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You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Head Coach, Coronado High School Water Polo (1984–2017) 715 career wins over 33 years 16 CIF San Diego Section titles (boys) 3 CIF titles (girls) Back-to-back #1 national rankings (2000, 2001) Coached 21 future Navy SEALs and multiple Olympians

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Luis Nicolao was named the head water polo coach at the U.S. Naval Academy in January of 2018. A member of the Class of 1992, he was a standout for the Midshipmen as an athlete, earning All-America and All-East selection honors, graduating as the all-time leading scorer in Academy history. In 2022, Navy posted a 16-15 overall record with an 8-8 mark in conference play. The Midshipmen entered the MAWPC Tournament as the No. 6 seed, but victories over Mercyhurst (W, 21-9), Johns Hopkins (W, 15-11 in OT), and Wagner (W, 17-14) boosted Navy into fifth place. Michael Heller (first team), Jake Altmayer (honorable mention), and Caden Capobianco (honorable mention) led the team as All-Conference selections, while Heller was also named All-MAWPC Tournament (second team). Captains Jake Altmayer and Will Clark, along with Michael Heller led the Midshipmen offensively. Altmayer paced the offense with a team-high 81 points on 46 goals and a team-best 35 assists. Heller contributed a team-high 56 goals with 18 helpers to give him 74 total points, while Clark has a more balanced 26 goals and 32 assists for 58 total points. Tommy McKnew had 32 goals, while Travis Berzins added 27 scores. Nathan Duchez added 26 scores, while Hayden Kahn and Chris Kim notched 21 goals apiece to round out Navy’s 20-goal scorers. Ivan Pang and Rory Begin notched 25 and 21 assists to join Altmayer, Clark, and Heller in the top 5 in helpers. Defensively, Caden Capobianco saw a majority of time between the posts. He appeared in 28 of 31 games, notching 259 saves and registering a 47.3 save percentage. In addition, Capobianco led the team with 77 steals. Jack Hightower finished with 38 stops and a 42.7 save percentage with seven steals. Jake Altmayer, Michael Heller, and Travis Berzins led all position players with 21, 20, and 16 steals apiece. Hayden Kahn led the team with 30 ejections drawn, while Tommy McKnew was second with 28. Travis Berzins and Kyle Yelensky were next with 26 and 24, respectively. Navy played 12 (of 31) games against teams ranked (nine games) or receiving votes (3) in the CWPA national rankings, including three top 10 opponents - #1 Cal (back-to-back national champions), #3 USC, and #10 San Jose State. Ten (10) Navy student-athletes, including water polo players Peter Hillen and Graham Lindner, garnered College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District accolades for at-large sports. Hillen and Lindner, along with Navy gymnast Ian Dinmore, earned CSC Academic All-America honors. Dinmore and Hillen garnered first team recognition, while Lindner was noted on the second team. Navy was one of seven schools to put multiple athletes on the first and second teams. The 2021 water polo team finished the season 16-13 overall, including a 9-3 mark in conference play. Navy hosted the 2021 MAWPC Tournament at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Md. The Mids entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, advancing to the championship game for the first time since 2011 with victories over (7) Gannon (W, 20-13) and (3) George Washington (W, 11-7). The Mids dropped a 9-6 decision to the top-seeded and nationally-ranked Fordham in the championship game. The second-place finish was the best for the Midshipmen since coming in as runner up in three consecutive seasons from 2009 to 2011. Navy placed two – Isaac Salinas and Caden Capobianco – on the 2021 ACWPC Men's Division I All-America teams as honorable mention selections. Salinas became the third player in program history to earn three All-American honors, joining Nick Hill (2000, '01, '02) and Luis Nicolao (1989, '90, '91), while Capobianco is the first Navy goalie to claim the distinction since Brett Rajchel ('10) in 2009. In addition, Salinas was named First Team All-MAWPC-East. It was the fourth time in his career that he was named all-conference and the third time earning first-team distinction. With the first-team accolade, he joined Kyle Wertz (2009, '10, '11), Alex Ratcliffe (2003, '04, '05), Luis Nicolao (1989, '90, '91), Tom Popp (1986, '87, '88), and Lawrence Kough (1983, '84, '85) as the only three-time First Team All-East honorees for Navy. The pair of Salinas and Capobianco were also named to the MAWPC Championship All-Tournament Team. Salinas was selected to the first team, while Capobianco earned second-team honors. Offensively in 2021, the Mids were led by Salinas, Jake Altmayer, Hayden Kahn, Jack