Test to evaluate the shot accuracy in a penalty situation of Water Polo athletes

Abstract

The Water Polo players perform many actions during a match, such as swimming at high intensities, fighting actions, driving the ball, shooting among others. It is intended by means of the study, to elaborate and to value preliminary the quality of tests for the verification of the shot accuracy in penalty situation of Water Polo players. The objective of this research is to propose a test that, based on the particularities of the competition, confirms the accuracy in the shot in a penalty situation in youth Water Polo players. A potential test situation is selected from the catalog of motor actions of the player, which is part of the technical arsenal of the athlete in this sport. The potential test situation accomplish the fundamental requirements for the competitive exercise chosen as the driving content of the test that is developed: culminating with a shot on goal. Methods, such as survey, documents analysis, scientific structure observation, measurement and evaluation for specialist criterion. Based on these budgets, it is possible to prepare the test that is subsequently submitted to the preliminary evaluation process. A sample made up of eight Water Polo specialists from Villa Clara province was used for this investigative task. The result of the applied survey made it possible to gather conclusive elements of the preliminary evaluation process, concluding that the proposed tests allow to verify the accuracy of the shot in a penalty situation in high-level Water Polo players.