Water polo
Li Hong (Leo) Hsu
Leo Hsu is Professor at National Taiwan University of Sport(NTUS). He is also the Dean at Liberal Arts Centre and CEO of Olympic Education Centre at NTUS. He has been teaching swimming for many years since 1986 and still competing at international/national level for master swimming/water polo events around the World. Currently, Leo is still the national swimming Champion in his age group on 50 Fly and 50 free. Leo received his PhD at Leeds University, UK in 2003. and developed his teaching/research career as an expert in sports/coaching philosophy and Olympic Education. In 2021, he established the first Olympic Education Centre/Museum in Taiwan at NTUS. The aims of this centre are to promote World Peace through Olympic Education and physical activities.
Lesson Overview
Water Polo
During this lesson, participants will be divided into a few groups（ 3-5 persons each）. We will proceed it with three stages. The first stage will be on the ground with a few dryland skills like holding the ball, passing and some basic tactics/straetgies/rules of how to play water polo games. The second stage will be in the water with basic drills like different ways of treading water, passing and dribbling the ball while swimming. The last stage, I will organize some min games so that most of the participants get a taste of the real fun competition feeling!