Weggeland, and Will Clark. Salinas led all Midshipmen with 80 total points, including a team-best 61 goals. Altmayer led the team with 29 assists and chipped in 23 goals for 52 total points. Weggeland was third on the team with 42 points on 24 goals and 18 assists. Kahn (37g 3a) and Clark (17g 22a) rounded out Navy's top-five scorers with 40 and 39 points, respectively. Defensively, Capobianco and Max Sandberg saw a majority of the action at goal. Capobianco led the team with 242 saves in 24 games played, while registering a team-high 71 steals. Sandberg played in 13 games with 79 stops and 13 steals. Navy water polo spent 14 of the 15 weeks of the 2021 season ranked or receiving votes in the CWPA national rankings. Navy was ranked #19 in the preseason poll, while ranking #20 during week three and week seven of competition. The Mids ranked #19 during the final regular season week of the season (week 10) before moving back to #20 entering the conference tournament (week 11). The Midshipmen finished the year receiving votes in the final CWPA poll. Once again, the Midshipmen participated in a daunting schedule, playing 15 (of 29) games against teams ranked (10 games) or receiving votes (5) in the CWPA national rankings. The Mids squared off against six top 10 opponents with three top five matchups, including hosting the eventual national champion, Cal. In the classroom, Peter Hillen (’23) was named a Third-Team Academic-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) in the at-large category. Hillen, who was the only water polo player in the country represented on the list of 2021-22 Academic All-Americans, became the fifth different (sixth total) Navy water polo player to garner the award and the first since Jackson Hummeldorf was named to the first team in 2012-13. Additionally, Navy had 12 student-athletes named to 2021 ACWPC All-Academic teams. Jake Altmayer, Caden Capobianco, Jamie Cassidy, Kyle Faison, Jonas Greer, Peter Hillen, Graham Lindner, Kenny McKinlay, and Sean O'Boyle led Navy as members of the Outstanding ranks (3.71-4.00 GPA), while Liam McInerney was named to the Superior team (3.41-3.70). Jordan Corpuz and Connor Simpson rounded out the Midshipmen on the list on the Excellent team (3.20-3.40). In addition, Navy was recognized for achieving a 3.08 collective GPA. The 2020 water polo season was moved to the spring and shortened due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Navy finished the season 6-1 overall. The Mids finished the regular season in first place in the conference and were set to be the top seed in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament, but were not allowed to compete in the tournament due to the Naval Academy being under a restriction of movement (ROM). The water polo team was ranked #8 in the final top 10 of the national rankings of the year. The Mids were ranked all 10 weeks of the season, dating back to the preseason poll. Navy was selected 14th in the initial National Top 20 by the CWPA. With multiple teams withdrawing from competition, the CWPA elected to do a Top 10 throughout the season. In the first Top 10 poll, Navy rose to #9 before entering the first week of competition ranked #10. Isaac Salinas finished the shortened season with a team-high 23 points on a team-high 20 goals with three assists. He was joined by Jake Altmayer who finished with 18 points, including a team-best 12 assists. Bobby Lee added 17 points (12g 5a), while Bobby Wall (5g 7a), Payton Comstock (7g 4a), and Ivan Pang (4g 6a) finished with 12, 11, and 10 points, respectively. Defensively, Jack Weggeland paced Navy’s position players with eight steals, while Cole Jacobs and Isaac Salinas added six apiece. Travis Berzins and Kyle Yelensky registered seven ejections drawn each to lead the team, while Salinas added six. At goal, the Mids used a pair of goalies – Max Sandberg and Caden Capobianco. The Navy goalies recorded 74 saves and a save percentage of 60.2. Sandberg recorded a team-best 44 saves, while Capobianco added 30. Sandberg led the team with a 65.7 save percentage with Capobianco registering a 53.6 clip. Capobianco led the team with 10 steals in his rookie campaign. The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the 2020-21 Men's Water Polo All-America teams and attacker Isaac Salinas was selected to the second team. Salinas became the third Midshipmen to earn Second Team All-American honors and the first to claim the distinction since Aaron Recko (’08) in 2007. Salinas became the eleventh player in program history to earn multiple All-American honors and the first since Carl Dowzicky (’16) who was an All-American in 2013 and 2015. The conference announced its All-MAWPC teams for the East Region and Navy had three student-athletes represented. Isaac Salinas was named to the first team, while Bobby Lee and Jake Altmayer earned second-team honors. The Navy water polo team had 14 of its student-athletes named to 2020-21 ACWPC All-Academic teams. Jake Altmayer, Caden Capobianco, Jamie Cassidy, Kyle Faison,

