Water Polo: Easiest looking sport ever?
Is this some semi-elaborate troll? It looks fucking hard. You have to stay afloat and play handball at the same time.
>>246768Of the summer Olympic sports I've tried, water polo is by far and unquestionably the hardest. You have to tread water with your legs only for long periods of time, with sprint-swimming in between.Or did you think they could touch the bottom?
Nah, I just think it looks easiest. It is the simplest sport I've seen. You stay in one spot and toss the ball back and forth. The moving part is rare as it's just gang rape the goal 80% of the time.
>>246780Again, I beg you to try throwing the ball around while treading water. Hell, try CATCHING the ball. It's fucking difficult.I only know from experience because my HS gym teacher was the water polo coach and so while most American teenagers were playing kickball or dodgeball or some other BS sport we were having the shit beat out of us playing water polo.
>>246802I didn't have a swimming pool in my high school :|
>>246802ewwwww, blood in the pool!
>>246810http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_In_The_Water_match
>>246832All players were later diagnosed with HIV
>>246780Heads up: People are getting punched underwater. in the stomach. While trying to stay afloat with a guy that's grabbed onto you.
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>>246844so it's like throwing a group of non-swimmers into a deep pool. Awesome.
>>246844Mm... No there's no punching. They're far away from each other trying to catch the ball.Still not convinced, this looks very easy.
I've watched a couple matches and it looks exhausting as fuck. Constantly having to swim around, keep yourself afloat, and then there's a foul called every 10 seconds.
>>246872Dude, you're swimming and passing that shit in WATER. Water isn't easy to manage through with a fucking ball and people ARE pushing and elbowing to get that fucking ball.I rather play soccer than this shit, quite honestly.
>>246872Water polo is fucking violent. It's pretty much all punching and kicking.>a sport in which much of the artistry the punching and the private-parts mangling and the biting happens underwater and out of view of spectators and referees.
>> Still not convinced, this looks very easy.Pretty easy if you haven't tried treading water.
water polo is hardcore.easiest sport? probably that horse display thingy, you just have to ride around the box hoping your horse will look cute enough for the medals.
They have cameras underwater now, but they don't show those shots much. But trust me, it's fucking hard. I played it at gym classes, too (high school gym classes at the beach FTW) and I swallowed a fuckton of water. So much fun, though. And>>246844is right. It's like swimming while someone is trying to drown you. (then you get to try to drown them).
>>247760water polo is a poor excuse for people who couldn't make a football (soccer) team but wanted to get balls into a net. same goes for handball
Water polo is like playing handball without being able to walk while in a 800 times more dense field.Not easy at all.
>water polo is a poor excuse for people who couldn't make a football (soccer) team but wanted to get balls into a net. same goes for handballSoccer and handball is for people who can't swim.
>>247780=( you got me there
>>247760Easy until your horse topples over you and crushes your ribcage.
>>247786how about trampolining?
>>247791easy until you miss the trampoline. Head first.
Curling
>>247804You slip on ice and break your neck.
Might look easy but under the water they kick each other to shit.
>>247786lolz Christopher Reeves.
What about shooting?
>>246768You're retarded, Badminton is the easiest looking sport ever, followed by Archery and the shooting events. They have fat Olympiads in the shooting events....
>>247833They should be able to shoot each other.
>>247842Thunderdome should be an Olympic event.
>>247842Extreme olympics. Last man standing in several categories: 9mm, .45, rifle, sniper rifle, followed by deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF.
>>247863lay off the counter strike