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I happened into water polo and in retrospect it was the perfect sport for me. I'd played a lot of the traditional sports as a younger kid but by high school I wasn't really interested in the BS that went with them. I was doing a lot of surfing and had been around water all my life, so a buddy talked me into it. Brutal, but fun sport. I actually refused to do competitive swimming - most of the players were swimmers first, polo players second. I am a particle sport guy, so swimming was just a means to an end. I was probably the slowest player in the pool, but if you have half a brain, understand the flow of the game, and have good hands, you can excel. I was offered a college scholarship at a small liberal arts school but ended up not going.
Now at age 52 I'm back in the pool doing laps for exercise. One thing about football and track/cc - that time playing during HS/college can come back to haunt you later in life. I know a few college FB players that went on to have long-term physical problems (mostly knees and back).
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