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ From the Santa Barbara City College website WSC Coach of the Year 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023National Girls Coach of the Year (at San Marcos High) 2018-19 Chuckie Roth became SBCC's head coach of Women's Swimming & Diving in 2014 and will begin his 26th year of coaching overall in 2024. Roth has coached the Vaqueros to eight consecutive WSC titles. In 2023, the Vaqueros finished fifth at the CCCAA State Championships for the second straight year, with Isabella Urlando winning two state titles and setting a state record.The Vaqueros went 21-1 in 2020 before having their season cut short midway through by the Coronavirus pandemic. SBCC won 135 straight WSC meets before Cuesta ended the four-year unbeaten streak on Feb. 29, 2020.The Vaqueros won their fifth straight WSC title in 2019 with a 26-0 conference record and 53-4 overall. They're 192-6 in the last five seasons and 115-1 in WSC action.Roth has a sparkling 253-20 overall record (.927). He's 149-5 (.968) in the WSC with four Coach of the Year awards. His teams finished fourth, fourth, seventh and 10th in the state from 2016-19. Roth also coaches the San Marcos High girls water polo and swimming & diving teams. He was recently honored by the National Federation of State High Schools Association as the California Girls Swimming & Diving Coach of the Year for 2018-19. He was selected on his coaching performance during the 2018-19 school year, lifetime community involvement, school involvement and philosophy of coaching. In the swim season of 2019, Roth’s girls team won the Channel League and placed seventh at the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 finals.The Vaqueros started a diving team in 2017 and Gina Jacobson dominated, winning the WSC championship with an unbeaten record and taking the State 1-meter title with a State-record 246.85 points. The Vaqueros finished fourth in the State Swimming & Diving Championships in 2016-17 and seventh last year.In the spring of 2014, Roth helped create the first women's swim team in school history and they took 12th in the CCCAA State Championships. The 2015 edition, led by two-time State champion Rachelle Visser, captured its first-ever WSC title and placed 8th in the State meet. Roth was named WSC Coach of the Year.In 2016, the Vaqueros took fourth in the State meet.In 2017, Roth guided the women's water polo team to its first State championship with a 31-3 record. They were second in the State in 2017, fourth in 2018 and have a glossy 94-10 record in the last three seasons.Roth came to SBCC with a wealth of experience at all levels of aquatics coaching. From 1997-1999, he served as the assistant coach of the men's and women's water polo teams at UCSB. In 1999 he was promoted to associate head coach of the women's water polo team. In his three years with the women's program they placed as high as 5th in the country and developed 9 All-Americans.In 2000, he moved to Temple City High and resurrected the boys' team while starting the girls water polo program. In 4 years, he won three league championships, 2 CIF championships, coached 6 All-Americans and sent 9 athletes to swim and play college water polo at various schools. He was also recognized as CIF Division 3 coach of the year in 2003 and 2004.Roth has worked with the Santa Barbara Aquatics Club for 16 years, coaching all age groups. During that time, he has developed several USWP All Americans, made 5 Final Four appearances, and won two national championships.In 2004 he moved back to Santa Barbara and took a job teaching and coaching at San Marcos High School. The San Marcos aquatics program was in disarray and had not won a game in two years. His teams have improved consistently during his tenure and continue to develop All-Americans and promote confidence in all players he coaches. He will continue teaching and coaching at San Marcos High in addition to coaching swimming and water polo at SBCC. Roth graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1997 with a degree in history and a minor in exercise health science. In 2002 Brian earned his Masters degree from Azusa Pacific University with a degree in education with an emphasis in exercise health science.  In 2011 he was selected as the San Marcos High Teacher of the Year. Later that year, he was chosen as the Santa Barbara County Distinguished Educator of the Year. In May of 2012 he was recognized as Sportsperson of the Month by PresidioSports.com, which covers sports online in the Santa Barbara area. Brian lives in Goleta with his wife, Leslie, and their three children, Indiana, Kumani and Utah.

