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Willy K. Ms. Sacks Adv. English 10-22-04 Water Polo You walk into a chlorine-smelled room, jump into frigid water and a sense of self worth submerges into the water with you. You are now free to experience the greatest commodity: freedom. Sports are sought after for many reasons. Because of the abundance and variety, it is often hard to find the perfect sport. Its lessons, the physical shape acquired, and lackadaisical attitude sets Hillsboro Water Polo apart, making it the best water sport played in the world. Lessons are very important for all children, tomorrows leaders, to learn, and are taught in abundance in Hillsboro water polo. Teamwork is an imperative skill. When people can’t work together, they can’t get anything done. Water polo is a team sport. Weather you are down by five points or up by six, you need to pass the ball and rely on your teammates to get the job done. A player cannot win a game on his own. I cannot count the times in a practice that Judy, the wonderful, energetic coach, has told the team to get the ball moving, in other words, pass. Yet another life lesson that is constantly learned and refined is perseverance. Because every boy is a novice player, perseverance is a necessity in Hillsboro water polo. Perseverance is tested every day, but in the end, all the work and sacrifices required to survive the season makes a better person out of everyone on the team. The lessons taught in Hillsboro water polo are valuable and taught in an incomparable way. While these lessons are being taught, a nice body figure is obtained. Everyone loves a nice body. Everyone looks through magazines and, although not admitted to people, hopes to look like the model. The best way to achieve this goal is to join Hillsboro water polo. The reason for this is it is done at the players pace. Judy makes it easy by telling the team to warm up on their own. The faster the swimmer the faster they swim. Water polo is a tough sport, but in the end the player will feel fit beyond belief. Water polo has a lot of swimming, and swimming strains all muscles in the body. A water polo player must have a strong abdominal structure in order to swim fast. They must have strong legs in order to tread water, a big part of water polo. A good water polo player has immense upper body strength. This is essential to shoot and pass the ball effectively; never letting it hit the water. All these muscles are chiseled out, while having fun in the water, making it hardly seem like a work out. It must be admitted that the Hillsboro water polo team has not won a game, and we have certainly not come close. But does this mean that it is not fun? No. Hillsboro water polo is the most laid back and relaxed sport played. The reason this is true, is because of the fantastic, intellectual coach, Judy. It seems that before she decides to do anything she asks herself if it will be fun, or interesting in such a way that we feel regret when it is over. One day we played sharks and minnows, an admired game among us. In this exciting game everyone except two or three people get out of the pool. The object is for everyone who is not in the pool to jump in and get to the other side, submerged under the water, without the people in the water pulling you up. If you can stay under water the whole way, you get to jump back in and try to be the last man standing. It is such things that set Hillsboro water polo apart. Yet another thing that makes the practices laid-back is the co-ed practices. This was yet another thing that Judy strategically decided to do. This keeps the practice undisturbed, and halts the testosterone that sometimes arises when boys begin to play together. All theses things combined, help to make water polo relaxed and lackadaisical. All in all, Hillsboro water polo’s attributes, lessons, physique you gain, and relaxed attitude, make it the best water sport played in the world. These certain attributes are found in other sports, but not with the intensity and ferocity that it is taught in water polo. The next time you are deciding whether to play another sport or play water polo, I dearly hope you decide to do the latter. |
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