1.This, because when people say they wake up early, you roll your eyes, because THIS is your alarm clock:
2.SRSLY. So...many...early...mornings:
3.This chart, which depicts the very real struggle of practice way too accurately:
4.This, because we need to talk about how water polo makes your stomach a bottomless pit:
5.Like, can you even remember a time you WEREN'T hungry?
6.This picture, which sums up what practice REALLY looks like:
7.This, because it perfectly describes when that one player is a little too ~clingy~ during a game:
8.And then when this happens during a game:
9.This picture, because most of the time you think your coach *might* be trying to kill you:
10.Like when your coach does this:
11.And let's talk about how the smell of the pool never really leaves you:
12.This, because sometimes you JUST CANNOT get a call in your favor:
13.Like, is the ref actually watching the same game that's being played?
14.This picture that accurately shows how your survive a difficult practice:
15.This is how you look when you have to head to school right after morning practice:
16.Random person: "Water polo doesn't seem that hard." You:
17.But as this shows, when you ARE actually injured, you probably don't even realize it because you're balling too hard:
18.This picture that shows you before water polo season, and after water polo season:
19.This picture that accurately depicts your reaction to people who don't play polo think they're being funny, like you've never heard this joke before:
20.Like, if you don't play, please don't talk. You don't know what's going on in the water:
21.This picture, which describes what might be the worst feeling in the world:
22.This picture accurately describes how water polo impacts your social life:
23.This picture that shows the struggle of what happens during the summer:
24.This picture that describes the dangers of showering after practice:
25.This, which shows what it's like to put on THAT suit (you know the one) before a big game:
26.This, which is basically how you feel after getting out of the pool after a rough game:
27.And finally, this just about sums up why you love water polo so much: