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James Smith

By James Smith February 24, 2021 Podcast

POD: The Thaw Arrives, Everything was Cancelled, Pudwill on Refs

We’re back after an extraordinary week, one in which multiple water polo events were cancelled, including our show, which succumbed to multiple and unpredictable power outages. We talk about the week that was, chopping wood, wearing winter clothing indoors, boiling water (oh yeah, we didn’t actually talk about that

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By James Smith February 12, 2021 Podcast

POD: Texans Excel in NCAA Competition, Can ‘Roos Women go Undefeated, and Joe Gets a Package

Austin College’s first weekend slate of games against Air Force didn’t end the way they’d prefer. They now fly to Colorado Springs to face Cal Baptist and the Falcons again this weekend. Meanwhile, Texans ripped it up across the country from Fresno, to Thousand Oaks, to the East Coast,

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By James Smith January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Podcast

POD: Spring Scheduling, High School Ramps Up, Joe Relocates (Again)

We’re back! Joe moved (again) and abandoned the show for a couple weeks. But he’s returned with news of a spring water polo season soon to get underway. Plus updates on the Dare to Dream Tournament, ODP past and future, changes in leadership for the Southwest Zone, speculation on

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By James Smith December 31, 2020 Podcast

POD: Looking Back at and Gladly Turning the Page on 2020

In a year like no other for the entire globe, but also for our resilient Texas water polo community, we close the book on the dreadful 2020 reminiscing about two and a half normal months followed by endless efforts to make things as normal as reasonable during a pandemic.

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By James Smith December 29, 2020 Podcast

POD: Happy Holidays. It’s Tony Azevedo!

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to everyone! Since y’all have been good this year, Texas water polo fans, our gift to you is a conversation with the legendary Tony Azevedo (even though it’s now four days after Christmas. We’ve been busy). In a very frank discussion Tony opines on

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By James Smith December 3, 2020 Podcast

POD: Lessons from Lewisville ODP, St. Mark’s HC Trent Calder, Winding Down 2020

Over one hundred athletes descended on Lewisville for the second ODP clinic of the season on Nov. 29. The turnout was great but the pool was crowded! Perhaps some changes afoot with the next ODP clinic, as James and Joe discuss. Then the first interview with brand new St.

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By James Smith November 25, 2020 Podcast

POD: A Huge ODP Clinic in Lewisville, and Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing all our generous and loyal listeners a wonderful Thanksgiving week, we keep the show short and amateurish with some dodgy audio quality, but some good info on how this Sunday’s ODP clinic will play out, and about Joe’s new house (their offer was taken). Plus, Joe makes fun

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By James Smith November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Podcast

POD: Is Water Polo a “High Risk” Sport, and Learnings from Texas Challenge Cup

Texas has now hosted two late-year tournaments since the pandemic struck us in March. What have we learned from those events and how might those lessons apply to competition in our state and beyond as the situation remains hopeful but also very uncertain. The Texas Challenge Cup ended on

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By James Smith November 5, 2020 Podcast

POD: Covid and Cali at the TCC, Gold Coast HC Adam Donovan, and a Passing Reference to Some Election

It’s election week, which means… not much. This is a water polo podcast. We skate over the complexities of national politics and head straight to the Covid-19 guidelines for the upcoming Texas Challenge Cup and whether they will influence those that are implemented at the Texas Age Group Championships

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POD: Cullen on Covid, New Rules, and (Expired) ODP News
By James Smith October 30, 2020 Podcast

POD: Cullen on Covid, New Rules, and (Expired) ODP News

We’re two weekends out from the Texas Challenge Cup in Lewisville and The Colony at which several teams from the West Coast will compete in addition to many of Texas’ most well-known clubs. So what are the rules that will govern the tournament as we know it? We got

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