SPLASH!!! It’s Friday night and South Hobart 5/6 mixed water polo team enter the pool for another epic game in the 2025 water polo season. Here are three things that I’ve learnt from this season.

 #1 We (my water polo team the ‘Reds’) had to learn how to communicated  and hear one another, while our supporters shouted from the stands to get the ball into the goal!

#2 While we trained every Tuesday night (thanks Coach Callan), we did lots of different exercises involving different skills like one where we had to hold a chair above our heads while treading water!

Lastly, #3

We all wore special caps to protect our ears from getting hit by the ball and they made us look like Ommpa Loompas* my dad said. The caps were tied to our heads with chin straps but they constantly came undone even though we double knotted them. I finally discovered that they would stay on better, only if you yanked on the knot they stuck!

*Oompa Loompas from Charlie and the chocolate factory!

By Alba from 6A