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Changing Sport · Stimulating Excellence
Building the next wave of international water polo.
Olympic-level training tours. Coach education that travels. A consulting practice that has put athletes on national team rosters on three continents.
30+
Years at the highest level of international water polo
4
Continents running Global Wave programming
12
Host cities across Europe in the training calendar
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Mission — put the next generation into the pool
What we do
Three programs. One mission.
Everything we build answers the same question: how does this athlete, or this coach, or this federation get better tomorrow?
01Team-first tours across Europe
International Training
Scrimmages against first-division European clubs. Daily training at the facilities national teams use. Host cities chosen so parents, siblings and college scouts all get something out of the trip.
Learn more02Pipeline for next-generation athletes
The Futures
Built with USA Water Polo's ODP staff. For the 14U, 16U and 18U athletes who are ready for the international stage. A schedule that puts them in front of the right eyes — without pulling them out of the national pipeline.
Learn more03For federations, clubs, host cities
Consulting
Coach education, club development, event organization, athlete pipelines. Thirty years of knowing what the top of the sport looks like — put to work on your program.
Learn moreOur signature
The coastline where water polo was invented for modern players.
Croatia's Adriatic coast — Dubrovnik, Split, Šibenik and the islands from Hvar to Korčula — is the purest training environment a water polo team can visit. Add Montenegro and Malta, and you have a ten-day tour that reshapes a squad.
Chosen for the level. Built for the experience.
Croatia
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Split
Montenegro
Kotor Bay
Malta
Malta
The Futures Program
Four cities. Four cultures. One pipeline.
For 14U, 16U and 18U athletes identified through the USA Water Polo High Performance pipeline. An international season built alongside the National Pipeline teams.
Hungary
Budapest
Serbia
Belgrade
Slovenia
Koper
15 min to Trieste · 90 min to Venice
The Futures program
Schedules. Rosters. Travel logistics — handled by our staff.
Global Consulting
Thirty years of high-performance experience — at your federation's service.
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Coaching Education
Mentor coaches with Olympic Games experience
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Strategy Building
Create a vision and a solid action plan
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Event Organization
Host a world-class water polo event
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Club Development
Be known for your club's achievements
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Athlete Pipeline
Shape young athletes who keep climbing
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Competition Development
Help your federation flourish
DetailsVoices from the tour
Coaches. Athletes. Parents.
Our club travelled for ten days and came back different. The training was world-class, but the stadium atmosphere our athletes played in — that is what they now chase every day in practice.
Head Coach
NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo
Global Wave does the unglamorous work brilliantly: visas, transfers, kit, meals, recovery. Our staff could focus on coaching, and our parents could focus on enjoying Europe.
Program Director
Club Program, Ontario
We scrimmaged against a first-division European side on day three. That alone was worth the trip. By the end of the tour our captains were leading warmups in two languages.
Athlete, 17U
Futures alumna, bound for college water polo
The coaches we met in Croatia are still answering my questions a year later. Global Wave built those bridges quietly, and they last.
Assistant Coach
College Program, California
Trusted partners
Federations, equipment brands and host cities we've built with.
Malmsten
Turbo
KAP7 International
WWPCA
FINA
Tourisme Montréal
USA Water Polo ODP
Water Polo Québec
Waterpology
Government of Québec
Malmsten
Turbo
KAP7 International
WWPCA
FINA
Tourisme Montréal
USA Water Polo ODP
Water Polo Québec
Waterpology
Government of Québec