Water polo

Water Polo is one of the hardest sports you could play each player has to go through mental and physical strain when playing. Yet it can get very confusing for someone watching with the calls that are being called. This report will give you give you a quick overview of most things water polo. The earliest we have known about the modern game of water polo was in the early 19th century and the man behind it was William Wilson. Wilson called the game “aquatic football” which had a little bit of each sport wrapped up in one. The first game that ever happened along the banks of River Dee in Aberdeen,Scotland. A few years later it created such a massive following it was played throughout Great Britain. Than in 1885 the Swimming Accusation of Great…

The sun was just beginning to rise as I woke up early Saturday morning. In a couple of hours, my team would be playing our second game against Waiakea High School. Winning this game meant that the Konawaena girls Water Polo team would be put into fourth place in the playoffs, which was in 20 days. I had confidence in my team that we would be able to perform well and I knew that because of our hard work and dedication during practice, it would prepare us for a successful game. My first year…

Water polo, barriers? Water polo is a game played in the pool where the team tries to score by throwing the ball to their goal. It is a team sport that requires a minimum of 7 players in total. Figueroa’s Framework will be used to determine barriers that prevents a player from playing water polo. A variety of reasons can prevent me from playing water polo. In Figueroa’s framework, barriers can be categorised in to 5 levels: individual, interpersonal, institutional, structural and cultural. I…

hardship you overcame? How did you learn from it? It was probably 50 degrees outside when I was waiting for water polo practice to start. The vibration of my phone immediately caught my attention, but instead of a text from my girlfriend or one of my friends, it was from my mom. Inside of that text were multiple pictures of an elderly woman on a gurney, and below those were photos of a completely totaled car that had been reduced down to half of its original size. Looking at the pictures I…

Opinion on Water Polo Do you want to find the perfect sport to play? Although there are many sports to choose from, I think water polo is the best. Water polo is a combination of swimming, wrestling, soccer, and basketball. Water polo is a tough sport which requires a lot of endurance. Not many people play water polo so in games you get more playing time. Water polo is the best sport to play because it is good if you like to swim, you get in very good shape, and it feels nice to play in the…

One of the most common mistakes people make is that they define talent and skill synonymously. However, they are two completely different things. Talent you have naturally, you don’t have to work at it. Skill is ability developed from hours and hours of practice at your craft. My best talent is by far my ability to succeed in school, and my natural affinity for STEM topics. However, I believe that my greatest skill comes in Water Polo. I joined Water Polo in seventh grade, because I was too…

Would one liter of water falling from high altitude knock you dead? Everyone knows the people are hit by falling object from high altitude is very dangerous. But if the object is one liter of water, will it dangerous? The answer is “No”. The reason of this answer is even if a large volume of water polo in the process of falling from a height, it is subjected to the action of the air resistance, which makes it split into numerous small droplets. Droplets quickly arrival "terminal velocity"…

Ever since my older brother Kevin decided to become friends with white people, they dragged him into their devil worshipping practices, or Water Polo. Since everyone thinks Water Polo is the stupidest sport ever created, me included, nobody plays on the team, which leads to no money for the team, which means that Water Polo is not even acknowledged as a real sport, but a “club sport”. My mother and father (being the annoying people they have always been) one day asked themselves; “how can we…

In 2012 there were four deaths in relation to water polo, hundreds of reported serious injuries and even more minor injuries. With a death rate of 1.06, beaten only by men's softball; a sport to be wary of is water polo because of the constant threat of injuries. Water polo is a game played by swimmers in a pool with seven players on each side. The ball used is like a volleyball thrown into the opponent's net. Sounds simple now but it is not,the game is so much more then that. Three types of…

lights warm up, home players begin to set up the pool and get it ready for the day. The players walk with energy and talk with joking banter and friendly arguments. As the pool begins to look like a course, they start their warm up and move with high energy and excitement in their voice. By the end of the day these boys will be tired and broken because of the sport known as water polo. The first of many busses arrives, and the boys pile off. They are wearing head phones, warm up gear, and flip…