ODP New Announcements    (Updated  1-24-2011)

2010- 2011 Olympic Development Fee Structure

 

Zone

Gender - Age

Payment 1

$160

Payment 2

$160

Payment 3

$160

Payment 4

$160

Coastal CA,

PSW, So Pac

Girls – 11th & 9th

grade

 

Aug 15, 2010

 

Sept 15, 2010

Oct 15, 2010

Nov 15, 2010

Coastal CA

PSW, So Pac

 

Boys – ALL

Girls – 8th grade

 

Sept. 1, 2010

Dec 15, 2010

Jan 15, 2011

 

Feb 15, 2011

PAC, CEN, HI,

MTN, SW, NW

 

Boys – ALL

Girls – ALL

 

Sept. 1, 2010

Dec 15, 2010

Jan 15, 2011

Feb 15, 2011

NE, SE, MDW

 

Boys – ALL

Girls – ALL

 

Sept. 1, 2010

Nov 15, 2010

Dec 15, 2010

Jan 15, 2011

 

ODP GRANT IN AID PROGRAM

 

1.    The Olympic Development Program manages a Grant in Aid program for athletes who are unable to afford the training fee program

2.    The Grant in Aid information and application is contained in the ODP Handbook and also posted on the  USA Water Polo website at www.usawaterpolo.org

 

Notable News  

 

1.     EAST Regional Championships are coming up January 29-30 for Girls and Boys. Participating Zones are the MW, NE and SE. Please check the ODP homepage for the link to Regional Championship information.

 

2.     Other Regional Championship dates: February 26-27 8th Grade U in Southern CA; March 5-6 Pacific Coast (Pacific, Central and Hawaii); and March 19-20 West Region.

 

3.     National Training Selection Camp Dates: All genders and all age groups will be May 27-30 in Southern CA. ODP Coaches Summit will begin on the morning of May 27th. NTSC will be held for all age groups, 11th Grade U, 9th Grade, and 8th Grade U.

 

4.     Zone Coordinator Position Available: Coastal Zone. See job descriptions for more information

 

5.     All zones will have open tryouts at the start of their first training weekend for all age groups. Please visit your zone homepage for dates. 

 

6.     PSW: All Girls will now be attending the ODP training sessions with the ODP SOPAC team. Please check the Sopac and PSW ODP calendars for updates and schedules.

 

7.     Holiday Camp selections will take place at the ODP tryouts or selections can be made at age group tournaments by the Regional Director and 8th grade zone coach. For 2011 the born years will be 1998 and 1999. Information about next year’s camp will go out late Summer, early Fall.  

 

8.     Changes for Phase 3: After evaluating Phase 2 and speaking with parents and coaches across the country, ODP has made some additional changes for Phase 3. We will be implementing ODP Seasons. Please check your Zone homepage for current dates for the Phase 3 calendar. The hours have been reduced to 48. As such the fees have also been reduced to $640.

 

9.     ODP HANDBOOK: For the answers to all questions related to ODP, please check out the ODP  Handbook  posted on the ODP Home page.

 

 

Contact Us:
1. For questions related to administrative responsibilities such as fees or scheduling please contact Anne Laurence at alaurence@usawaterpolo.org
2. For questions related to the coaching staff and training, please contact Kim Everist at keverist@usawaterpolo.org for the Girls program and James Lathrop at jlathrop@usawaterpolo.org for the boys program