Poloswim
Melville Water Polo Club
A POLOSWIM (TM) session is a specialised set of water polo swimming techniques and movements in the water associated with Water Polo.
Poloswim session Term 4 will be on every Mondays & Tuesdays from 9th of October.
Beginner
- Compliments FlippaBall / water polo by teaching foundation skills for players. The program includes instruction in treading water, swimming with the ball, techniques for holding, passing and catching the ball. This program is lane based, and provides repetitive instruction for greater foundation skill acquisition and is graduated in skill and difficulty. The minimum entrance is level 7 swimming competency (including breastroke kick).
Intermediate
- Compliments FlippaBall / water polo by progressing the foundation skills for players. The program includes instruction in treading water, swimming with the ball, techniques for holding, passing and catching the ball. This program is lane based, and is graduated in skill and difficulty to cater for player levels who have graduated from beginner level through to advanced. This program is ideally suited for those players in Year 6 or above at school.
In both levels, the children’s swimming ability is improved, along with water confidence, leg mobility and ball skills.
Poloskills
POLOSKILLS is a specialised program utilising foundation skills to progress the connection to the game related aspects of water polo. More information is provided on the following page.
January Poloskills Holiday Camp Holidays 2024
The January Poloskills Holiday Camp will start on Monday 15th January and will run to the Friday 19th January from 8.30am to 10.30am or 11:30am, with one hour session for different levels. Each session will be a combination of water polo Skills and gameplay . The holiday camp is recommended to kids with at least level 7 swimming with breastroke kick. New Year 2/3 Flippaball players are encouraged to sign up to the beginner level to gain some experience before the season starts.
The Registration for the October Poloskills holiday camp will open on 6th September 2023.
First time enrolments – please contact the office@melvillewaterpolo.com.au for a link to register for our online portal.
Term 1, 2024 PoloSwim Sessions
Session Times
Mondays & Tuesdays 3.35pm – 4.10pm (beginner) and (intermediate) / 4.15pm to 4.55pm (intermediate) and (advanced).
Cost: Term 1 $128/child for 1 POLOSWIM(TM) session per week for single term enrolment ($16.00 per class).
Price includes pool entry
Dates: Term 4 Start 29th January running for 6/7 weeks ($128).
Family Discounts: 5% discount for 2nd child, 10% discount for 3rd and subsequent children enrolled in the same term programme.
First time enrolments – please contact the office for a link to register for our online portal.