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Watershape University Achieve your goals with WU—where pool professionals, builders, designers, and contractors gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to excel in their craft.

Our programs are designed to help you grow and master your trade.

10/14/2026

Watershape University’s 2026 Fall Session is coming to San Diego December 2–4, bringing three days of advanced education for pool builders, designers, contractors, sales professionals, and business owners ready to sharpen their skills and grow.
Choose from courses covering:
• Essential Pool Construction
• Quality Shotcrete
• Advanced Residential Watershape Construction
• Essential Business Administration
• Essential Revit for Watershapers
• Sales & Marketing for Pool Companies
• Outdoor Finish Material Science

Whether you want to build better pools, lead a stronger team, improve profitability, create more professional designs, or close more business, there is a course designed to move you forward.

If you work in the pool and spa industry in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, or anywhere across Southern California, don’t miss the opportunity to learn from some of the industry’s best without traveling across the country.

📍 San Diego, California
📅 December 2–4, 2026
Explore the courses and reserve your seat:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H07vJtf0

Southern California pool pros, this one is in your backyard. 🌴

10/13/2026

If you think you’re “already good,” you’re already behind.

Mastery isn’t a destination. It’s a decision you make over and over again.

In any skilled trade, the real separator isn’t talent. It’s proximity to other serious professionals. When you put yourself in a room with people operating at the highest level, your standards rise automatically. Your blind spots get exposed. Your excuses disappear.

That’s what real education does. Not just courses. Exposure.

At Watershape University, you are brought into the Wolf Pack where you will have instant access to the best of the best in your field. Learn not only proper techniques for higher in demand skillsets but save countless thousands of dollars by learning from mistakes that others have already made.

A few hard truths:

• If you only learn from your own projects, your growth is limited to your own experience.
• If you never compare methods, you’ll assume your way is the best way.
• If you avoid rooms where you’re not the smartest person, you cap your ceiling.

High performers don’t see each other as threats. They see each other as leverage. They trade insight. They share mistakes. They compress decades of trial and error into conversations.

Education isn’t just about better technique. It’s about access to bigger projects, higher margins, better clients, and more creative freedom.

If you ever stop learning, you don’t stay where you are. You slowly become irrelevant.

So the real question isn’t whether you’re good.
It’s whether you’re still improving.

Visit https://na2.hubs.ly/H03Ycld0 today to learn how to get started.

Keep your hands dirty.

10/12/2026

Pool builders and renovation pros: can you spot why this vanishing edge pool failed?
Cracked walls. Inadequate structural steel. Poor concrete. Before you can plan a lasting repair, you need to understand how the pool was built and where it went wrong.

In this video, Bill Drakeley takes you onto a pool renovation site to explain the failures and the work ahead, from adding steel to placing new shotcrete.

That connection between classroom learning and real jobsites is at the heart of Watershape University’s pool construction and renovation training.

Whether you’re a pool contractor, a builder growing your crew, or a service professional moving into construction, build your knowledge before your next project.

Join WU’s Essential Pool Construction class this December during the Fall Session.
Explore the class and register: https://na2.hubs.ly/H08967S0

Keep your hands dirty.

10/10/2026

Every plaster job you touch carries your name. The question is — are you 100% confident in your process?

The Essential Pool Plaster Course is built for pool pros who are done relying on guesswork. It’s hands-on, practical training that shows you exactly how to mix, prep, bond, and trowel plaster the right way — and why each step matters.

You’ll work with real materials.
You’ll dial in proper water-to-cement ratios.
You’ll understand how additives affect performance.
You’ll practice application techniques that directly impact durability and finish quality.

This is the kind of training most installers never get — and it shows in the field.

The difference between a contractor and a craftsman is control. Control of materials. Control of technique. Control of outcomes.

If you want fewer callbacks, stronger finishes, and the confidence to stand behind every job, this is where you sharpen your skills.

Serious pros invest in fundamentals. Average ones hope for the best.

Visit https://na2.hubs.ly/H07vH6p0 today to find out when this class is available next.
Keep your hands dirty.


The Grit Game

10/09/2026

You know what goes into a great pool. Do you know what comes out of your marketing budget?
Clicks and inquiries only tell part of the story. Understanding which efforts lead to real business helps you decide where to invest next.

