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Absolute uniton the Croatian Water Polo squad.
However, excellence at water polo requires an entirely different approach.
How is it possible to stay this fat while treading water for a living?
In the 70s, it wasnt rare for an athlete to specialize in both polo andswimming.
For polo specialists, mass, strength, and endurance are key.
Players nowadays are much bigger, physical, and have the ability to shoot much better.
Leg strength is critical in todays game whether that is in defense or on the attack.
Age is also adifferentiating factor, as 38-year-old Josip Vrlic demonstrates.
What could be a detriment in other disciplines becomes an asset when it comes to water polo.
And theyd beat us!
recounts Jack Bowen, an All-American water polo player at Stanford and Menlo School water polo coach.
Water polo is brutal, argued another.
That unit probably beats you in every athletic mode possible, a user stated.
Most spectators will never understand the physicality of water polo.
Above the water it looks like handball.
Below the water line its like Greco-Roman wrestling, explained a more knowledgeable viewer.
Well, to be fair, in water polo, buoyancy is an asset, replied another.
I dont care what yall say, this build is hot, said one fan.
This is literally the ideal man imo, wrote another.
This is the perfect mans body, argued one user.
I need that, confessed another.
Vrlic and his team are set to face Hungary in the semi-finals this Friday (August 9).
