Thursday, November 3, 2011

Endurance? Strength? Agility? Nerve?

I ran across this quote on ESPN earlier and LOVED it! It makes me laugh when people don't consider water polo a sport. :)

"Endurance? A water polo player swims 1.5 miles a game, with another player dragging and climbing all over him, pushing his head under the water and saying unkind things about his mamma when he comes up for air.
Strength? These guys egg-beater their legs for 32 minutes in nine feet of water, muscle each other for position and rise up into the air like they’re jumping off a trampoline to shoot and block shots.
Agility? They work back-cuts and spin-moves like Kobe and Marvin Harrison.
Nerve? They take 50-mph shots in the face and breathe in lungs-full of water. And they keep coming back for more."
-ESPN

I can't wait to play some real polo this weekend!!!

1 comment:

Wendy Suddendorf said...

Looking forward to the day!