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In the Fall of 2010, Kevin Perkins and his two daughters began to look for an existing team where he could build a next generation water polo program for girls. Perkins, a San Clemente High School alumni, felt like there was an opportunity to add to the competitive landscape of existing area clubs while making it entirely fun for his daughters and their teammates. By focusing on fundamentals, teamwork, and game scenarios, he has built up the team within a year to qualify for the National Junior Olympic tournament.
Now, he intends on building up the Girls Program further by increasing the size of the 14u team, as well as create a 12u team for athletes who have never played before. “This is a really great club,” says Coach Perkins. “We train girls from all the surrounding communities with the latest techniques that ultimately put them at a higher level of play for high school.” Perkins–who while at SCHS was a All-America selection, National Youth Team participant, and brief player at UC San Diego–knows how to effectively teach the parts of the game so players can improve quickly. For example, Perkins anticipates two of his senior athletes will try out for–and play on–this year’s National Olympic Development Program (ODP) team for 8th Grade and Under Girls.
“This is a very exciting time for Women’s Water Polo. The sport has grown tremendously in the past few years, due largely to the success of the Women’s National Water Polo Team. Frankly, their success lately has reminded me of the same success the 1996 Women’s National Soccer Team had,” said Perkins. “There was so much support and momentum for Girls Soccer from that time, that the number of young girls joing club teams exploded. We are on the verge of this as well.”
For more information, or if you are interested in trying out the OCWPC Girls Program, please contact OCWPC.
