THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF USA WATER POLO USA Water Polo’s FAB FOUR Bailey, Villa, Petri, and Azevedo Ready For Fourth Olympic Games VOLUME 27, NUMBER 2, SUMMER 2012 BALANCING WAVES & WATER POLO p.35 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF USA WATER POLO VOL. 27, NUM. 2, Summer 2012 What’s Inside... USA WATER POLO NATIOnaL OFFICE USA Water Polo’s ON THE COVER . 2124 Main Street, Suite 240 FAB FOUR Inside Water ...................2 Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Bailey, Villa, Petri, and Azevedo Ready For Fourth Olympic Games USA Water Polo’s Ryan (714) 500-5445 business Bailey, Brenda Villa, (714) 500-5449 membership (714) 960-2431 fax Heather Petri, and Tony 5 Meters ......................4 USA WATER POLO NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER Azevedo strike the iconic 11360 Valley Forge Ave. pose from The Beatles’ Water Polo Times .............10 BALANCING WAVES Los Alamitos, CA 90720 & WATER POLO p.35 (562) 799-8506 business Abbey Road album cover. (562) 799-8508 fax Photo by Jonathan Moore. Illustration by Kevin Murawinski Water Polo Scene ..............28 WEB SITE www.usawaterpolo.org A Day in the Life ...............29 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Christopher Ramsey EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER From the Deck ................32 Mai Lam CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Jennifer Rottenberg Lob Shots ....................35 DIRECTOR OF FINANCE James D. Callahan Hot Shots ....................36 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COmmunICATIOns Greg Mescall DIRECTOR OF CLUB & MEmbER SERVICES Claudia Dodson ReCaps MEmbERSHIP SERVICES MANAGER Christy Medigovich OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT EVENTS MANAGER World League . 14 Ashley Papenbrock FInanCE COORDInaTOR Fay Hu pg14 Master Nationals . 16 HUMAN RESOURCES REPRESENTATIVE Gayle Shanks MARKETING SERVICES COORDINATOR Pre-Olympic Caroline Acosta Also In This Issue... MEmbERSHIP SERVICES COODINATOR Katie Wakefield Competition DEVELOpmENT COODINATOR Summer Events . 21 Sarah Bennett USA Men Top Hungary & Croatia BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Graff (Chairman), Jeremy Laster, Ed Reynolds, William Smith, O lympic Preview . 22 Ellen Estes Lee, Robert Sternfels, RoAnn Costin, John Hendrickson, Sandy Nitta, Richard Esterkin PubLISHER C oaches Clinic . 26 Jennifer Rottenberg EDITOR Greg Mescall Look Ahead... CONTRIBUTORS Next Issue Darcy Couch, Jim Cullingham, Joan Gould, Ed Haas, George Stransky, Stan Schwimer, Stuart Sheldon, Kelley Casey, Allen Lorentzen, Kelley L. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Skip Shot Magazine, United States Water Polo, Inc., 2124 Main Street, Suite 240, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 usawaterpolo.org 1 INSIDE WATER letter from the CEO, Christopher Ramsey USA WATER POLO An Aria To Unsung Heroes The founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin, famous- These players put it all on the line to make Team USA, and they got very close ly suggested that the struggle is more important than the result: indeed. They gave everything they had, and they made their teammates better because of their full-on effort. They showed great courage by taking the risk L’important dans la vie ce n’est point le triomphe: mais le combat, l’essentiel ce of following a dream with no guarantee. Our teams and our federation owe n’est pas d’avoir vaincu mais de s’être bien battu. them a debt of gratitude. The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle: the es- There will be other heroes at the Olympic Games who will not be wearing the sential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. Team USA uniform: Parents, friends and families of our players who have This is good stuff. But it’s easier to read philosophy than to live it. nurtured them and their dreams. Our teams will also benefit from years of There will be plenty of time to celebrate our Olympic teams and their remark- experiences in Junior Olympics and age-group water polo where they honed able accomplishments. For now, I want to salute all the members of our federa- their skills. I like to think that virtually everyone has, in some way or another, tion who tried out for our Olympic teams—and especially the nine who nearly contributed to making our teams better. made it to London: In London, it will take more than 175,000 staff, contractors, and volunteers to Brian Alexander mount the Games. Construction cost for the Olympic venues