By 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
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
POD: CenTexFest Success, and the Calendar is Filling Up
The Central Texas Festival ended with some mighty satisfied athletes, happy coaches, and a very high proportion of fans wearing masks. James and Joe were both there hosting and recap Texas’ return to competitive water polo. Plus, news is improving with three more tournaments on the calendar with more
POD: More Central Texas Festival, Thunder’s Fall Tourney, Gold Coast Coach Tom Davis
One weekend done and one big one to go for the Central Texas Festival. We recap the high- and low-lights of weekend one, and speak with Tom Davis, coach of the Gold Coast Water Polo club from Ventura, CA, the only teams from outside Texas that are taking part.
POD: ODP Review, Central TX Festival Preview, Another Varsity Program Cut
Actually, the title above pretty much covers everything in this abbreviated, we’re-very-busy edition of the pod. Listen to our sister podcast, the TotalWaterpolo Podcast. Tell a friend, and thanks! Powered by RedCircle
By POD: ODP Kicks Off, Jokic Passes like a Goalie, and Spencer Dornin
Acutally, we’re pretty busy today. So here are some bullets: ODP’s first weekend is here in Round Rock and James is stressed about it. Joe has no sympathy. Joe shows James how to properly manage an event by finalizing the Central Texas Festival beginning on Oct. 4. The New
POD: A Festival in Central TX, More Scrimmaging, TISCA’s Scott Slay
There’s going to be a festival in Central Texas, says Joe, who’s directing the first competitive tournament sanctioned by USA Water Polo since before March of 2020. The Central Texas Festival will take place over the course of two weekends at the start of October in Cedar Park and
Competition in Central TX, ODP in Central TX, and Southside’s Colby Thames
Big news as dates are solidifying for the first age group tournament in Texas since before the lockdown. Zilla and AquaTex will be the local hosts for a USA Water Polo event organized by Joe (who else would it be?) to be held Oct. 3-4 and/or Oct. 10-11 in
AquaSwift Scrimmages, a Tourney in Round Rock(?), and Utah’s Brad Peercy
There’s some movement in Texas water polo. After talking about a league under way in Utah a week ago, we find out that Joe refereed a scrimmage for AquaSwift, a new team in Boerne, last weekend. Yes, it’s only a scrimmage. But it shows there are rules in place
Pod: Adam Wright, Merrill Moses, and a Camp in Dallas
Can you believe it? Season 2 of the TXWaterpolo Podcast kicks off with a bang featuring two of the biggest names in American water polo, Adam Wright and Merrill Moses, both visiting Dallas to school some Texas youth on fundamentals. UCLA Head Coach Adam Wright talks (in the car)