ORCA Age-group Water Polo:
The age group program at ORCA is built around the foundation of water
polo basics. Here at ORCA our age group athletes will be taught how to
play a fundamentally sound game of water polo, while learning the rules
and regulations, building and maintaining the strength and stamina it
takes to play water polo, and learning responsibility and sportsmanship
during our practices/seasons. Our athletes in the age group program will
have many opportunities to test their newly acquired skills within
scrimmages, games, and tournaments as well. It is our goal to produce
quality athletes that the coaches are proud to say they have coached. We
want our age group athletes to be sought after by high school coaches
and to represent ORCA with the sportsmanship and class that every
athlete should be held accountable for.
The High School group at ORCA is geared toward honing individual skills
required to be successful at the high school and collegiate level. While
further developing individual skills, the high school group also will
learn and build upon the different aspects of counter attack, 6 on 5,
offense and defense. Along with tactics, strength and condition is a
crucial aspect of our sport. That being said, about 30-45 minutes of
every practice will be dedicated to conditioning and abdominal work. The
coaching staff at ORCA wants to prepare the high school athletes for
their upcoming high school season and for college recruiting if they
wish to play at the next level. It is our goal to place our athletes at
the top universities for water polo.
Attendance Policy:
In
order for your child to develop into the best water polo player they can
possibly be, they must attend practice. We expect our athletes to
maintain a higher quality of accountability and attendance then most
other clubs. This is a sport, and it takes dedication. If we always have
athletes missing practice we will never be able to develop the athletes
as individuals or the cohesiveness and team play it takes to be a
championship team. We understand that the athletes are busy with other
activities, but the coaching staff is extremely dedicated to our cause
and we expect the same out of our athletes. If an athlete is going to
miss practice, we ask that the athlete communicate that to their coach
via email. The
coaches spend numerous hours planning drills and entire practices based
on our enrollment. If half our team does not show up to practice, then
all that planning goes to waste. Finally, we ask that our athletes are
punctual to games and practices. We only have an allotted amount of time
to work with the athletes; we do not want that to be wasted due to the
athletes being late. We ask that the athletes show up to practice about
10 minutes before the scheduled start. In regards to games, the coaches
will let the players know when to be on the pool deck (usually 30-45 min
before game time).
Seasons:
Although we are a year-round program, our seasons are broken up into
quarters, with August being an off month.
We also take about three weeks off during the Christmas and New
Years holidays. The seasons are broken up as follows:
January – March; Winter Season
March – June; Spring Season
June – August; Summer Season
September to December; Fall Season
Program Cost:
ORCA membership dues for each season are $300. Sibling discounts are
offered at $50 off the second child, $100 off the third child and $150
off the fourth child. Each member must also register directly with
US Water Polo at a cost of $70 per year.
NOTE: The $300 seasonal fee does not include the cost of tournaments,
which will vary depending on the caliber of tournament. Tournament fees
will be required for participating players. Information regarding
tournament fees will be provided as the tournaments are scheduled
throughout each season.
For registration information and forms
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