If you want to support the show please CLICK HERE TO DONATE In this episode, we dive deep into the upcoming NCAA changes with a special focus on how they will impact water polo, featuring insights from John Abdou, a prominent figure in the sport of water polo and currently the associate athletic director at UCI. We'll explore the major shifts in NCAA policy, including the roster sizes and scholarships across all sports, including water polo. With water polo teams now capped at 24 athletes on the roster, this change could significantly alter team dynamics, recruitment strategies, and the overall competitiveness of the sport. John Abdou shares his thoughts on how these changes might influence water polo programs across Division I schools, especially in terms of balancing the growth of the sport while maintaining a competitive edge. We also discuss the potential impact on walk-on athletes, the challenges and opportunities these rules present for non-revenue sports, and what this could mean for the future of collegiate water polo. Tune in to learn: The origins and reasons behind the NCAA's decision to increase roster sizes and scholarship limits. How water polo programs are expected to adapt to these changes. The potential ripple effects on recruitment, team management, and athletic department funding. What this means for the future of water polo at the collegiate level.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ From the Indiana Athletics site Taylor McInerney enters her fifth season as head coach of Indiana Water Polo in 2024. The Hoosiers are coming off a season in 2023 as she led the program to its most wins since 2018. Her Hoosier programs have been consistently ranked in the CWPA Top 25 poll during her tenure while securing wins in the MPSF Tournament for the past two seasons. She has helped guide five players to nine ACWPC All-American honors, four players to six All-MPSF teams and a total of 37 MPSF All-Academic team honorees. The 2023 squad recorded 17 wins including its first win over Arizona State since 2005 and went 9-3 at action at home inside Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. Indiana recorded nine ranked wins through the course of the season. Graduate student goalie Mary Askew capped off an impressive five year career as she finished third all-time in career saves with the program which led her to All-MPSF and ACWPC All-American honorable mention nods. Senior utility Zoe Crouch led the team in scoring and earned a spot on the ACWPC All-American honorable mention eam. In the classroom, 10 players earned spots on the MPSF All-Academic team. In her third season, the Hoosiers capped off the year with a 15-15 record, with wins including No. 11 UCSD, No. 13 San Jose State, No. 18 LMU, No. 20 Harvard, No. 22 Marist, and No. 23 Brown. The Hoosiers climbed as high as No. 10 in the nation and ended the season at No. 14 for the 21-22 season. The Hoosiers earned four ACWPC All-American honorable mentions, a record in program history. Two Hoosiers were also named to All-MPSF selection teams; Izzy Mandema to All-MPSF Second Team, and Skylar Kidd to All-MPSF Newcomer Team. The Hoosiers earned 14 Big Ten All-Academic Awards in the 21-22 season as well. In her second season as head coach, the Hoosiers posted a 10-17 record, with two impressive wins over No. 16 San Jose State. In her first year at the helm of the Indiana water polo program, McInerney led the Hoosiers to a record of 13-5 and a final national ranking of No. 15 in the CWPA rankings in the shortened, 2020 season. McInerney guided the Hoosiers to a bevy of impressive victories, including wins over No. 11 Pacific, No. 24 Marist, No. 9 UC Davis and No. 25 California Baptist. Individually, both Tina Doherty and Megan Abarta earned All-America honors from the ACWPC. The Hoosiers also excelled out of the pool, as six earned MPSF All-Academic Team accolades, seven earned Big Ten All-Academic honors and three were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars. McInerney served as anassistant coach for the Hoosiers from 2017-18, as well as serving as an assistant coach for the USA Water Polo National Team since 2017. Along with helping guide the Indiana water polo program the past two seasons, McInerney has had tremendous success with the USA Water Polo Senior Women’s National “B” Team and Women’s Youth National Team. McInerney helped lead the senior team to a first-place finish at the FISU World University Games in 2017 and the youth team to a seventh-place finish at the FINA Youth World Championships in 2018. From 2015-17, McInerney served as a graduate assistant coach and director of operations at Wagner College. In McInerney first year as Wagner's graduate assistant coach, the Seahawks won their third consecutive MAAC Championship to enter the field for the 2016 NCAA Championship. In her second year, McInerney helped Wagner become the first program to win four consecutive MAAC water polo titles. Additionally, McInerney cultivated an All-American season