The Total Waterpolo Podcast

We finally welcome an Italian to the Total Waterpolo Podcast, and who better than Giulia Emmolo to join us on the show this week! In an energetic talk with James, Giulia talks about how she got into the sport, her experiences playing professionally for Imperia, Ekipe Orizzonte and Olympiacos, as well as her Olympic experiences in London 2012 and Rio 2016 - the latter in which she took home an Olym...

The Head Coach of the Dutch Women's National team, Evangelos Doudesis, is our guest on this weeks episode of the Total Waterpolo Podcast.  Catching up with James, Eva talks about his playing career, how he came to move to the Netherlands, and how he never imagined he would end up coaching. Doudesis then opens up about the changes he implemented to take Ede Polar Bears from bottom of the Eredi...

Our fifteenth guest on the Total Waterpolo Podcast this week is is the hugely respected and decorated Head Coach of JUG Dubrovnik, Vjekoslav Kobešćak.  Speaking to James on the show, one of the best coaches in the professional game discusses his professional playing career at Mladost, where he won nearly everything as a player, before explaining how he became the Head Coach at one of Europe's...

This week we are pleased to welcome Stylianos Argyropoulos to the Total Waterpolo Podcast. Joining James on the show, the Greek superstar talks about his career so far, including his experiences playing for Ethnikos, Olympiacos and JUG Dubrovnik before touching on his recent high-profile move the Ferencvaros.  Stylianos then discusses the recent successes of the Greek national team, including...

Our next guest on the Total Waterpolo Podcast is a leading member of the Hungarian Men's National Team, Krisztián Manhercz. Just a few days before a hugely significant World Championships in front of a home crowd, Krisztián talks with James about his hopes for the competition and his strategies with dealing with different pressures. The Hungarian international, who is now considered to be one of t...

Our guest on the Total Waterpolo Podcast this week is Pro Recco and Australia's, Aaron Younger. On the show, the Australian talks about his very impressive club career (which includes stints at Szeged, JUG, Szolnok, FTC and Recco), before opening up about what it is like playing with some of the best player's on the planet. Aaron then discusses how Australian water polo desperately needs to i...

This week on the Total Waterpolo Podcast we are joined by Primorac Kotor's and Montenegro's up and coming star, Dusan Matkovic.  On the show, Dusan talks about his hometown club Primorac, the successful season they have enjoyed this year despite financial difficulties over the past few years, and where he sees his future. The young Montenegrin then opens up about the bittersweet experience of...

We are incredibly excited to publish a mega Episode of The Total Waterpolo Podcast this week with the three-time Olympic Gold Medallist and the All-time Olympic Goal-scorer, Maggie Steffens. In an extended interview with the best female player of the last decade, Maggie talks with James about a wide variety of topics including family, playing U18s at the age of 8 the Olympic Games, Training tips,...

We are very excited to welcome Thomas Vernoux to this weeks Total Waterpolo Podcast. On the show, Thomas opens up about his early playing days, his hugely successful water polo family and balancing his life at school and playing professionally for CN Marseille. Speaking with James, the 20-year-old also talks about this season's French League, the Champions League, and how he and his national team...

The Total Waterpolo Podcast is pleased to welcome Rebecca Parkes to the show this week. In the first section of the show, Bex talks to us about her formative years in New Zealand, how she first moved to play for Eger in Hungary, before becoming a Hungarian citizen in 2016. Speaking with James, Parkes then discusses taking a Bronze Medal at Tokyo, the future of New Zealand water polo and the experi...

This week's guest on The Total Waterpolo Podcast is legendary centre-forward, Cosmin Radu. In the first part of the show, Cosmin discusses his dream to play in Italy, his career in Croatia with Mladost and Primorje and his International playing career for Romania. Talking with James, Cosmin then discusses his retirement and his current role as the Vice-President of the Romanian Water Polo Federati...

We are pleased to finally welcome Konstantinos Genidounias to join James on this week's episode of the Total Waterpolo Podcast. In a entertaining episode with the Silver Medallist from Tokyo, Konstantinos discusses his time in the United States with USC, playing at two Olympic Games, the pressure of playing for Olympiacos and finally securing Greece's first Olympic Medal. Towards the end of part o...

In our episode this week, James sits down to chat with the UVSE Women's Head Coach, Marton Benczur.  During the conversation, Marton talks all things UVSE; about the club's culture, the club's vision and the process of promoting youth through the ranks. Marton talks about transitioning from being UVSE's Assistant Coach, into being the boss at one of Hungary's top female clubs. In the episode,...

This week on the show we are joined by a rising superstar in the women's game, Simone Van de Kraats.  Talking to James, the Dutch Olympian (who finished as the top goal-scorer at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games) gives us an insight into her transition away from the Dutch league, her international debut and her personal preparations for the Olympic Games. Simone opens up about goal-scoring, how s...

This week James Spencer-Boyce is joined by one of the most successful coaches in the history of the sport, Dénes Kemény. On the show, Denes discusses his career as a player and then as a coach. We talk about how he instilled a winning culture in the Hungarian national team, the risks he took and leading his country to a record breaking 3 successive Olympic Gold Medals between 2000 and 2008, and 24...

This week we are joined by 2018 Total Player of the Year, Felipe Perrone. In our second episode, James talks with Felipe about his incredible career that spans two decades, his time in Italy, Croatia and Spain, and his experiences playing at Rio 2016 with the Brazilian national team and Tokyo 2020 with Spain. We also discuss his choice to move to Spain as a 15 year old, the Champions League and mu...

We are very excited to welcome two-time Olympic Gold Medallist and 2021 Female Total Player of the Year, Maddie Musselman, on our first ever show with James.  Don't forget to head over to www.wearwaterpolo.com and use our discount code 'PODCAST10' for 10% off your next order! You can find James on twitter @Polo_blog and on Instagram @jspencerboyce