Water Polo is a Fall High School sport, however many team members practice year round with the local club team - Eugene City Water Polo. The club is a great opportunity to try out water polo and train during the off season to prepare for the high school season. Contact Coach Hayes if you are interested in learning more about one of these off season opportunities:

Winter - season starts mid February - Echo Hollow Pool - up to 5 days a week practice times available

Spring/Summer - season starts in May - Amazon and Echo Hollow Pools - 4 days/week

2024 Regular Season Schedule

9/03 - 11/9-ish (then likely adapted for state pre/end of Season)

(Daily doubles begin mid August - more details to come)

Multiple practices to fill your day!

  • M/W 6:30-8am @ Amazon Pool

  • T/TH 6-7:30am Weight lifting @ South Eugene High School

  • M-F 4-6pm @ Amazon Pool

  • Saturdays 9:30-11:30am @ Amazon Pool if no tournament

Practice Expectations

Water polo is an extremely demanding sport, both physically and mentally. The level of fitness required to play the sport, and especially to play it well, is generally higher than a lot of sports athletes may have been a part of in the past. Because of this, practices are required and attendance is expected at all practices. Practices are important not only for fitness, but also to building a cohesive and united team.

In addition, your athlete is expected to keep up with their schoolwork as that is their primary responsibility. 

If a player cannot attend practice, they are expected to let coaches know by email before the start of practice (with their parents cc’d in the message).

Athletes need to be at practice 15 min. before the start of our pool time for stretching/warm up. This warm up time is very important to the health of our athletes as well as injury prevention.

Players should bring to pool practices a water bottle, goggles, elastic stretching band (low - medium resistance), athletic suit, towel, and for longer practices, a snack. For dry land, they should bring a water bottle, athletic clothes/shoes, a towel (for lying on grass, not required), and if Covid rears again, a face covering mask if using the weight room.