from Wagner junior Kimberly Watson (102 goals, 31 assists), who was also named the MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year. McInerney played one professional season for Club Water Polo Dos Hermanas outside of Sevilla, Spain following an outstanding collegiate career at the University of California, Berkeley. Donning the co-captain's cap her senior year, McInerney guided Cal to a silver medal at the 2011 NCAA Championships, topping a bronze finish in the year prior. At Cal, McInerney was a four-time NCAA Academic All-American and made the UC Berkeley Student Athlete Honors List all four years. McInerney graduated from Cal Berkley in 2013 with a degree in Media Studies. She went on to earn her M.B.A. in Marketing from Wagner in 2017. She is married to her husband, Ryan, who is a quality control coach with Indiana Football.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ You can read an amazing article on Clarke by Michael Randazzo - https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/on-the-record-with-clarke-weatherspoon/

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ From usawaterpolo.org Golden West CCElected to Hall of Fame: 2000 Club: Whittier Swim Club (WP) 1959-1960, Inland Water Polo Club 1961, Nu-Pike Water Polo 1962, Nu-Pike Water Polo 1963-1966 College: Fullerton Jr. College, Long Beach State University High School: Cal High School - Whittier, CA 1953-1957 Participation: Named to Olympic Training Camp Second Pan Am Trials Three Time Outdoor AAU Championships Represented US at the World CISM Games 1963 (third place) Fullerton JC Player of the Year 1958 and All American 1957-1958 Long Beach State Forty Niner of the Year 1961-1962 Coach: Westminster High School 1962-1965 Lakewood High School 1966-1976 Long Beach Wilson 1976 Golden West Community College 1977-Present Plans to retire end of 2000 season Assistant Coach 1977-1985 - 6 state championships - 6 So Cal Champs Head Coach 1986-1999 - 11 Conference Championships 7 Times So-Cal Champions - 9 Consecutive State Championships Overall Record as Head Coach 425-46-2 A Total of 47 players named to All American Named California Community Coach of the Year - 5 Times USWP Level III Elite Water Polo Coach Certified 1986 Swimming:Golden West Community College14 - Conference Championships4 - State Championships Coaching Philosophy:Always be on time - always be truthfulBe responsible for your personal life and your actions, by planning ahead- keeping a written calendar and plan for each day- don't blame others.Think Ahead - Anticipate, take responsibility for something outside of yourself - someone else - or a cause (environment, religion, etc.) Leave where ever you go a better place because you've been there. Personal: Wife - Marilynn 39 years. Sons Paul and Tim. Two grandchildren Military Service US Army 1963-1965 Teacher/Coach

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Follow Dan Leyson on Twitter Ratko Rudic’s Bio on Wikipedia A conversation with Dan Leyson of UC Davis and Adam Wright of UCLA about their experience with Ratko Rudic.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Ethan Damato on Twitter 2 What is the add 2 drill? Pat Obrien 3 What’re your thoughts on backstroke’s place in the counter attack? Coaches often say that rolling onto your back for a few strokes could cause you to lose your advantage - do you think that’s true? Stephen Loomis 4 What are some ways that you teach athletes when to push and take risks finishing the CA and when to pull back and run a patient offensive set? Ian Davidson 5 Can you give some examples of goalie drills you utilize? Pat Obrien 6 You have an aside in your practice plan dedicated for goalies (but still has relevance to the objective). How much time are they spending focusing on their warm up/skills/passing before being added with the filed players? How much time would you reccommend having your goalies focus on what they need before coming into the fold? Elyssa Hawkins 7 How do you teach your athletes to read the differences/cues between reading Advantage Counterattack and Transition counter into half court? Connor Levoff 8 Do you have a preference about which post fills in first when setting up a 4-2, on a full 6 man counter? Anonymous Attendee 9 What are you thoughts on how to approach a game against another team that loves to push tempo (assuming youre a tempo pushing team too) - but they do it better (they beat you more / get more goals from counter)? Does this change your strategy in how you CA? Paul Splitt 10 Do you have strict parameters on the first outlet pass or do you let the players have freedom to make those decisions based on the situation? Carin Crawford 11 are there drills that you run to specifically focus on counter defense? or is this just taught naturally through the drill? Beth Harberts 12 Is Off the Deck on Spotify? Elyssa Hawkins

