14U HP Girls
This program is open to girls born in 2011 and younger. The program aims to teach and develop the advanced skills of water polo to prepare water polo players for competition. We encourage advanced beginners and recreational players to learn the necessary skills foundation to play competitive water polo. Skill development for advanced ball-handling, passing, shooting, goal-tending, team work and game strategies will be emphasized. For some just entering competitive water polo. Players registered in this group would compete in a gender specific Provincial League. Athletes will also participate in the NCL (National Tournament in May). The team would be offered opportunities in tournaments both within BC and other provinces or Washington State. Depending on interest, there may also be opportunities to travel to California. The goal is for these players to gain game experience important to their development. In the second part of the season the girls continue to develop advanced skills and begin training in tactics and team strategy. The players would continue to participate in age appropriate tournaments and compete as members of Pacific Storm in the Provincial League and the National Tournament.
Practice locations is City Centre Aquatic Complex (Coq) and Vancouver Aquatic Centre (VAC)
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14U HP Boys
This program is open to boys born in 2011 and younger. The program aims to teach and develop the advanced skills of water polo to prepare water polo players for competition. This program is meant to encourage advanced beginners and recreational players to learn the necessary skills-foundation to play competitive water polo. Skill development for advanced ball-handling, passing, shooting, goal-tending, teamwork and game strategies will be emphasized. Players registered in this group would compete in the newly formed gender specific Provincial League. As well the team would be involved in tournaments in BC and in Washington State. Depending on interest, there may also be opportunities to travel to California or elsewhere to augment competition. The goal is for these players to gain game experience important to their development. In the second part of the season the boys continue to develop advanced skills and begin training in tactics and team strategy. The players would continue to participate in age appropriate tournaments and compete as members of Pacific Storm in the Provincial League.
Practice locations is City Centre Aquatic Complex (Coq) and Vancouver Aquatic Centre (VAC)
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16U HP Girls
The 16U girls HP program (born in 2009 and younger) is a Training to Compete and a Training to Perform Program dependent on the level of commitment of individual athlete’s. Emphasis is placed on developing and perfecting the advanced skills, while preparing the athlete for post-secondary education. In parallel, the basic skills are maintained and refined, and development of the specific and positional skills is emphasized. Players enrolled in this program are expected to attend all practices and participate in all tournaments and if they choose, National League Games.
In the first part of the season we will begin with a focus on the athlete’s Strength & Conditioning and Individual Water Polo Skills. In the second part of the season the emphasis is on Team Tactics and learning Offensive and Defensive strategies in order to perform as a team. The 18U program is designed to have players competing at a high level on a regular basis for a longer period of time in intense meaningful games within Canada and Internationally in the USA. The Season Plan will be designed specifically to meet the goals of our athletes.
The Pacific Storm girls’ program provides a full complement program that will help develop a young child into a mature athlete who is ready for Post-Secondary education. Your child will be training in an environment that includes a full range of athletes from first year Pacific Storm members to High School Seniors to NCAA Alumni. Our focus is to create a positive atmosphere while providing the athlete with proper tools to help them find success after high school is complete. Pacific Storm will help create their Post-Secondary resume; create effective video resumes; we will provide physical testing evaluations; share our many contacts in the Canadian & American Post-Secondary education systems; the resource of our accomplished Alumni with National, International, NAIA & NCAA experience will also help in any way they can.
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16U HP Boys
The 16U boys HP Program is a Training to Compete and training to program for boys (born in 2009 and younger). The team will compete in the National Water Polo League developed as a collaborative initiative between Clubs, Provincial Sporting Organizations and WPC. It is also meant to build on the competition structure for the clubs, athletes, coaches and officials.
The 16U program is designed to have younger players competing on a regular basis for a longer period of time in intense meaningful games. The majority of games will be played locally against neighboring clubs and Clubs located in the West with one set of cross over games against Eastern based clubs. There is also a Provincial league to supplement and provide more games locally in BC for developing players.
