Water polo is a team water sport, which can be best described as a combination of swimming, football (soccer), basketball, ice hockey, rugby and wrestling. A team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The goal of the game resembles that of football (soccer): to score as many goals as possible, each goal being worth one point.
A perfect water polo athlete can be best described as having the over-arm accuracy of a baseball pitcher, the vertical leap of a volleyball player, the toughness of a rugby player, the endurance of a cross-country runner and the strategy of a chess player.
This is how Wikipedia describes my favorite sport 
and I must tell you they have pretty much nailed it. This is one of the most physically grueling and mentally challenging sports in existence. At any given point in time you have a 200 pound (roughly 90 kg) guy trying to drown you, while you are trying to get the ball into a goal to which you have your back turned… sounds like fun doesn’t it :)? A friend of mine summed it up quite nicely a couple of months ago: “The water might be crystal clear, but man it should defenitly be mud colored when you play!”
and I must tell you they have pretty much nailed it. This is one of the most physically grueling and mentally challenging sports in existence. At any given point in time you have a 200 pound (roughly 90 kg) guy trying to drown you, while you are trying to get the ball into a goal to which you have your back turned… sounds like fun doesn’t it :)? A friend of mine summed it up quite nicely a couple of months ago: “The water might be crystal clear, but man it should defenitly be mud colored when you play!”In the following page I go through what is basically my weekly swim routine in order to keep my self in some kind of decent shape. My swim workouts
Also if you want to see more pictures of me and my team getting down and dirty check out the Gallery