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Steven Rotsart on Twitter 2 Understanding the other team and being able to adjust is crucial information. How do you balance calling but not helping based on what you know the teams will be doing or try to do? Ian Davidson 3 One of the biggest parts of our sport is the difference in this “philosophy” from ref to ref. Do you think this is a good part of our sport, or should we be looking to have a general philosophy that allows for a bit more consistency from ref to reft? Anonymous Attendee 4 How do we tackle improving the officiating level with so much ego when we all walk into the room? Ian Davidson 5 How much time do you spend with your partner before a game to discuss philosophy? What are the main topics you go over with your partner? Sergio Macias 6 When an official has “an idea of how they want the game to go”, are officials subconciuosly predesigning the outcome of the game? ie. team A is a stronger team in every way, team B is leading the game. I am assuming you are referring to the flow etc…. but can this kind of a thing happen? Marc Ruh 7 …team A is given some leeway to get back into the lead. Marc Ruh 8 I’m a coach looking to use some of my down time each year (summer) to improve my knowledge of the game (and supplement my income)…Steve C suggested coaches officiating an event a year to ‘see the other side’-PERFECT… I would LOVE to start that process. Steve R, what do you suggest as step 1? Anonymous Attendee 9 Does the scarcity of officials make referee accountability difficult to accomplish? Breck Weiny 10 Do you think an expectation of more consistent signaling to explain calls could help minimize the tension between coaches and referees? Breck Weiny 11 What is your approach to blow out situations? In our sport, even the collegiate level sees a large amount of blow out games. How does a referee approach that game? Breck Weiny 12 Would you be in favor of having referees work in crews over the course of the season? Meaning the same two referees work together on games for a whole season rather than random pairings over the course of the season. Breck Weiny 13 I got involved during the Water Polo Academy Era and found that style of correspondance/discussion course to be very helpful in developing both my coaching and officiating philosophies. How do you see the future of referee education and development of philosophy moving forward? How can we better collaborate between Coaches and Officials? Connor Levoff

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ John Abdou on Twitter 1 What do you feel are the biggest hurdles for growing the sport at the collegiate level nationwide (D1, D2, D3)? What advice would you give college ADs (and other leaders) that would maybe help them consider adding a mens/womens program 2 How do we break down socio economic barriers to entry for our sport, both for athletes and for coaches 3 Where do you see the growth of wp in a diversity stand point in term of high level competitiveness? How can we get more competitiveness in more diverse regions? 4 Given that your position requires you to wear a lot of hats, what does success look like to you? (i.e. is it about more schools adding water polo, is it about having more athletes like Ashleigh Johnson from FL or Max Irving as an athlete of color be a norm vs outlier, etc.) 5 Do you see more colleges like Sonoma State who have a program or may be considering adding a program dropping water polo in the future due to COVID or any other reasons? 6 How would you like to see coaches improve themselves with this downtime? What can coaches be doing better? Has USAWP thought about a coach credentialing system, like the Azevedos talk about? 7 I know you have talked about young coaches venturing out on their own across the country to find college jobs; talk to us about the inner struggle you had to decide to move from CA to the east coast, the struggles you went thru and how you think it made you better as a not just a coach but a human 8 You’ve seen a lot of teams the last couple months online…What’s the best quarantine home workout you’ve seen? Best virtual team bonding activity? Best shared video practice idea? 9 What are a few things you wish coaches would take more time to focus on with athletes under the age of 15? 10 Have you been working with schools in Texas at all to help develop the community more now that they sanctioned water polo as a sport 11 Do you see any changes in our game given some of the new covid guidelines? What ways can we show that water polo will be successful in the “new normal” (i.e.: social distancing) 12 Do you think the league should adopt the US Major sports model, closely mimic the European club model, or a hybrid of the two? How do you anticipate involving inter scholastic athletics for developing player? 13 How important is it to develop homegrown players for professional team or would a draft work best? Or a hybrid of the two similar to MLS 14 How do you think the our 10/12 Modified Rules help or hinder the development of the mobile athletes you are looking for the clubs to develop? 15 Any book recommendations?

