Water-Polo Global Nouvelle-Calédonie

Vive le polo

When you want to be a princess but... Your parents make you play water polo!
Photo by Darby Nevins

1967 Water-Polo, on reconnait les frères Bargibant, Bob Daly, Jacques Duffayet et

Encore un beau match ce jeudi 01 juillet! Félicitations aux bleus!!!

Yaté: Journée Eau Libre samedi 19 juin 2021 au Lac de Yaté au parc provincial de la rivière bleue (point de rdv: la confluence)

Tous les âges ou presque sont concernés
Toutes Catégories (tout âges à partir de 13 ans) 3km et 5km.
Maitres à partir de 20 ans 1km et 3km.
Distance découverte 500m pour les nageuses et nageurs nés en 2011 et 2012 (Avenirs).
Distance découverte 1km pour les nageuses et nageurs nés en 2010 2009 2008 (Jeunes).
• Epreuve ouverte aux nageurs licenciés FFN et fédérations étrangères.

les inscriptions sont d’ores et déjà ouvertes sur la plateforme EL, ci-après le lien https://www.ffneaulibre.fr/evenements/voir/5663/journee-eau-libre-dont-championnat-nouvelle-caledonie-yate

Tous les nageurs ayant participé à la traversée Ilot Canards 2021 sont licenciés FFN, alors n'hésitez pas à vous inscrire.

Pour vous aider à vous inscrire sur le lien, voici un tutos (lien)
https://nouvellecaledonie.ffnatation.fr/rsc/1636/fichiers/dossiers/3121.pdf
si malgré le tutos vous avez besoins d’aide vous pouvez nous contacter au 46 73 73 ou 70 88 69 ou par mail : [email protected]. ou [email protected] .Vous avez dû recevoir par mail de la FFN avec un document joint qui est votre licence de natation par la FFN, votre N° de licence (IUF) est inscrit sur ce document.

PROGRAMME :
• 9h00 5km TC Dames et Messieurs : Pointage à 7h30/8h30 : Briefing 8h45
• 10h30 3km Maitres Dames et Messieurs : Pointage à 9h05/10h05 : Briefing 10h15
• 12h00 500m Filles et Garçons : Pointage à 10h35/11h35 : Briefing 11h45
• 12h00 1km Filles et Garçons : Pointage à 10h35/11h35 : Briefing 11h45
• 14h00 3km TC Dames et Messieurs : Pointage à 12h30/13h30 : Briefing 13h45
• 15h00 1km Maitres Dames et Messieurs : Pointage à 14h05/14h35 : Briefing 14h45

Match du 03/06!

Retour en image sur le match de jeudi 27/05!

Retour en images sur le match amical du 22/04!

LET KIDS PLAY!

Having been involved in waterpolo all my life, starting as a young kid watching my father play at the highest level through the apartheid era in South Africa and being thrown into the deepend to literally tread water for myself and learn from the old dudes in our local club.

Nothing more special than getting the skills of waterpolo handed down from the previous generations.

Yes I had great coaches and I'm forever grateful to all who gave of their time to help me in my endeavours to reach great heights in waterpolo.

Some shouters, some methodical thinkers and some quiet believers were the mix of coaching styles I was exposed to.

It was the quiet believes and methodical thinkers who had the most influence in my younger years.

Now seeing waterpolo from a completely different perspective and hoping that someday my kids get the same passion and enthusiasm I had as youngster growing up, handed across to their development.....quietly wishing its a person who allows freedom of decision making for themselves.

The great Italian educator Maria Montessori hit the nail on the head when she said “adults should never help a child with a task the child could succeed at on their own”. Sometimes we need to bring the child’s perspective (of letting go) into our thinking instead of wanting to keep a firm grasp on the apron strings.

Kids need to be kids and in waterpolo, the best way to fast track their development is by instilling great teaching skills at training but when it comes to game day, allow them to 'Just Play!'

Way too often are kids screamed at by an enthusiastic coach and puppeteered across the pool for the entire game.

When do kids learn to make decisions for themselves if coaches are doing it for them from the sidelines.

I get that coaches are passionate and enthusiastic but there is common trend at all waterpolo games/tournaments - the shouting coach!

Don't get me wrong, I too have been that coach barking instruction from the side but the conclusion I feel is that kids actually play better implementing instruction themselves and you as a coach enjoy the game with little less stress, by just letting kids play.

This encourages confidence in kids, leadership skills are evolved naturally and guarantee kids will enjoy the games allott more !!!

Not to mention that officials will be free to referee the games without any added pressure from coaches questioning every call.

Win win for all really!

By S Daley Academywaterpolo