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Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal .
Water Polo Balls come in standard sizes: Size 5: Men's water polo ball. Circumference of the ball shall be not less than 0.68 metres and not more than 0.71 metres. Ball weight is 400-450 grams (14-16 ounces) and inflated to 90-97 kPa (kilopascals) gauge pressure (7.5-8.5psi) [1] Size 4: Compact (age 14 & under boys) and Women's water polo ball.
Water polo is an intensely aggressive sport, so fouls are very common and result in a free throw during which the player cannot shoot at the goal unless outside the 6 meter line. If a foul is called outside the 6 meter line, the player may either shoot (in one movement, ie without faking), pass or continue swimming with the ball.
🤽♀️ Water polo Through Aug. 11 One of my favorite feel-good stories of the Olympics thus far is Flavor Flav’s sponsorship of the women’s water polo team , who (ahem) have already won ...
This seems counterintuitive because water polo is renowned for its demanding training regimen, which often exceeds six hours per day with pool sessions and additional conditioning.
Internationally, the biggest water polo competition in the world is played in the Netherlands. Prince William of Wales was the captain of his collegiate water polo team at St Andrew's University, Scotland. The annual Varsity Match between Oxford and Cambridge Universities is the sport's longest running rivalry, first played in 1891. [15]
Once upon a time, in a far away land called England, a young Prince decided to play for the university water polo team and donned a Speedo that was abnormally high up on his waist.
A water polo cap is a piece of headgear used in water polo and a number of underwater sports.The caps are used to identify both the player and their team, and to protect their ears from injury possibly caused by a water polo ball hitting the head.