Water Polo: Defensive Techniques Skills & Drills

* Ramp up your defensive skill set * Enhance your defense withstrategic tips and proven skillinstruction * Master effective drove zone andpressure defensive skills with KirkEverist University of CaliforniaBerkeley Head Men's Coach '06 & '07NCAA Champions; as a player - 3xAll-American NCAA Player of the Year('88) and 2x US Olympian Cal AthleticHall of Fame ('04) and USA Water PoloHall of Fame ('04) In Part 1: 2 Meter Defense Skills KirkEverist begins with a skill setexplanation of the 2-meter defensiveposition. Coach Everist feels that the2-meter defense position is the mostimportant to a team in that it dictatesthe defensive set for the frontcourtdefense. Everist offers a "what you needto know" lesson for the positionfollowed by the position job descriptionand a thorough explanation for the baseposition for 2 meter defensive play.Everist next explains 2 meter skills andskill strategies followed by an in thepool demonstration of base position andbasic position skills. Next Everistdetails 2-meter defensive skills in adryland walk through followed by anin-the-pool segment demonstrating ninedrills for siding and fronting for2-meter defense. In Part 2)Drive/Perimeter Defense Skills Everistdetails "what you need to know" jobdescription and position andpositioning strategies for effectiveDrive Zone and Pressure Defense. Hefollows with an extensive skill & drillwalk through for drive zone andpressure defense followed by in the pooldemonstrations of the skills and drills.Part 3) Water Polo Basic MovementSkills: included as a separate chapter;Coach Everist shares 8 different drills(both in and out of water) including:hand transfer drills swimming with balldrills vision quickness drills andwrist drill. Along with Everist'sexceptional teaching you will alsobenefit greatly from demonstration fromEverist's players that will help youperfect your defensive play! 51 minutes. 2008.[]More detail ...