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Ethan Damato on Twitter For SETWPC.com Ethan Damato began his water polo career at Laguna Beach High School where he was a two time All CIF Player in 1999 & 2000. After graduating Damato played 2 years at Cuesta College where he was a 2 time All Conference Player. Damato became the Head Coach of Laguna Beach High School's Boys & Girls Water Polo Teams in 2008. Since taking over the Breakers have made 6 consecutive CIF Semi Final Appearances, winning CIF Championships in 2008 with the girls and in 2010 & 2011 with the boys team. Damato was named the CIF Coach of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011. He was named OC Register Coach of the Year in 2009 & 2010. Damato joined the SET coaching Staff in 2010, he is currently the head Coach of the 16 U Girls and the Club's Technical Director. Along with coaching at LBHS & SET, Damato is also the 12th Grade U girls ODP Head Coach for the Sopac Zone and the Head coach for the Women’s Youth National Team.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Highlights USA vs. Serbia 2008 Olympic Semi Twitter - @MerrillMoses From Pepperdine Athletics Merrill Moses, a three-time Olympian and former All-American water polo player for the Waves, returned to Pepperdine in 2012 to join the coaching staff. He was promoted to the position of associate head coach prior to the 2017 season, and 2019 will be his eighthon the staff. As the interim co-head coach of the Waves in 2012, Moses helped Pepperdine to an 11-13 overall record. The team achieved a national ranking as high as #3 during the regular season. Upon the return of Dr. Terry Schroeder as head coach, Moses moved into the position of assistant coach in 2013. Moses played for Schroeder both with the Waves and the U.S. National Team. With Moses on staff, the Waves won the inaugural Golden Coast Conference Tournament title in 2016, and he tutored the Waves’ all-time leader in goalie saves, Zack Rhodes. Moses, a goalkeeper who helped lead Pepperdine to the 1997 NCAA championship and the United States to a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics, had been playing both professionally and with the U.S. squad for more than a decade before also turning his attention to coaching. “The most exciting part about this is coming back to my alma mater, and to be a part of trying to bring another national championship to Pepperdine,” said Moses at the time of his hiring. “I get the chance to work with a great staff and to work for years to come with Coach Schroeder.” Said Director of Athletics Dr. Steve Potts at Moses’ hiring: “I’m so thrilled that Merrill Moses is coming back to rejoin the Pepperdine family. His experience as an Olympian, a U.S. National Team member and a national champion will be inspiring to our student-athletes and they will learn so much from him.” Moses had given up water polo in 2004 and was working in the mortgage industry before getting a call to rejoin the U.S. squad in 2006. He went on to become the starting goalkeeper for the United States at both the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics. In 2008, Moses was part of a team ranked ninth in the world, but the Americans got hot at the right time and made it all the way to the gold-medal game. Moses also helped the U.S. to gold medals at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games and he was part of eight top-five finishes in the FINA World League Super Finals, including a second-place result in 2008 and a third-place standing in 2003. He has played professionally in Croatia, Italy and Spain and with the New York Athletic Club (he was named MVP of the 2010 USAWP Men’s National Championships). Moses has worked as a coach at many of Terry Schroeder’s camps and has done private coaching in the past. A native of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., who attended Peninsula High School, Moses played four seasons for the Waves between 1995-98. He earned All-American first team honors in 1997 and was on the second team in 1998 and honorable mention in 1996. He was also named All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation all four years, including the first team in 1997. Moses was named one of three tri-MVPs of the 1997 NCAA Championships after Pepperdine defeated USC, 8-7 in overtime, for the school’s first-ever NCAA title in the sport. Moses graduated from Pepperdine in 1999 with a degree in public relations. He was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. He and his wife Laura have three children: Adrianna Nicole, Makenna Merrill and Brooklyn Ann.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ Follow Levon Dermendjian on twitter Follow James Graham on twitter In this episode we talk about the advantage rule.

