FIGHT CLUB
„The first rule of the Fight Club is that you do not talk about the Fight Club”
Dunaújváros is a small, post-socialist town in the middle of Hungary. Here, in addition to the architecture of the city and to the daily work of the metallurgical factory, sport is also really important for the people. The local Women’s Water Polo Club (hereafter DFVE) is amongst the best female water polo teams on the European level, however the life of the athletes is much harder and more complex than the fans and visitors could see. As human beings, they also have emotional issues and they work really hard, like a family, hour by hour and day by day. The most important thing is to win the next game and to reach the team’s goals throughout the season. To do so, „the first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club.” Water polo is not a lovely sport, the fights are visible even from the side of the pool, although nobody likes to speak about the injuries, neither the fans, and specially not the players. The girls’ time-table is full from Monday to Saturday (sometimes on Sundays as well) with training and matches. There is no time and place for an injury simply because they cannot afford to stay at home and fall out of shape. General view of the athletes is that they pay the price of success with injuries and pain, and the players of DVFE are not exceptions. “No pain, no gain” – it is as simple as that. In case one gets injured even so, they take the shortest time possible to heal and come back as soon as it is medically allowed.
