Application to water polo athletes: You shouldn’t stop working on the fundamentals of water polo. You will never reach a point when practicing the fundamentals becomes a waste of your time. This is true regardless of how high-level of a player you are. We must continue to practice the reliable fundamentals such as wet passing, dry passing, releasing for the ball, pressure passing, swimming with the ball, ball-in-hand, ball-faking, defending with your hips up, and other important fundamentals. In addition to that, we should always trust and listen to our coach.