Men's Training Program Event #2 - April 1-2, 2017 in Denver, CO

[Brittany Haughton]

The Men’s Training Program (MTP) will hold its second training session April 1-2, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. This training session is open to all USA men that wish to increase their individual and team skill level, or tryout for one of our National Teams competing in any of the Worlds Championships. If you are trying out for the USA Men’s Elite team you must attend this event if you did not attend the first training event in December.

Our first event was held December 3-4, 2016 in Denver and was a great success.  It was attended by 41 players with representatives of all levels of men's underwater hockey in the USA including club level players looking to improve their game, members of the U19 and U23 teams, as well as players interested in trying out for the Elite or Masters teams.

This training event will start on April 1st at 9am and complete on April 2nd at 3:30pm. Please plan to be on time and attend the entire event.

This event will be a full cost share event.

Cost share is defined as every player in attendance will pay the same amount whether they are local, drive, or fly to the event. 

• Cost that are included in the cost share are:
• Cost of pool time
• Lunches provided during the event
• Cost of the coaches and staff travel
• Staff training equipment needed
•  A $5 per player fee that will go towards supporting the USA MTP, including running future training events

What you need to do to attend:

• Respond to Gregory Appling at (rugby...@yahoo.com) and Brittany Haughton at (brittany....@gmail.com) by February 15th that you are attending. Include in the email

o   Full Name

o   Email and phone number

o   Home Club

o   Whether you prefer to play forwards, back, or either

o   Reason you are attending this event.  If you are interested in trying out for the Men's Elite team please state this.

• If you are flying you must submit your flight booking receipt information to Brittany Haughton at (brittany....@gmail.com)  by February 26th. Failure to submit you flight information by this date will result in your flight cost to be excluded from your portion of the cost share.

• Submit your deposit to USOA by February 26th

o   If you are not submitting a flight, please remit $155.00 to USOA

o   If you are submitting a flight, please remit $80.00 to USOA

o   USOA paypal email is fu...@usauwh.com

The training event will include:

• Skills training
• Introduction to the formation and style of play featured by the MTP
• Hands on coaching
  
• Follow up after the event with written feedback from the coaching staff
  
• Video upload of as many games as possible

Each individual will be responsible for their own housing. Further information regarding special rates at nearby hotels will be in a future email.

If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Gregory Appling either via email at rugby...@yahoo.com or by cell phone at 415-637-0784.

 

Gregory Appling (Team Coach)

Brittany Haughton (Team Manager)