i feel very stupid but i did not know they were swimming the whole time in water polo. i figured they were standing in the pool. my whole life i figured they were standing in the pool.
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Which would still be tough, running and throwing and catching with all that water resistance, but yeah it's way more impressive when you realize they're swimming the entire time
Yep, that’s why it’s so exhausting. I played in school and it was killer. I didn’t last. Treading water, swimming fast and the play. Much respect to the players.
To be fair they’re so athletic you don’t see them struggling to stay up or steady at all like you would immediately notice if it were me trying to keep myself suspended with just my feet (or I’d just drown like instantly)
This is reasonable, because it is wild to hover in a pool for a while freaking game. (I had this knowledge because water polo was THE SPORT at our high school)
There are high schools with water polo?!?! Where are these high schools?! Is it a special water polo pool? What's the average income of the school district?
Yeah honestly the Coast Guard should be looking to those kids for recruiting they're probably the only ones who can easily do the hardest part of their prequalifying exam without damage.
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Polo ball is ball ball.
Water polo was originally called water rugby. The ball was rubber so they took the more Indian 'polo' name.
Marco Polo is a blind man's bluff game that kinda just randomly uses his name.
But it could have been worse. You could have thought they were blindfolded and yelling "Marco!" to try to find people yelling "Polo!"
Never recover from that.
For real, I was stunned the first time I saw polo because I didn’t realize the horses weren’t expected to swim
“Everyone is ignorant, just on different subjects”-Will Rogers
I'd figure all the jumping and wrestling would be very difficult but like I'm pretty good at not drowning by doing nothing.
It's pretty cool how long they can do that for and how fast they can move when needed!
I’m also trying to figure out fencing because I saw some guy screaming pretty maniacally at judges. (I think he lost or something.)
Inconceivable.