Water polo help?

Question

i have to do an assignment on water polo and i cant find some of the requirements. for all those water polo players or fans can you help me?

-name some of the important rules

-name some of the strategies

-what drills are used to help improve a player

Answer 1

I know wikipedia usually is really bad but the water polo article is the best info anywhere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo

Answer 2

important rules:

-7 players on in water at any time for each team including goalie

-cannot touch ball with two hands unless you are a goalie

-cannot pull the ball underwater(known as a ball under-results in a turn over)

-fouls occur when a defensive player puts too much pressure on the offensive player

-ejections occur when the defensive player is way oo rough or impedes someone from swimming.

  

important strategies:

-taking advantage of the five meter(when fouled at least 5 meters away from the goal, the person fouled can pick the ball up and shoot.

- a play for man up(when the other team has one less member since a person has been ejected.

- two players can swim near one another to set up a pick so one person is freed and gets open for a shot.

important drills:

-SWIMMING

-egg beater drills(the most importnat kick used to make the player stay up)

-resistance and stamina work(long periods of swimming

-as always scrimmaging always helps

Hope this helps!