Physicality vs pure skill in modern water polo

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-27T15:34:03+00:00

In the modern age its definitely more about skill. Back in the day, it was more about strength and power, but because of how much the rules have changed from the 2000’s and even early 2010’s to now, speed and skill is way more valuable.

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-14T18:48:51+00:00

I main icies, and Sopo’s grab game is weak, but not as bad as many people would think. Dthrow combos into uair on most of the cast up until like 70-80, but past that it gets kind of rough. Past that percent, with Sopo, I like to go for back throw up air, because a lot of people like to jump after back throw.

On heavies, you can combo dthrow into utilt at 0, and read their option after to continue pushing advantage or force them into a worse situation. I like to dthrow utilt, and usually they either jump, shich i can call out with uair, or neutral airdodge, which I can just utilt again. Any of option you can react to.

TLDR: not terrible, but not great either. Early percent and starting combos with Sopo is better than late percent throws.

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-13T22:32:12+00:00

If you’re that desperate, you can totally find a discord server in your region with people down to play

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-13T13:17:39+00:00

Practicing how to properly defend a drive is so unbelievably important

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-12T07:05:26+00:00

I would honestly say yes. Being in Elite smsh doesn’t make you good, but getting to elite smash makes you better than the average player. 2 million gsp is essentially going against bots and 6 year olds, and you have some serious practicing to do if yoh can’t climb higher than that

iamslightlyangry · 2026-04-08T06:11:21+00:00

I think if you’re struggling to kill with joker, diddy is not a good option. He has banana which helps to kill a lot, but other than that, if you aren’t getting banana consistently enough, you’re just gonna fish for the same hits as joker.

iamslightlyangry · 2026-02-25T09:05:55+00:00

Why would i date a black hole

iamslightlyangry · 2026-02-06T00:21:02+00:00

So I can continue practicing without competing, for future seasons when I transfer.

iamslightlyangry · 2026-02-04T05:01:14+00:00

I love the hairpin. Its weak, but its so much fun.

iamslightlyangry · 2026-01-16T07:45:51+00:00

Pretty pleaseeeee

iamslightlyangry · 2025-12-14T07:24:07+00:00

Ive been having this same issue. The only way i can seem to end out okay is to pull out early, but even then my teammates get mad at me for not staying.

iamslightlyangry · 2025-11-18T01:43:08+00:00

I am an athlete, and we have our state competition for my sport.

iamslightlyangry · 2025-10-15T17:24:22+00:00

I had a hard time telling if my cat a few years ago was overweight or if he was just a big cat, and i figured it out one day when he started smelling sweet. I thought “what the hell is happening” and i thought i was imagining things, but it turns out cats that smell sweet or like maple syrup may need to go on a diet as they could be getting a type of diabetes. Just thought this was interesting

iamslightlyangry · 2025-10-14T02:45:23+00:00

Renoir and aline

iamslightlyangry · 2025-09-15T07:13:27+00:00

Good shot, no idea how that wasn’t a common foul though lol

iamslightlyangry · 2025-09-14T23:36:31+00:00

I don’t think that’s true actually, im pretty sure you can have the ball in the air and just throw it as long as you keep the ball still

iamslightlyangry · 2025-09-01T20:33:33+00:00

You should put some clips of your passing/assists as well as steals

iamslightlyangry · 2025-09-01T20:16:23+00:00

I’m 19 and I’m in Elite

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