How do you play waterpolo?

Question

How do you play waterpolo?

Answer 1

there are seven players on a team. one goalie, one sprinter(who after like 30 seconds becomes a normal player) and 5 normal players. the game starts with both teams playing at their side of the pool on the wall. when the ref blows the whistle usually all players except the goalie swim as fast as they can to the middle of the pool. the sprinter is the one who swims toward the ball, who the ref drops into the water when the two sprinters from the two teams get close. when someone gets the ball, usually everyone starts passing and trying to score and stuff. adn thats prettty much it. there are a lot of rules and stuff. like you can't touch the bottom of the pool when you have the ball, you cant put the ball under water, you have to only touch the ball with one hand .... many more rules and stuff. there are many websites about how to play and stuff, all you have to do is search for it on yahoo or google. good luck, and have fun if you are going to be playing water polo!

Answer 2

http://www.jmuwaterpolo.com/rules/

http://www.fina.org/rules/WP/rules_wp.ht...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo

Answer 3

Each team consists of six players and a goalie, with the object obviously being to score the most goals.  The offensive setup usually consists of two players at the lower corners, two at the upper corners, one at point, and one in the middle (the "hole") in front of the net.  There is usually a rotation of players swimming through the middle much like in basketball, with the goal of having the hole man set up a player as he swims in for a shot.

As for rules, noone can touch the bottom of the pool, all fouls result in power plays (like in ice hockey), and substitutions are made at dead balls.

In action, water polo is a physically demanding sport, often relatively rough and violent.  But as far as I'm concerned, it's the best sport to play in the world.

Answer 4

with water