Boulder practice schedule:

Sundays 3-5, and Tuesdays 7-8:30pm

(We are at George Meyers all deep pool in Arvada on Sundays, 3-5, and at the South Boulder Rec Center on Tuesdays 7-8:30pm.)

Directions:

The Boulder location is the primary location for athletes who live north of I-70.

Boulder Head Coach:

Manu Ghaffari, certified USWP coach and referee, assistant coach for 15&under girls zone team 2008-2009. Has played on and off since 1970. Manu, Elisa, Bijan and Mitra's address:

4816 Pennsylvania Ave. Boulder, CO 80303

e-mail: ghaffari@colorado.edu

cell phone: 303-570-1402 

Assistant coaches:

Scott Gordon, played water polo in southern California on CIF-ranked highschool teams and in pick-up games on the central coast while at university. Scott has raced road and mountain bikes for the past 15 years and works for the non-profit International Mountain Bike Association. Now, he's excited to again be involved in water polo -- what he calls "the most well-rounded sport". He is planning to play on the DU masters team.

Jim Kornish, played water polo at Harvard, usually as the sprinter and 2 meter man.  He was an All-American swimmer at Carlisle HS, PA, and in college.  Jim played water polo with the Guatemalan National team while serving in the Peace Corps as a nutritionist.  He coached HS swimming in Burlingame, CA while living on the Stanford campus where he saw top collegiate players under Dante Dettamanti, 7 time NCAA champion coach. 

Goalie and conditioning coach: Kevin (Grover)  Webster.

Grover is an alumni of our Aurora team. Currently, he is CU's goalie.

Some water polo skills, Nicolo at SBRC:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2743942843588379697

Water polo basics:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4qh9AypaoI

Hole position:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x48e7gRt-W0

6 on 5 power play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqKhsHHFC8

What does water polo look like: