What a workout as we spent the entire hour-and-a-half scrimmaging. This meant non-stop treading water and bursts of sprinting. It's a 40-minute drive away but we will play in a tournament in mid-October so I'd like to keep playing at least once/week until then.
I tried convincing Emily how tough it is to play and what great shape you have to be in, but she holds steadfast that water polo players are the ones who couldn't handle the intensity of swimming as kids and liked to party too much. We'll agree to disagree on this one!
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You homo
Em's right... divers and H2O polo players were the weak swimmers... polo players drank and divers smoked. I'm not kidding
So let me guess, hockey players are failed speedskaters, basketball players are failed sprinters, and soccer players are failed marathoners.
Ones choice to play a TEAM sport over an individual sport has more to do with personality than with ability.
I coach Water Polo, and there is no way that you can make a blanket statement that Polo players are the weak swimmers. I have access to the best swimmers in the city - but because they are trained in an individual sport, the team dynamic is often lost on them. It's actually VERY easy to counter a great swimmer who can't play the game.
Most often, the best Water Polo players also play Basketball.
To say the least, playing Water Polo is the equivalent to swimming multiple 500's with a guy hanging on you the entire time.
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