By The biggest youth tournament in the world wrapped up with another successful foray in to the Lone Star State. Will there be a third Texas JOs in 2023? We talk about that an many other observations from the tournament. Which leads immediately to the first ever UIL water polo
POD: Spring and Fall Preps, ‘Roos Excel, JOs in Dallas
You might have thought we were gone but no such luck. We recap the Spring high school season, look very much forward to the fall prep season, honor the Austin College women for their 3rd place finish at DIII Championiships, and talk about Junior Olympics, which are soon to
POD: TISCA’s Final, ‘Roos at D3 Champs, a TXWP Update
It’s the 50th and final TISCA High School Water Polo Championship this weekend. We give a bit of a tribute to just how impressive that run has been especially in comparison to prep water polo elsewhere in the USA. Plus, Austin College will vie for a national championship after
POD: ODP Complete, AC in SD, B’wood Makes Waves
The ODP season is pretty much done except for National Team Selection Camp and our Southwest Zone athletes and coaches have returned from National Championships with some good results. Plus, Austin College remains the top-ranked team in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III poll and head to Ohio
POD: Spin Lob Recap, High School is Here
Yeah, this is vary late. Recorded on 2/23 it covers the recently concluded Spin Lob tournament in Austin and precedes the Thunder Spring Invite which took place in Lewisville on February 26-27. And now the high school season is here! Much more to come of that but first, reminisce
POD: 2022 Starts with Dare to Dream, Big Numbers for Prep Polo
The kiddos of Texas descended on the Cy-Fair Natatorium last weekend where Joe and James faced off in an epic and shouty 12-and-under cage match. After some brilliant tactical moves, which included telling his team to “guard that guy!” it was James’s squad who emerged triumphant. (Joe would insist
POD: 2021 Ends with a New Linehan, More Normalcy, TX Successes
At least it wasn’t as bad as 2020. The water polo world returned to some sense of normal in 2021 even though Covid was never too far removed. Nonetheless, Austin College had it’s most successful calendar year so far, Texas showed it’s capacity to host more national events, the
By POD: CFWPC’s Chris Ellis, and JOs Session 3 Details
Dare to Dream is approaching quickly and will be hosted in January by the CFWPC, led by Head Coach Chris Ellis. Joe speaks to him about that event and much more going on with his club. Plus, James puts Joe on the spot to answer a lot of questions
POD: MIT’s Austin Ringheim, and How to Field a UIL Team
UIL water polo will be here before we know it and both Joe and James are getting questions from athletes and families who want to know the process behind getting their schools to field teams. Joe get in the weeds of it so that parents and athletes can get
POD: Mark Lawrence on MPSF Championships, Plus Game Days
Mark Lawrence took his ‘Roos men’s team to Stanford and came home with two big wins over their rivals from Pennsylvania, and a respectable outcome versus powerhouse Stanford. Their (most successful?) season is over but the women’s season quickly approaches and there’s much to be done to maintain the