By 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
POD: ODP Explained, ‘Roos to Stanford, UT at CWPA Nats
We took a week off while Joe was partying with McCoy in Iowa so we take time to recap the recently-completed Texas Challenge Cup and Pegasus masters tournaments. Plus, a listener asks us to explain the ODP evaluation, training, and selection process (we try). We also talk about UT’s
POD: ODP Head Coach Cullen, Texas Challenge Cup, & the Future
Chris Cullen is nearly half way through (!) his first season as the director of YOUR Southwest Zone ODP team. He talks about where we stand with the most recent changes in the program as this season’s rosters are announced soon (maybe already). Plus, James and Joe are both