The system of the League and weekly games is not only to increase interest in the participants, excitement for extended time, motivation, it “forces” Coaches to evaluate their programs and plans and to establish “training based on weekly competition” rather than training for the sake of training and having only skills learned.
This Training to Compete program is where emphasis is placed on developing and perfecting the advanced skills. In parallel, the basic skills are maintained and refined, and development of the specific and positional skills is emphasized. Players enrolled in this program are expected to attend all practices and participate in league games, which are on the weekend to encourage maximum participation and minimize missed school.
For practice schedule CLICK HERE
18U HP Girls
The 18U girls HP program (born in 2007 and younger) will be combined as a Training to Compete Program dependent on the level of commitment of individual athlete’s. Emphasis is placed on developing and perfecting the advanced skills, while preparing the athlete for post-secondary education. In parallel, the basic skills are maintained and refined, and development of the specific and positional skills is emphasized. Players enrolled in this program are expected to attend practices and participate in tournaments and if they choose, Major League Water Polo (National League Tournaments) will be offered as well.
In the first part of the season we will begin with a focus on the athlete’s Strength & Conditioning and Individual Water Polo Skills. In the second part of the season the emphasis is on Team Tactics and learning Offensive and Defensive strategies in order to perform as a team. The 18U program is designed to have players competing at a high level on a regular basis for a longer period of time in intense meaningful games within Canada and Internationally in the USA. The Season Plan will be designed specifically to meet the goals of our athletes.
The Pacific Storm girls’ program provides a full complement program that will help develop a young child into a mature athlete who is ready for Post-Secondary education. Your child will be training in an environment that includes a full range of athletes from first year Pacific Storm members to High School Seniors to NCAA Alumni. Our focus is to create a positive atmosphere while providing the athlete with proper tools to help them find success after high school is complete. Pacific Storm will help create their Post-Secondary resume; create effective video resumes; we will provide physical testing evaluations; share our many contacts in the Canadian & American Post-Secondary education systems; the resource of our accomplished Alumni with National, International, NAIA & NCAA experience will also help in any way they can.
For practice schedule CLICK HERE
18U HP Boys
The 18U HP boys Program is a Training to Compete program is for boys aged 18 years and under (born 2007 and younger). The team will compete in the National Water Polo League developed as a collaborative initiative between Clubs, Provincial Sporting Organizations and WPC. It is also meant to build on the competition structure for the clubs, athletes, coaches and officials.
The 18U program is designed to have players competing on a regular basis for a longer period of time in intense meaningful games. The majority of games will be played locally against neighboring clubs and clubs located in the West. There is also a Provincial league to supplement and provide more games locally in BC for developing players. The 18U boys will also arrange training and competitions in the USA to expose players to International play.
The 18Us will also have the opportunity to participate in the Major League Water Polo NCL Tournaments (National League play)
The system of the League and weekly games is not only to increase interest in the participants, excitement for extended time, motivation, it “forces” Coaches to evaluate their programs and plans and to establish “training based on weekly competition” rather than training for the sake of training and having only skills learned.
This is a Train to Compete program where greater emphasis is placed on developing and perfecting the advanced skills. The advanced skills are aimed at players being trained to compete internationally. In parallel, the basic skills are maintained and refined, and development of the specific and positional skills is emphasized. Players enrolled in this program are expected to attend all practices and participate in league games, which are on the weekend to encourage maximum participation and minimize missed school.
For practice schedule CLICK HERE
Senior/ ML Men and Women
This program is open to mature athletes who would like to continue playing Water Polo on a drop in basis and/or those who are interested in participating in the NCL Major League. Those registering need to have previous HP water polo experience.
- Practices will be 2 times per week
- Opportunity to play in local tournaments
- Opportunity to participate in NCL Major League
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Practice Schedule
Oct.2 May 31
Major League
Tuesday 8:15pm-10:00pm @ VAC
Thursday 8:15pm-10:00pm @ VAC