At WaterShape University’s fall session, BUSINESS 2323: Principles of Sales & Marketing for Pool Companies will cover lead generation, referrals, online reputation, and how to measure marketing ROI. You’ll also explore where AI can make implementation easier.

Hear from the instructors in this video, then join them in San Diego.
December 2 | 8 AM–5 PM
8 hours | 0.8 CEUs

Make more informed sales and marketing decisions for your pool company.
Register at https://na2.hubs.ly/H07NjDL0.

10/08/2026

Every serious pool builder hits a moment where “good enough” isn’t enough anymore.

The question is whether you recognize it.

Watershape University is a defining moment for professionals across the industry — pool builders, pool service technicians, pool renovators, landscapers, pool designers, and pool engineers who want to operate at a higher standard.

This is where technical skill meets real-world application.

You don’t just learn theory. You sharpen your understanding of hydraulics, structural design, waterproofing, finishes, equipment selection, and project ex*****on. You learn how to prevent costly mistakes, improve efficiency on site, and deliver projects that stand out in a competitive market.

That shift changes everything:

• Fewer callbacks and expensive errors
• Stronger designs and better-performing systems
• More confidence pricing premium work
• The ability to take on complex pool construction and renovation projects

And you do it alongside other serious swimming pool professionals who refuse to stay average.

If you build, service, renovate, design, engineer, or landscape around water, this is your next level.

Join the wolf pack. Level up your skillset. Find your next level at https://na2.hubs.ly/H03Zs6f0


The Grit Game

10/07/2026

Four pool pros. One verdict: worth it.

Builders, renovators and service pros came to Watershape U's Essential Pool Inspections class and left with a new service to offer. In two days you'll get a step-by-step residential inspection process, how to spot code and safety issues, professional documentation, and inspection reports built for real estate transactions.

The next class is in Reno, Nevada, on November 4 and 5, 2026, at the Silver Legacy Resort. You'll earn 1.6 IACET CEUs and your Certified Watershape Residential Inspector credential, in partnership with Pro Pool Inspectors.

Worth the trip from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, California and anywhere else you build, service or renovate pools.

Save your seat at https://na2.hubs.ly/H089J_s0 (link in bio).
The Grit Game Pro Pool Inspectors Software

10/05/2026

The plans look incredible. The site is complicated. The details leave little room for error. Pool builders and renovators know that the real work is figuring out how to bring it all together.

This December, build your knowledge at WaterShape University’s Fall Session in San Diego.

Need a stronger command of the construction process?

CONSTRUCTION 2111: Essential Pool Construction covers the essentials from engineering and layout through waterproofing, finishes, start-up, and handover. December 2–4 | Ben Lasseter and Bill Drakeley 2.4 CEUs
Ready to study more demanding residential builds?

CONSTRUCTION 4112: Advanced Watershapes Construction – Residential explores challenging sites, pier and beam foundations, advanced edge details, dynamic floors and covers, and glass tile installation.
December 3–4 | David J. Peterson and Paolo Benedetti
1.6 CEUs

Two course options. One destination for serious pool industry education.

Pick your course and plan your San Diego education vacation:
https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PkHr0

The Grit Game Drakeley Pool Company

10/02/2026

The best education comes from people who are still in the trenches. At Watershape University, hands-on training is more than a phrase. It is the foundation of how we teach.

Our instructors do this work every day. They have made the mistakes, learned the lessons, and built the experience — so students can learn faster, work smarter, and avoid costly errors in the field.

Keep your hands dirty. Keep getting better.

If this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, Watershape University is where you belong.
Join the wolf pack today at https://na2.hubs.ly/H060xh80

09/30/2026

Getting a lead is one thing. Knowing what to do next can change your pool business.
Is your website helping people take action? Is your follow-up consistent? Does your sales presentation give customers a clear reason to choose you?

Hear from the instructors, then join them December 2 in San Diego for BUSINESS 2323: Principles of Sales & Marketing for Pool Companies at WaterShape University’s fall session.

Learn how website conversion, marketing automation, sales CRMs, and closing techniques work together to help turn interest into business.

December 2 | 8 AM–5 PM
8 hours | 0.8 CEUs

Built for pool contractors and pool service companies. Register at https://na2.hubs.ly/H07NjCF0.


The Grit Game

Address

11722 Sorrento Valley Road, Ste E
San Diego, CA
92121

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+18587201001

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