What is water polo??

Question

i know it is on the olympics, but what is it????

Answer 1

Water polo is a tough sport.

There are two teams

1 ball.

2 nets

You start off with a swim off from each team's net to get the ball at the center line in the pool. Then it's kind of like soccer, but in the water, and you use your hands, you have to tread water using 'eggbeater' to tread water, and pass around your team, you can only catch the ball with 1 hand and throw it with 1 hand. The goal is to get the ball into the net so someone shoots (throws the ball) at the net and if it goes in the team that shot gets a point, if the goalie catches it or tips it out or the person misses, then there's no point. If someone from the other team tips the ball out of bounds the other team gets it. It's really tough, because you have a check all over you trying to get the ball and they can wrestle under the water. They can't directly punch you in the face or anything, you'll get kicked in the game. You can get kicked the ribs, punched in the ribs, kicked in the face, elbowed, wrestled with underwater , n anythin can happen that's hard for a ref to see. When a team scores the two teams line up facing each other and the team that got scored on gets the ball, like in football. N in the end when the timer runs out the team with the most points wins.

For some reason I think it's freaking awesome and really tough. Water polo is awesome.

edit: also there are 7 players including a goalie on each team.

Answer 2

dude that keely girl is retarded. water plo is like soccer and wrestling in the water. soccer because its almost the same rules and same set up and wrestling because its a brutal game and u get beat up. instead of using your feet like in soccer u use ur hands. you have to throw the ball into the goal not whack it. in water polo they use a technique called eggbeating and that helps u actually jump out of water so u can shoot with alot of power and it also conserves energy. theres 7 players on the field for each team at a time inclusing a goalie.

Answer 3

ino, i want to no what it is also.

Answer 4

http://video.search.yahoo.com/search/vid...       THE FIRST VID ON THE SECOND ROW WHEN IT COMES UP IT SHOULD SAY WHAT IS WATER POLO

it is sort of like under water resling

Answer 5

water polo is kind of like a mixture of swimming an scoccer

you start of with seven people on each team in the pool(that includes goalies)

your not aloud to touch the bottom of the pool with your feet and you can only use one hand to control the ball

Answer 6

i think its like vollyball but in water and the players arent allowed to touch the ground so the whole time so they have ot tread water. they puch each other down and tackle a lot to.

Answer 7

its when ur in a swimming pool and theres two teams and u have to wacka ball  into a net  and score points and swim for the ball !! There is clubs to join for it everywhere and it can be quite good fun!!