The UCLA Men's Waterpolo Team started training in Cognitive Kali drills in early 2014 for their 2014-2015 bid for the NCAA National Championship which they won!
Since then they have trained with the Cognitive Kali team during the pre-season being able to deal with physical nature of the game sub-consciously while focusing their minds on strategy, tactics and winning has proved to be an important component of their training. They have won 3 out of 5 national titles since starting with the program.
Update 12/3/17
UCLA upset the odds by winning the 2017 National Champion title once again. Beating cross town rivals USC 7-5 to take their 11th National Title and UCLA's 114th.
Update 12/7/15 -
UCLA are the 2015 National Champions with an undefeated
(30-0) Season (first time in 40 years). Beating USC once again (10-7) in the final.
Update 12/7/14 -
UCLA beat USC 9-8 to become the 2014 National Champions!
They broke USC's 6 title streak!
Since then they have trained with the Cognitive Kali team during the pre-season being able to deal with physical nature of the game sub-consciously while focusing their minds on strategy, tactics and winning has proved to be an important component of their training. They have won 3 out of 5 national titles since starting with the program.
Update 12/3/17
UCLA upset the odds by winning the 2017 National Champion title once again. Beating cross town rivals USC 7-5 to take their 11th National Title and UCLA's 114th.
Update 12/7/15 -
UCLA are the 2015 National Champions with an undefeated
(30-0) Season (first time in 40 years). Beating USC once again (10-7) in the final.
Update 12/7/14 -
UCLA beat USC 9-8 to become the 2014 National Champions!
They broke USC's 6 title streak!
Testimonial - Adam Wright (Head Coach, UCLA Men's Water Polo)
"The last couple of years our team had struggled with the one on one physical side of the game. In the sport of water polo you are constantly in contact with the opponent. A great majority of the time it is hand combat where you are trying to gain leverage on the opposition. I was looking for an edge for our program. I had worked with a jiu-jitsu instructor back in my playing days and thought if we could find somebody local that this would be huge for our program. Luckily I was introduced to Paul McCarthy. Once we began our training with Paul you could see the confidence in our players grow. The hand combat and also entry points to gain leverage were invaluable to our program. Paul’s approach with our guys was really incredible to watch as he always had their full attention and his ability to teach not only through his examples but also his clear explanations allowed us to maximize our short amount of time with him."
"The last couple of years our team had struggled with the one on one physical side of the game. In the sport of water polo you are constantly in contact with the opponent. A great majority of the time it is hand combat where you are trying to gain leverage on the opposition. I was looking for an edge for our program. I had worked with a jiu-jitsu instructor back in my playing days and thought if we could find somebody local that this would be huge for our program. Luckily I was introduced to Paul McCarthy. Once we began our training with Paul you could see the confidence in our players grow. The hand combat and also entry points to gain leverage were invaluable to our program. Paul’s approach with our guys was really incredible to watch as he always had their full attention and his ability to teach not only through his examples but also his clear explanations allowed us to maximize our short amount of time with him."