All the teaching one does will have little meaning unless players bring the correct information into their brains so they can process it to help solve their problems. O ne must recognize that a problem exists before one can use any information to solve it. If you don t know the problem exists, there is no way you can solve it. You can teach the solution to problems to others but only they can recognize through the information that they process that a problem does exist. Recognition then solution.
Shooting is a little less important because it is an extension of passing.
The reason passing and catching are so important in water polo is because the speed the ball travels at, versus the speed of a moving player. Without these skills, it is impossible to perform any offensive system effectively. Following the rule of doing first things first, one must be able to pass and catch the ball effectively before trying to run an offensive. E very coach and every executive must learn to make effective decisions. Man has been dealing with this problem since the beginning of time.