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| 1. Description - |
| This class consists of intermediate water polo skills and techniques that include ball handling, dribbling, passing, shooting, and blocking. This class also includes a review of the rules of the game, team offense, team defense, developing players at specific positiions, and an introduction to specifc team plays and strategies.
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| Prerequisite: None
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| Co-requisite: None
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| Advisory: This course is included in the Team Sports Family of activity courses.
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| 2. Course Objectives - |
| The student will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in intermediate individual water polo skills
- Ball handling
- Dribbling
- Passing
- Blocking
- Shooting
- Participate in intermediate water polo drills necessary for skill development
- Engage in conditioning and stretching exercises as they relate to intermediate level
water polo
Demonstrate an understanding of the rules, scoring and etiquette for match playParticipate in water polo class competitionsRepeating students must demonstrate increased depth and breadth of related skills, with new learning objectives
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| 3. Special Facilities and/or Equipment - |
| Access to Swimming pool, water polo balls, water polo caps and water polo goals.
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| 4. Course Content (Body of knowledge) - |
| - Intermediate Water Polo Skills
- Ball Handling
- Refine elements of legal ball handling
- Use drill work to develop dexterity and strength
- Incorporate the egg-beater kick to develop proper body-positioning
- Dribbling
- Refine all elements of head up freestyle
- Develop ability to transition from horizontal to vertical body-positioning
- Use drill work to develop speed and ability to pass and receive passes while dribbling
- Passing
- Refine techniques and define rules
- Use drill work to develop dexterity and strength
- Refine different types of passing techniques including wet and dry passes
- Shooting
- Refine techniques and timing of shooting
- Use drill work to develop dexterity and strength
- Develop different types of shots including: wet, dry, center (step-out, sweep, back-hand), penalty, and perimeter shooting
- Blocking
- Refine techniques of legal blocking
- Use drill work to develop dexterity and strength
- Develop players specifically at the goalie position
- Rules of the Game
- NCAA rules
- FINA rules
- Intermediate Strategies and Tactics
- Offense team play
- Defense team play
- Power plays (offensively and defensively)
- Set-up plays
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| 5. Repeatability - Moved to header area. |
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| 6. Methods of Evaluation - |
| - Writing assignments
- Skill Demonstration
- Journal entries
- Quizzes 1-4
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| 7. Representative Text(s) - |
| Nitzkowski, Monte. Water Polo: Learning and Teaching the Basics. Huntington Beach, CA.: Water Polo Consulting Service, 2008. Print.
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| 8. Disciplines - |
| Physical Education
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| 9. Method of Instruction - |
| - Lecture
- Discussion
- Cooperative learning exercises
- Laboratory
- Demonstration
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| 10. Lab Content - |
| - Intermediate Water Polo Skills
- Ball Handling
- Dribbling
- Passing
- Shooting
- Blocking
- Rules of the Game
- NCAA rules
- FINA rules
- Intermediate Strategies and Tactics
- Offense team play
- Defense team play
- Power plays (offensively and defensively)
- Set-up plays
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| 11. Honors Description - No longer used. Integrated into main description section. |
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| 12. Types and/or Examples of Required Reading, Writing and Outside of Class Assignments - |
| - Optional reading and writing assignments as recommended by instructor
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| 13. Need/Justification - |
| This course satisfies the Foothill GE Requirements for Area VII, Lifelong Learning.
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