Saturday, February 9, 2008

Who knew?? from tecalitlan, mexico to commerce CA

check out this story "http://universalsports.nbcsports.com/water+polo"
Hopefully, water polo can get more coverage for the upcoming olympics..We, team USA have supporters in different walks of life..in more than one language. Maybe the different mediums will provide more options to watch water polo in beijing via television...

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Team USA played a game in commerce on january 27 and we had a full house..In attendance were Patty's parents and my mom and uncle all from the little "pueblito" of tecalitlan that has produced many water polo players...what was in that water???

Sunday, February 3, 2008

Let the New year begin!!!!

We started the new year with a training trip to the land down under...Our first destination was Perth, Australia and finished the trip off in Sydney, Australia.
This training trip consisted of lots of training and 5 official games at various locations in Australia..We had a few beach workouts that provided us with new war stories to tell friends and families...During a swim session at the beach half the team was stung by jellyfish..can you believe it....luckily no one is allergic and we survived...In sydney, the australians tried to get us off our game and scheduled a game in a playing field located in a bay..Bay, you say, its true..the water was not clear and it was very salty..It was a fun bonding experience..we were out of our comfort zone but we were still able to perform..that is what our program is all about...
Unfortunately, we didnt win any of the games on the road..we tied 2 games and lost three...But dont you worry...we collected lots of information and we are so competitive that this will get us through the next month of training....