Culture Of Water Polo Culture

Albert Pasco

5/22/14

Communication 100

Water Polo Culture

Have you ever thought of how water polo came to be? Where did it come from? How does it impact people on society? Well it’s definitely one of the hardest sports to play, and it takes endurance, pain, and commitment to be in it. Water polo is essentially a culture of its own because of how people’s behavior differs from in this sport and to people who don’t play sports. How this culture began is vital of knowing why water polo is a culture at all. What people wear is something that can change to the culture of this sport. Finally, why people love to commit to a sport is another idea of what makes this a culture. There are reasons to why water polo can be a culture and this paper will demonstrate the facts.

This game was developed by a man in Great Britain, William Wilson, in the mid-nineteenth century. The game was originated by a form of rugby football. The ball was made out of Indian rubber which was played in lakes and rivers in Scotland and England. This game that was played in England eventually was called water polo, which is based on the English pronunciation of the Balti word for ball, meaning pulu (Snyder 2008). Water polo started with rules of brute force, grabbing each other, and dragging players underwater to obtain the ball. The goalie would stand outside the playing area and would jump on anyone who approached the goal. Later in the 1880s, the game was changed, placing a different strategy by frequent swimming, passing, and scoring into the goal net. Players where only tackled when holding the ball and could not be pulled underwater. Since the game was undergoing so many changes with the rules, the London Water Polo League was founded and had approved the rul...

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...g him the most successful Olympian of all time. The point is that people who put enough commitment into a sport and actually give it their best can become something that’s much greater than just some normal player. Even in water polo, someone who actually puts in the time to master the rules and skills of the game can become a dominant player in the pool.

Water polo is a culture because people who are involved in this sport change what this sport will become in the future, what people who play this sport will look like and how much people will commit to the sport (obviously a lot if they wanted to join the sport in the first place). In Water polo, its how much effort and will-power you are willing to give in order to become a team player out in the water. In the end of the 4-years I’ve gone through playing this sport, I’ve never felt so strong and proud of myself.