
Review how Chase Dodd reads man-up situations, creates space, and turns title-run film into repeatable decisions for water polo players.

Rightie Attacker
Chase Dodd is an Olympic Bronze Medalist and back-to-back NCAA National Champion, currently competing as an elite attacker for the Los Angeles Athletic Club. A Long Beach native and UCLA alumnus, he earned consecutive NCAA and First Team All-American honors during his championship runs in 2024 and 2025. A four-year member of the United States Men's Water Polo Team, Chase has also earned silver at the 2023 World Cup, gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, and bronze at the 2022 Junior World Championships. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Geography, balancing world-class academics with high-level international competition. Known for his versatility and suffocating defense, he continues to represent the next generation of American water polo pushing towards the LA 2028 Olympics.

Rightie Attacker
Chase Dodd is an Olympic Bronze Medalist and back-to-back NCAA National Champion, currently competing as an elite attacker for the Los Angeles Athletic Club. A Long Beach native and UCLA alumnus, he earned consecutive NCAA and First Team All-American honors during his championship runs in 2024 and 2025. A four-year member of the United States Men's Water Polo Team, Chase has also earned silver at the 2023 World Cup, gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, and bronze at the 2022 Junior World Championships. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Geography, balancing world-class academics with high-level international competition. Known for his versatility and suffocating defense, he continues to represent the next generation of American water polo pushing towards the LA 2028 Olympics.
Session takeaways
The value of a man-up film breakdown is not only the final shot. It is the sequence before it: spacing, ball movement, timing, and recognizing when the defense shifts. This session uses real game decisions to show how small advantages become high-quality chances around the cage.
Past-session film is especially useful when athletes pause before the outcome and ask what the next decision should be. That habit helps players study water polo as a game of reads rather than a collection of isolated skills.

with Chase Dodd

with Brittany VanderGroef

with Adrian Weinberg

with Brittany VanderGroef