This notebook is for the water polo team that seeks the next level. Based on the training logs, notebooks, and journals of Olympians and other world-class athletes, the Water Polo Team Notebook provides a wide variety of reflective activities that can ultimately optimize a team's and athlete's performance. The notebook includes a season's worth of athletic writing prompts, in-season reflections, game analyses, injury rehabilitation forms, and note pages. This notebook is a companion book to Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports. "The Water Polo Team Notebook is a valuable resource for athletes at any level. With thought-provoking and reflective writing activities that help athletes identify strengths and weaknesses in their game, the book focuses on helping athletes grow as students of the game." -Brenda Villa, 4x Olympian and Gold Medalist "Experience level is so important in water polo, and learning over time is part of the way that players reach their full potential. Any tools that can accelerate that process are extremely valuable, and the 'Water Polo Team Notebook' provides frameworks that will help athletes do exactly that." ­­-Peter Varellas, 2x US Olympian, Silver Medalist "You will never be a great player if you aren't able to self-assess honestly. The Water Polo Team Notebook will help. " -Tony Azevedo, 4x US Olympian and Silver Medalist. The  Water Polo Team Notebook  is a practical, hands-on book that is the result of research, conversations, and studies with elite athletes and coaches from the NCAA, professional leagues, US National Teams, high school and middle school programs, and sports academies.    My first book on the subject is  Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports . An informative read for coaches, would-be coaches, and serious athletes,  Writing on the Bus  is a how-to and why-to book about using writing to learn activities in your program to help athletes and teams move to the next level.   The  Water Polo Team Notebook  is the 6th book in the series and includes the expertise of my coauthor, John Vargas, head coach of men's water polo at Stanford University. A practical book, the  Water Polo Team Notebook  provides space for athletes to write about their training and reflect on their performances. The book offers athletes lots of choice and may be adapted in many ways.    Checkout the book's resource website (WritingAthletes.com) for more information and examples. If you have questions or are interested in  team discounts  for the Water Polo Team Notebook , use the contact page on the WritingAthletes website to get in touch.    Richard Kent ...for John Vargas "Writing in a journal can help clear out negative thoughts and emotions that keep you feeling stuck." -Serena Williams, U.S. Tennis Champion "Athletes should write down anything that they think is important... thoughts about their technique, goals, favorite foods... keep track of their aspirations and their passion." - Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Skier "I enjoy writing in my journal when I'm sitting on the plane. I'm sureI'll go through a couple of pages and write down all the moments and experiences that I've had here in London." -Michael Phelps, U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer "Writing is a way to process what is buzzing around in my head. When I put my thoughts on paper, I begin to see things more clearly." -Samuel Morse, U.S. Ski Team "Keep a journal... This type of daily 'mental muscle' work will gradually improve your focus in practice and games." -Leif H. Smith and Todd M.Kays, sport psychologists "We write not to say what we know, but to learn, to discover, to know. Writing is thinking, exploring, finding out..." -Donald Murray, writing teacher "Writing organizes and clarifies our thoughts. Writing is how we think ourway into a subject and make it our own. Writing enables us to find out what we know--and what we don't know--about whatever we're trying to learn." -William Zinsser, writer Praise for the Water Polo Team Notebook's companion book, Writing on the Bus: Using Athletic Team Notebooks and Journals to Advance Learning and Performance in Sports... "If this book did nothing else other than lay out ... opportunities for reflective writing, it would be a useful guide for coaches. But the book is more than a set of suggested practices; it is filled with examples of Rich Kent and other coaches interacting with their athletes. We get excerpts from the writing of coaches at all levels, and from athletes--high school soccer players to world class skiers. And particularly through his own example, Kent teaches us how to read this writing--generously, thoughtfully, learning from the experiences of his athletes, even appreciating their goofy humor. He has the ability to pull nuggets of insight from writing that a less alert a