Sun

IHSA Classroom Clinic – New Officials & Level I and II Clinic @ Fenwick High School

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Feb 25 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sunday Feb 25th, Level I & II , Fenwick 9-4

New officials with questions can contact Perry, [email protected].

Feb

26

Mon

Start of the IHSA Water Polo Season

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Feb 26 all-day

IHSA Water Polo teams can begin their season on Monday, February 26. Good luck to all teams!

Mar

11

Sun

IWP Meeting @ Fenwick High School Library

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Mar 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Apr

22

Sun

IWP Meeting @ Fenwick High School Library

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Apr 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

May

5

Sat

Dave Perry College Scholarship Fundraiser @ O’Sullivan’s @ O'Sullivan's

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May 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Dave Perry College Scholarship fundraiser will be held on Saturday, May 6 at O’Sullivan’s (7244 Madison St., Forest Park, IL 60130).

This is the only scholarship of its kind in Illinois and is a great remembrance of our late, great coach, Dave Perry. The scholarship is for graduating seniors who will be playing NCAA Water Polo the following year in college. Started in 2012, the scholarship has given out $18,000 to help water polo players continue to play and study at the collegiate level. Scholarship applications are currently be available.

For more information, please visit IWP’s Dave Perry College Scholarship page.

May

19

Sat

WATER POLO COACHES “Lunch and Learn” @ Stevenson High School, Room 7066/68

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May 19 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

This will be a round table question and answer session with current college coaches, including coaches from Indiana University, Carthage College, California Lutheran University and more.

Lunch will be provided.

Please sign up to let us know you are coming, so we can order enough food!

https://goo.gl/forms/sGjI3ydfWmEC4MsJ2

Please contact Rose Wimer, [email protected] with any questions.

May

26

Sat

WSWPC Water Polo Clinic with ODP/Stanford WPC Coach Ashley Hill @ Naperville North High School

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May 26 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

This water polo clinic is designed to kick off summer water polo! We will have a 40 min motivational talk from Coach Hill about what it means to THEM (athlete) to be a water polo player. The talk is designed to inspire commitment and renew love of the game. After the talk, the athletes will have 3.5 hours of pool time (with some breaks). They go through a unique warm up, work ball skills and shooting, run counter attack drills and finish up with scrimmages.

Additional information available at http://wswpc.com/clinics.html

WSWPC 2018 Clinic Flyer

The Dave Perry Scholarship