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What Students Say about Water Polo Academy
"Thanks for a great course. It was quite enlightening and has provided me with more confindence with regard to my interpetation of 7.3. I found this better than on the deck training, because if you can wrap your brain around the philisophical elements of the game (ie. Advantage) then the deck work becomes less stressful and more enjoyable when ones confidence in their ability to accurately call the game (in the purest sense of the rules) is enhanced."
"This online course is absolutely fabulous, the coaches should be required to take these courses so they spend more time instructing their players and less time making faces or comments to the reffs for NOT blowing the whistle."
"After a number of years wishing that the referee training was more consistent from trainer to trainer, this course seems to be right on in terms of disseminating information and minimizing the differences in how referees call the game. It will be interesting to see the effect these classes have on us, and there will certainly be starts and stops in getting better, but I feel I am beginning to understand my obligations much better than at any previous time. I have printed out all of the comments and threads and intend to go through them and cull out Loren's comments, the others whose comments he praised, and still others whose comments he criticized.
I have been telling friends and family for years how the various nuances of the game have fascinated and frustrated me at the same time. Hopefully my frustration level, of knowing I make mistakes and not always being able to understand why, will "lessen with the lessons."
The cost of the three courses I am taking is a great bargain considering what I am getting our of them.
Thanks again."
"I want to thank all of the people who made this course possible, but especially you and Mark who not only know how to teach, but teach well, and have put together a system and content for teaching that is highly effective. I've been involved in teaching well over a hundred continuing education courses, and for me, your courses have been a revelation.
I believe I now have the theoretical foundation to use to move my officiating ability forward, and with proper mentoring, continued experience, and more classwork like we just finished I expect to improve steadily, something I have been despairing of doing for a few years. In just three weeks I have more confidence in what I am doing, and it feels good! Onward and upward!
Thanks again"
"Thank you so much for all your hard work and time given to instruct us all. It has certainly been a very valuable experience for me. I think these classes should be a requirement for all USA Water Polo referees."
" I simply can’t say enough about Water Polo Academy. What they are doing can only bring our sport to new heights. While referees need to attend courses at Water Polo Academy in order to achieve certain levels, I think it would be in everyone’s best interests to take some of the classes offered. It only makes you a smarter water polo enthusiast. There have been very few contributions to the water polo community that helps to elevate our sport around the nation. I believe the Water Polo Academy has the greatest potential for a positive impact, coast to coast. "
" As a player, these classes were a real eye opener for me. It is so different from what we see from officiating now that now I understand why the US is inconsistent. The classes are the best thing to happen to water polo. If you have any doubts about what they teach you, watch the DVD’s of the world championships game that Loren sends you and you can see that the best teams in the world get referees just like this with the same calls we learn in class. It was a real surprise for me to realize how much better good referees can make us as players. Thanks for the class. It has already made me a better player and I think it will continue to help. I am going to take the advantage one before I start playing in college this fall. "
"I want you to know that I printed all your lessons, the rules and our powerpoint animations and put them into a 3 ring binder. Your ppt is especially helpful. Also I appreciate the discussion threads, your comments and especially comments for new ref's and ref's who have not played water polo (like me). I am going to save the discussion threads onto my hard drive so I can read them again later. I found out that i learned a lot from you (as expected) and I also learned from the others on the bullentin board. I am going to take the minors and major fouls class online and do some observations and talk to the veteran ref's. Water polo is a challenging sport! I just want you to know that your course (Beginner Referee) is extremely helpful to a novice like me."
"Thank you - this course has made me process much, much more during the game - and certainly enlightened me - I enjoyed the insight of others and the teaching/training methodology."
First of all, thank you so much for your efforts and involvement with this course--its been outstanding and unbelivable how it has cleared SO many questions up for me.
"My philosophy about how to ref this game has never been comfortable or very developed...this course has helped me more than the past few years of learning to blow the whistle and my many,many,many hours of discussion with senior referees and evaluators. It's been one "AH HAH!" after another, as things finally have been coming together at the end of this boys season and this course."
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