Fazler, Jed and Fazler, Hunter. Personal interviews. 25 July 2019.
During this hour long interview the Fazler brothers, Hunter and Jed, both described to Nicolas Reategui their experience with swimming and water polo and Jed gave information about the FSU Men's Water Polo team. Hunter and Jed have been swimming for approximately 12 years and have been playing water polo for five years now. Hunter will be attending Florida Stae in the Fall of 2019 while Jed will be a sophomore and is a part of the FSU Men’s Water Polo team, joining during the latter half of the fall semester and all of the spring semester of his freshman year. The interview shows the perspective of two players who genuinely enjoy the water sport but are still wary of the many flaws in the sport like the underwater fouling that the referee cannot see so he simply cannot call it. The information was proven to be extremely useful as it provided insight from players in a comfortable open environment since they were with their friend and gave information regarding the game of water polo and the FSU Men’s Water Polo team.
Botonis, Petros G., et al. “Training Loads, Wellness And Performance Before and During Tapering for a Water-Polo Tournament.” Journal of Human Kinetics, vol. 66, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 131–141. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=s3h&AN=135775893&site=ehost-live.
The research conducted by Botonis and his colleagues was to investigate the training loads, wellness and performance before and during tapering for a Water-Polo Tournament, as the title states. The study further proved that the wellness and swimming performance of players was improved when the internal training load was reduced and the periodization training they tested would be effective as a workout to be done leading up to a playoff tournament. The study was done on eight high-level water polo players which are clearly not your average player. Botonis and his colleagues are affiliated with the Department of Aquatic Sports at the University of Athens in Greece which is the Balkans, an area well known for consisting of very elite water polo players. The information, although incredibly useful for coaches, was not relevant to my research on the matter of the FSU Men’s Water Polo team since I was seeking information that would provide me a better insight of how and why the club functions the way they do.
Barrenetxea-Garcia, Josu, et al. “Relative Age Effect and Left-Handedness in World Class Water Polo Male and Female Players.” Laterality, vol. 24, no. 3, May 2019, pp. 259–273. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/1357650X.2018.1482906.
Barrenetxea-Garcia and his colleagues are affiliated with the Department of Physiology at the University of the Basque Country in Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain. Their goal was to study the relevance of the relative age effect (RAE) in elite water players in 2011, 2013 and 2015. They also studied the association between handedness and RAE. The relative age effect is the bias that is created amongst young athletes that give individuals born closer to after a sports cut-off dates an upper hand since they are more developed than the others, which leads to them gaining a higher chance in becoming pro. The study conducted showed that the left-handed players in water polo performed more shots and shots per minute. This data measured elite pro players and not average high school or college athletes. I used this researcher as it provided interesting information on the effectiveness of left-handed players and how they are extremely useful to a water polo team, especially one like the FSU Men’s Water Polo team as they are in demand of left-handed players.
Tucher, Guilherme, et al. “Sensitivity and Validity of a Functional Test for Agility Performance in Water Polo Players.” Kinesiology, vol. 48, no. 1, June 2016, pp. 124–131. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=117305015&site=ehost-live.
Tucher, de S. Castro, da Silva, and Garrido are affiliated with the Center of Physical Education and Health at Science and Technology of the Southeast of Minas Gerais in Brazil, School of Physical Education at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, and Sports Science Department at University of Tras-os-Montes in Portugal, respectively with de S. Castro and da Silva associating with the same location. The study conducted was to test the validity of the Functional Test for Agility Performance (FTAP) in six elite junior male players and 65 competitive men. The test was proven to be a valid method to assess training and expertise by the research conducted. The research provided did have similar age and player experience with the FSU Men’s Water Polo team, however, the information was not used because it was unnecessary to mention the FTAP since I was not seeking a way to improve myself in the sport but I was seeking information concerning the specific club at FSU and the basics of the sport.
Streeter, Brian. 2018-19 And 2019-20 Water Polo Rules & Interpretations. Edited by Ben Brownlee, NCAA, 2018.
This document was written by Streeter and explains exactly the rules of the water polo sport for the years 2018-2020. Streeter works for the National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA) which is the agreed-upon primary source for coaches and referees to use as a guideline for playing water polo in college. The information provided within the handbook consists of ball size regulations to the types of fouls and what to do in specific situations that occur during the game. The NCAA is North American based and only applies to the North American region so they would not be in charge of the rules and regulations taken place in other parts of the world. This document provided to be extremely useful and I used it to give a greater insight into the exact specifications needed for the special water polo ball in competitive play. It is also useful to clear up any confusion on the matter regarding rules and fouling that was not already discussed in the interview with Hunter and Jed Fazler.
Bebetsos, Evangelos. “How Important Is the Role of National Division and Experience on Water-Polo Players’ Levels of Anxiety and Aggression?” Polish Psychological Bulletin, vol. 49, no. 3, Sept. 2018, pp. 360–364. EBSCOhost, doi:10.24425/119503.
The study conducted by Bebestsos aimed to discover a possible difference amongst male and female water polo players in terms of anxiety, anger and aggression levels. Bebetsos is associated with the Department of Physical Education and Sport at the Democritus University of Thrace, based in Greece which is in the Balkan region where many elite water polo players originate from. He sampled 225 water polo players with 105 women and 120 men between the ages of 17 to 39 years of age. Their anxiety and aggression levels were tested on the Greek versions of the CSAI-2 and CAAS instruments. The finished study gave the results of male athletes in the 2nd national divisions having greater aggression and anger levels compared to the other athletes. This data useful for investigating the mental health of athletes in water polo was proven to not be of use for this research project as I did not mention how the sport affects the players' mental health and focused on the details of the FSU Men’s Water Polo team and covered some basics of the sport.
Hraste, Mladen, et al. “Where Is Today’s Water Polo Heading? An Analysis of the Stages of Development of the Game of Water Polo.” Nase More, vol. 60, Apr. 2013, pp. 17–22. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=88818761&site=ehost-live.
This Croatian based document written by Hraste, Bebic, and Rudic is aimed to analyze the history of water polo and how the game has progressed throughout many rules changes and further analyzing possible developments that may occur in the future to the game. Hraste is associated with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the University of Split and Bebic and Rudic are associated with the Croatian Water Polo Federation Zagreb. The authors analyze how water polo has been played differently throughout the years with impacts from both the rules and the tactics on how the game is played. Currently, the Croatian authors, to the extent of their research, believe the game has a high rhythm and tempo but also includes many physical contact fouls and has 60% of wasted time during the transition of the players. They suggest implementing new rules they have that would solve these reoccurring issues. To me, this research seems heavily biased as the goal is to promote new rule changes and the primary focus of my research is to talk about the current game of water polo and the FSU Men’s Water Polo team, so I did not include any information from this article in my document.
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