The Olympic Development Program (ODP) serves as the primary feeder system for the USA Water Polo Youth, Cadet, and Development National Teams. The foundation of ODP is a systematic, long-term approach to athlete, coach, and referee development through a year-round training program.

Learn fundamental water polo skills from highly qualified coaches. Challenge yourself by training and playing with the top athletes in the Nation. Earn the opportunity to play on a USA Water Polo National Team. Make life-long water polo connections.

The Olympic Development Program (ODP) is the entry point for USA Water Polo's Youth, Cadet, and Development National Teams. Participant ages are born in 2000 or younger.

Yes. An athlete can compete in zone camps with a Silver membership. For special events, such as Zone Evaluation Events, Regional and National Championships and Holiday Camp, an athlete requires Gold membership.

The national ODP staff provides programmatic guidance and interface with the USA Water Polo men's and women's national teams. Each of the 13 zones has a Zone Head Coach for each gender. There are 2 training camps in each zone. At each of the camps there will be a Zone Age Group Coach, a National Team Coach, and a National Goalie coach. The point of contact for each training zone is the Zone Head Coach.

There are no tryouts. All USA Water Polo Silver or Gold athletes are invited to attend the training camps in their zone or any zone they would like to. In order to be identified for participation at the National Championship, an athlete needs to attend at least one training camp in their zone.

It depends on your zone. ODP is on a seasonal schedule. This type of schedule was established to avoid conflicts with high school water polo and swimming seasons and major club water polo seasons. Please refer to Camp Dates section of website to find an ODP camp in your zone.