is budgeted in excess of $7 billion. Tanya Gandy As we watch these Olympic Games, let’s all remember the heroes whom we Sami Hill will not get to see—the ones who helped forge our champions’ success. J.W. Krumpholz Juliet Moss Lauren “Lolo” Silver Andy Stevens Chris Jeff Tyrrell Janson Wigo Top Stories on USAWaterPolo.org... > Counter Attack Podcast– Tim Hutten Looks Back On His Water Polo Career - http://counterattack .libsyn c. om/ >USA Water Polo Clubs Have Strong Showing At FINA World Masters - http://tinyurl c. om/cgl3sb3 www.facebook.com/usawp www.youtube.com/usawp www.twitter.com/usawp If you have a comment or question concerning Skip Shot magazine, send in a letter to the editor. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR You can write to Skip Shot Magazine: c/o USA Water Polo, 2124 Main Street, Suite 240, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 or send an email to: [email protected] 2 5 METERS Quick Shots from USA Water Polo USA WATER POLO My 1st Match Tumua Anae, Goalkeeper, U.S. Olympic Women’s Water Polo Team July, 2000 My first water polo game is something I’ll never forget. It was July of 2000, and I was 11 years old. I remember anxiously awaiting my first game that whole week and was telling my friends at junior lifeguards and club swimming all about it. The day of the game was a long one, as it included work with junior guards and swim practice, but the excitement and adrenaline I had built up over the week carried me through the game. I played for Coach Ted at CDM Junior Polo. Since I had no previous experience (i.e., I had no idea what I was doing!), he coached me through the game. No warm-up necessary—I just jumped right in and the clock started. I swam up and down the pool as hard as I could and tried my best to get to the ball. I had no clue about balance or helping on defense or even how to shoot the ball, but I was one of the fastest kids out there. I scored one counterattack goal, and that was by far the highlight of my first game. Who knew I would become a goalie? I continued to play throughout the summer and looked forward to my Thursday-night games all week! My first game was the just first step in a long process of learning and practice, but it was enough fun to keep me coming back...and I’m still enjoying the game 12 years later!. 4 Quick Shots from USA Water Polo 5 METERS What’s on my iPod? Did You Know? ...presented by Did you know that water polo is the oldest team sport in Mac Miller–“Loud” the Olympic Games. It began in 1900 with men’s water AEndR S DU RTE, —I like to listen to this song right before a game DRIVER, YCF WATER because it always pumps me up. polo. Women’s water polo was added exactly 100 years POLO (ORLANDO, FL) Big Sean –“I Do It” —It’s a great motivator. later at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. R ebelution–“Good Vibes” —This song is really relaxing and always helps me focus on the way to a game. K anye West –“Mercy” —I like this song because it’s not too over the top when I’m trying to concentrate before games. T ribal Seeds –“Warning” —Always gets me feeling good and ready before hitting the deck. Visit usawaterpolo.org/H2OAudio.aspx to sumbit your favorite songs and win an H2O Audio gift card! Log on to h2oaudio,com/usawaterpolo today and check out waterproof headphones and accessories for aquatic athletes from H20 Audio! The New York Athletic Club won Gold at the 1904 Olympic Games. USA Promo Code H20Polo10 to get 10% off your purchase. Congratulations to Andrew Chun of San Diego, California and San Diego Shores profiled in our sixth U.S. Navy SEALs Hardcore Moment of the Quarter. To see Andrew’s story visit http://youtu.be/Qafxtf5biPQ Scan this image with your smartphone to To learn more about USA Water Polo and the U.S. Navy SEALs see Andrew’s story. working together visit http://usawaterpolo.org/SEALs.aspx usawaterpolo.org 5 5 METERS Quick Shots from USA Water Polo USA WATER POLO Y our thoughts on . Olympians Edition Chris Dorst–1984 Olympic Silver as 1984. It was new and disheartening at the We enjoyed the Games as spectators as much Medalist same time. It was even more disappointing as we could—we watched a lot of swimming My First Olympics Memory because at the time I was seriously thinking because our dorm was next to the competition (growing up): My first real about retiring after the Games. pool. And we practiced at the old Coliseum Olympic memory was watching pool, so we would walk past live track events 1984 was remarkable because I had taken a the Munich Games (1972) and Mark Spitz on on the way to work out.