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When can I join Shores?
You may join SHORES at any time. Just find the pool where we are practicing and introduce yourself to our friendly staff. Or contact one of our Coaches who are listed on our homepage. Our water polo seasons are split into four session and fees are monthly. We welcome you any time and can prorate your fees to when you join a session.
What are the seasons?
Shores has divided its offerings into four quarters: September to November (FALL), November to February (Winter), February to May (Spring), and June to August (Summer). These quarters jive with our competition schedule. Youth compete quite a bit in the autumn and summer. Winter is more about development for youth and less about competition. We encourage our players to be swimming. Just check the Calendar section of our web site for practice times and get a sense of the flow. Feel free to show up at the practices and say hello to the coach. Many of our coaches biographies and contact information are in our website. Feel free to contact them directly.
Do I have to tryout or pass a swim test?
Our tryouts are based on a young person swimming proficiently 50 yards of a pool, or two laps of a 25 yard pool. We gauge your ability by this “test”. As a reference point, The best water youth polo players nearing high school swim 100 yards in about one minute.
How do I join SHORES Water Polo?
Start by picking up the phone and calling us! We will walk you through our automated sign up process and warmly welcome you. Please click on the “Registration” tab on the SHORES Water Polo’s Home Page to register and get going. First, obtain membership for your player in our National Governing Body, USA Water Polo (http:://usawaterpolo.org) at the least expensive membeship level to protect us for liability reasons. Armed with your new USA Water Polo number, register at our web site.
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What if our family can’t afford to be members of SHORES?
SHORES has always been a fortunate and supportive community. He will handle your special payment request discretely. Scholarships are approved by the Board of Directors of SHORES. There are many creative ways to work payments. We have a group of anonymous and supportive donors who make sure that no players are denied participation for lack of ability to pay. Many of our athletes participate by assisting with coaching, working the pool, or jumping in the water and showing new athletes fundamentals of the game.
Why would I ever want my child to play water polo?
Water polo is a small sport and the ratio of youth playing water polo to the number of athletes playing in high school is VERY LARGE which means there aren’t 300 8th graders vying for varsity training spots in high school their freshmen year like in other land sports. Water polo is an Olympic sport. Many colleges offer water polo. Many of SHORES athletes play water polo in high school. Almost all of SHORES athletes have splendid high school water polo careers. Water polo is a great background for participating as a lifeguard at pools during summers. Water polo athletes are the best physical specimens in sports. No one is better conditioned than water polo players. Games last 60 minutes. When the game is over, your athlete is clean, exhausted, and hungry. That’s much different than America’s other past times, where game times are longer, very sweaty, and sometimes not always active.
How old do you have to be to play water polo?
Being comfortable in the water is the main criteria to playing water polo. We have players as young as five playing with us. Please approach one of our coaches and determine how to ease into our sport. We also have "Splash Ball" for members ages 5 thru 9. Contact us.
What equipment do we have to purchase or wear?
When are you told what team you will play on?? My player is not the best athlete, but he/she loves water polo? Are you just an Elite program?
Parents in youth sports tend to forget that athletes continue to mature into high school and beyond. SHORES is the launching pad for the sport of water polo or a place where older athletes can find great training and team opportunities. SHORES tries its best to provide opportunities for all of its players. We carry numerous teams. If you ever feel you are on the short end of the stick, please address your coach privately.
What are the age groups in water polo?
Quite simply, your age in water polo is determined by the year you were born. Subract the current year from your birth year and you know your water polo age. For example, in 2010, someone born in December 1997 is considered to be water polo age 13. It does not matter what month you were born, only what year. In the United States, age groups are currently divided into 18&under, 16&under, 14&under, 12&under, and 10&under. So every player spends two years in one age group. So if your child is water polo 11, for example, she will be playing with 11 and 12 year olds for two years.
What are the basic skills of water polo?
Comfort in the water is the most fundamental water polo skill. Swimming is part of that. Being able to stay high above the water using a leg skill called the “eggbeater” is vital to success. We teach the eggbeater. Learning to handle the ball is another skill that is important. Water polo is like soccer and basketball played in the water. The object is to put the ball in the goal on offense and prevent the ball from going in the goal on defense. SHORES believes that understanding defense before offense is vital to a player’s ultimate success.
How do I learn the rules of water polo?
Unlike other sports, water polo action does not stop when the whistle blows. Action begins when the whistle blows. The object of the game is to throw the ball in the goal. Goalies can touch the ball with two hands. All other players can only touch the ball with one hand. Fouls create free throws for the person fouled. In some instances, when the person fouled is grossly impeded, the defender has to leave the game for 20 seconds and the offense has a “power play opportunity.” In the worst fouls, a penalty throw is awarded. Sit back, relax, enjoy and learn. The player’s learn the rules faster than the parents!!!!!
I have a lot more questions, who do I ask?
Tim Reed can answer all your questions.
Give him a jingle at 858 888 2838
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