Water polo is not easy for me, but that does not stop me from loving it. I started playing water polo in 9th grade, and from the moment I threw the ball I knew I had to play the sport. One of the toughest skills for me in water polo is ironically also one of the simplest: releasing for the ball. Releasing for the ball basically just means getting open for someone else to pass to you, but whenever there is someone guarding me, I panic.
One day at practice my coach’s patience was waning thin. I just could not seem to release and in my head I kept telling myself that I would never get it. On my last attempt at releasing before the drill was over, I told myself you have to get this, you will get this, and within the next moment, I got it. I had
One day at practice my coach’s patience was waning thin. I just could not seem to release and in my head I kept telling myself that I would never get it. On my last attempt at releasing before the drill was over, I told myself you have to get this, you will get this, and within the next moment, I got it. I had