“…Notational analysis has been used to quantify technical and tactical aspects of various team sports such as Water Polo as an indication of a team's performance. Some examples include the differences in game-related statistics between winning and losing water polo teams (Argudo Iturriaga, F. M., Roque, Marín, & Lara, 2007;Argudo Iturriaga, Ruiz Lara, & Alonso Roque, 2009;Escalante et al, 2012;Escalante, Saavedra, Mansilla, & Tella, 2011;Lupo, Condello, & Tessitore, 2012;Lupo, Tessitore, Minganti, & Capranica, 2010;Vila, Abraldes, Alcaraz, Rodríguez, & Ferragut, 2011), the effects of competition level on the offensive center forward's role (Lupo et al, 2012), analyses of shots according to player's position (Özkol, Turunç, & Dopsaj, 2013), and differences between elite and sub-elite water polo matches (Lupo et al, 2010). Notational analyses would also be useful in quantifying the potential change in the technical and tactical aspects of water polo after the implementation of rule changes.…”