WATER POLO

Water Polo:
Volleyball is water sports. The team currently consists of six players selected field and one goalie. Match winner is the team that has won more. The game includes swimming, treading water, passing the ball while it is protected from enemies and scoring, network, protect the goalkeeper. Water polo, it is strong as Earth's handball game. "Man-up" (or "power game") is also based on frequency comparison with ice hockey.

Overview:

Seven players from each team (six field players and a goalkeeper) are allowed in the field to play pool games. Visiting team field players wear numbered and usually wear white hats and players dominated the blue field commonly Combs (although it is now allowed other contrasting colors); both goalies wear red caps, numbered "1". Both teams may substitute players while the ball is in their possession. During game play, players enter and exit on the corner of the swimming pool or the purpose; When the game is interrupted, it can be to enter or exit anywhere. in the area, including the goal keeper is 7 people

Game variants:

Inner tube water polo is a style of water polo players, excluding Goalkeepers are required to float Chambers. Floating in an inner tube players expend less energy than traditional water polo players, not having to tread water. This allows casual players to enjoy water polo, and carried out intensive checking requires ordinary water polo.

Surf Polo, water polo, another variation played on surfboards. Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on the first play in the 1930s and 1940s, refers to Louis kahanamoku, Duke kahanamoku's brother.

Canoe polo or Kayak polo is one of the eight disciplines of canoeing "in the United Kingdom, known as the" Polo "its enthusiasts. Polo combines paddling and ball handling with an exciting game, team contact, where tactics and positional play is as important as speed and adaptability to individual athletes.

More competitions:

Men's water polo Olympic Games is the first team sports introduced at the 1900 games, along with cricket, rugby, football, Polo (with horses), rowing and tug of war. The women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games after political protests from the Australian women's team.
The most famous water polo match in history, 1956 Summer Olympics semi-final match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. As the athletes headed for the games, the Hungarian revolution began and the Soviet army crushed the uprising. Hungarians won the USSR 4-0 before the game is called the final minute to prevent angry Hungarians in the crowd reacting to Valentin Prokopov punching, Metropolitn Zador said.

Every 2 to 4 years after 1973, the men's water polo World Championship is organized according to the FINA World Championships, water sports. in 1986 added Volleyball for women. A second tournament series, the Fina Water Polo World Championship, held every year since 1979 in 2002, Fina organized the first International League sport Fina Water Polo World League.

There is also a European water polo championship, held every year.

Professional water polo is played in many parts of southern and Eastern European countries such as Serbia, Croatia, Russia, Italy, Spain, etc. with the LEN Euroleague tournament played between the best teams.


Useful sites:
www.waterpolo-world.com
www.sportcentric.com