What is the sport of water polo?

Question

*and does anyone know how newton's 3 laws of motion can affect it? *

Answer 1

The ball floats on the water until a player moves the ball or a waves moves the ball.

When the player passes the ball the ball moves fast.  When a player shoots the ball moves even faster.  The mass of the ball doesn't change.

As for an opposite reaction if you push the ball underwater, it's going to pop up.

Water polo is an amazingly tough sport.  It's a mix of boxing and swimming.  Check out the link below if you'd like a reporter's point of view, it was his first time playing :-)  

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto...

Answer 2

waterpolo is sort of like basketball, but in the water. There are two teams, two goals, and one ball. Each time swims with the ball to the other goal, and shoots. You dribble the ball by swimming freestyle with the ball 'resting' between your hands, and moving with the motion of the waves created by your strokes. Water polo is played in the deep end of the pool, so eggbeater is used to help you stay up. It is a very hard sport, and takes LOTS of stamina. I recommend that you try it. But, dont get discouraged if you arent good @ it. or if u think that it is too hard. After a week or so, you will get used to it.

Answer 3

Water polo is a game which resembles European handball except its in the water. The sport is very brutal, and dangerous. It has two goals on opposite sides, like soccer, and has two teams (7 players including the goalie). Four quarters for the whole game.

The game incorporates Newton's three laws of Motion-

1st Law (object in motion will stay in motion, unless an external force is applied to it) In a sense the ball can be considered the object in motion, since the game is played in the water, if the ball is left in the water, it will not move unless someone else moves it.

2nd Law (the quantitative calculations of dynamics, how velocity changes when forces are applied) the ball again can be brought into example, the water polo player will apply force on the ball to move the ball in the desired direction.

3rd Law (For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction) the ball can be used again, when the ball hits the water with force applied, the force is then exerted upon the water causing the ball to stop and the water to splash releasing the force.