What are /r/waterpolo's favorite Products & Services?

From 3.5 billion Reddit comments

Do your self a favor and pick up both of these books. They're old, but great. I've been using them for 7 years.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/101-water-polo-offensive-drills-peter-j-cutino/1004432153/2674570603534?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1755&k_clickid=3x1755

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/101-defensive-and-conditioning-water-polo-drills-peter-j-cutino/1004432154/2674490502405?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1755&k_clickid=3x1755

There are plenty of options if you search for "irregular bouncing balls " and i just found one on amazon with flat edges and numbers and stuff Qball

The problem is that humans are pretty bad at judging fluid loss, which is why we often get dehydrated despite an adequate supply of water and the opportunity to drink it. This makes anecdotal evidence even more unreliable. I'm also not entirely sure what my post history or water polo credentials have to do with anything either. Or why I'd be in /r/waterpolo if I didn't at least have an interest in the sport, let alone play. Hmm.

Yes water polo is undeniably more intensive, but efforts are intermittent and short, making an longer time-unit comparison (ie. how much you sweat in an hour) to swimming fairly valid despite what it feels like. I could only find a single study concerning fluid loss in WP which observed average sweat rates of 287ml/h during training, and 786ml/h during matches.

Unfortunately it is supported by a sports drink company, but if valid suggests that sweat rate in elite-level WP training is possibly even less than that in elite-level swim training. Comparison of WP match play and swim racing is more difficult for obvious reasons of duration however even if you did play competitively for an hour straight, a sweat rate of 800ml/h is still about half that of most reasonably intensive dryland sports. I can assure you you will have sweated more than this at some point in your life without even thinking about fluid replacement, let alone electrolyte replacement.

So to reiterate, of all the sports necessitating electrolyte replacement solution, water polo ain't one. It certainly wouldn't do anything magic.

Oh hi! Your designs below are awesome. My team is looking to change the design of their existing swimsuits and they have bandied a few designs around that I personally think are not particularly inspiring and I wouldn't particularly wear (see attached link for the suggestions so far: http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/146911KOYMP).

Can you think of something to do with an Orca in the design somewhere (as we are called the London Orca). I think the majority of peeps in the team favour some more demure colours (blue, black) but you could be a bit more adventurous (we are a gay team so we are not afraid of subtle hints at rainbows and the like, but we are not planning on getting on a float in speedos!).

Any suggestions would be much appreciated :)

I've been wearing this one https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Y8X3JGD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Sleeve while I'm playing and I use the other two brace things if I'm just at home and my arm is hurting.

I’m guessing you’re in high school? Weight training is very important. But if you’re looking for drills outside of the water to improve your shooting I would focus on your abdominals and legs.

A simple workout

Push ups Squats Box jumps Sit ups

Buying a Hungarian weight ball and doing wall drills with it is one of the best ways to Improve your overall passing and shooting movements.

Mikasa Hungarian Heavy Weight 1 Kilo Training Ball https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CHSJPS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_xOkjBbP21QCDS

Ah, okay. Yeah, seems like some work, but carpentry projects are always fun for me! Mikasa does make this product: http://www.amazon.com/Mikasa-Sports-WSM-Shotmaker-Rebounder/dp/B002UPVOYO

Sort of a trampoline. Maybe you could make something similar to that with small bungie cords or something? In my experience, those shotmakers tend to bounce back pretty far if you really hurl the ball (I might call them passmakers).

It's sort of a big deal that water polo players can't really practice shooting outside of the water. Especially up here in Oregon, pool time is scarce.