I play football in the fall, swimming in the winter, and baseball in the spring & summer. Football is no longer much fun to play. I was wondering if I shouldn't play football next year and do cross-country instead. Cross-country would be more beneficial, and would get me in better shape, and I am seriously trying to get a swimming scholorship. Should I quit football and do cross country instead?
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Justin,
Water polo can be very physical, about 90% of the action takes place underwater. I compared it to soccer in the water, but the player action can be more like hockey or basketball (fighting/jostling for position, posting up, setting screens, picks and driving /swimming in for breaks.) all of this is normally treading water without the use of a bottom, normal polo tanks are 10ft or deeper all the way around. If you play in a pool that has a shallow end, then teams would switch sides so each gets the benefit of the shallow water (actually the goalies are the only ones who really benefit they can use the bottom but all field players can not use the bottom to gain an advantage on the ball ie jump off the bottom to intercept a pass or block a shot or jump of the bottom to gain more power on a shot). I noticed that you are in Bremerton and water polo club teams are pretty thin in the northwest compared to somewhere like Southern Cal (I'm in the Portland Oregon area and there are only a few club programs around). If you can find a club program it is definitely a good way to train if you don't want to swim year round.
Justin,
Water polo can be very physical, about 90% of the action takes place underwater. I compared it to soccer in the water, but the player action can be more like hockey or basketball (fighting/jostling for position, posting up, setting screens, picks and driving /swimming in for breaks.) all of this is normally treading water without the use of a bottom, normal polo tanks are 10ft or deeper all the way around. If you play in a pool that has a shallow end, then teams would switch sides so each gets the benefit of the shallow water (actually the goalies are the only ones who really benefit they can use the bottom but all field players can not use the bottom to gain an advantage on the ball ie jump off the bottom to intercept a pass or block a shot or jump of the bottom to gain more power on a shot). I noticed that you are in Bremerton and water polo club teams are pretty thin in the northwest compared to somewhere like Southern Cal (I'm in the Portland Oregon area and there are only a few club programs around). If you can find a club program it is definitely a good way to train if you don't want to swim year round.