You can help support this podcast by making a donation via PayPal. If you’re a coach, join our slack channel! The conversations are great and we have some webinars as well! Buy Fredric Durand’s book Water Polo Legends: 50 Amazing Stories Thank you to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, send me an email or send me a tweet. It has truly meant the world to me! Remember you can reach me on twitter @stevecarrera and on instagram @stevecarrera and you can email me [email protected] ************************************************************************************************************************ From the Cal Athletic Web site Producing three NCAA titles (2006, 2007, 2016), two Mountain Pacific Sports Federation crowns (2002, 2006), 79 All-Americans and numerous academic honorees, Kirk Everist has proven to be the perfect individual to perpetuate the tradition of excellence that defines California water polo. In 18 seasons (383-118, .764) Everist has led the Golden Bears to the pinnacle of the sport on three occasions, most recently a stirring 11-8 overtime win over USC in 2016 to give his alma mater its NCAA-record 14th national title. Everist also directed the Bears to an 8-6 win over USC in the 2007 title game and a thrilling 7-6 last-second national championship victory over the Trojans in 2006.A three-time All-American, 1988 NCAA Player of the Year and two-time United States Olympian, Everist earned 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year honors in his inaugural season when he guided Cal to the MPSF Tournament title and a national runner-up finish. Then in 2004, he was inducted into both the Cal Athletic and the USA Water Polo Halls of Fame. In 2006, Everist was selected USA Water Polo’s Elite Co-Coach of the Year after leading the Bears to both the MPSF and NCAA titles. He also coached the United States’ World University Games team that competed in the summer of 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia, mentoring five Bears on the squad.On July 29, 2002 Everist returned to his alma mater and immediately led the Bears to a 20-7 mark and Cal’s first MPSF title and national runner-up finish since 1995. After guiding the Bears to the school’s first back-to-back NCAA trophies since the early ‘90s with wins in 2006 and 2007, Everist again guided the Bears to the top of the sport in 2016 when an overtime win over UCLA moved Cal into the national title match. There, Cal rallied from a late deficit to force overtime and the Bears took over in the extra periods to beat the Trojans. Finishing with a 23-4 record, Cal’s historic season earned Everist his second National Coach of the Year award (2006) from the ACWPC.With all of his team’s accomplishments in the pool, Everist has also fostered excellence in the classroom. In September, 2009 his team was awarded the 2008-09 Newmark Award for the most improved cumulative team GPA among all of the Cal 27 sports. The team earned that award again in the fall of 2018, this time from a group of 30 sports.Before his successful return to Berkeley, Everist had contributed to eight CIF North Coast championships as an assistant coach at Miramonte High School. During Everist’s 11-year tenure at Miramonte, the school also produced nine league titles and three third-place finishes in the California State Tournament. He helped develop 22 high school All-Americans, and three of his former players went on to earn NCAA All-American recognition, while two of his ex-pupils played on NCAA championship teams.In addition to his work at Miramonte, Everist served as water polo commissioner at San Francisco’s Olympic Club from 1999-2001, a period that produced a gold medal and two silver medals in FINA World Masters competition. Also, since 2000 he has been co-head coach for the Lamorinda water polo team, leading that club to the 2001, 2004 and 2005 USA Water Polo 20-Under national championships, and the 2002 Northern California Zone Junior Olympic title. In January of 2005, Everist added to his duties the position of treasurer of the College Water Polo Coaches Association.A 1990 Cal graduate, Everist propelled the Bears to national championships in 1987 and 1988 as a player. He earned NCAA All-American status from 1986-88 and was named the NCAA National Player of the Year in 1988. Everist went on to play for the United States National Team for nine years (1988-96) and was a member of the USA Olympic Team at the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games. He also competed on America’s gold medal winning water polo teams at the 1991 World University Games and 1995 Pan American Games.“Kirk has been an Olympian and an All-American, but I believe he is now a better coach than he was as a player,” said four-time NCAA Coach of the Year Pete Cutino, Everist’s former Cal mentor who passed away in September of 2004. “He is a very intense person who has always been a student of the game. Kirk is everything we would want in a coach.”Everist resides in Danville, Calif. with his wife Jen, daughter, Keira, stepdaughter, Haley, and two stepsons, RJ and Duke. EVERIST'S RECORD 2002 - 20-7 ! 2003 - 20-8 2004 - 20-10 2005 - 21-7 2006 - 31-4 !^ 2007 - 28-4 ^ 2008 - 19-9 2009 - 22-6 2010 - 24-4 2011 - 22-4 2012 - 17-8 2013 - 18-8 2014 - 22-7 2015 - 24-7 2016 - 23-4 ^ 2017 - 20-4 2018 - 18-6 2019 - 14-11 Total - 383-118 (.764) ! - MPSF Champions ^ - NCAA Champions