Water Polo

As the name suggests, water polo is a team ball sport played in the water. It constitutes of speed, accuracy, endurance and team spirit. The game initially drew its rules and regulations from rugby and was played in lakes and rivers in the 1860’s which later moved indoors during the late 1870s.The sport gained popularity by the mid-1880 by that time water polo was more in resemblance to soccer with its passing and caged goals. Today, the game has become more technical than physical which calls upon speed, good swimming skills and team spirit. Water polo became an Olympic Sport in 1900. FINA is the official governing body of water polo and organizes world championships every four years and a World Cup every two years.

To score more goals than the opponent team in order to win the play.

General

The historical backdrop of water polo as a team sport started as a show of solidarity and swimming ability in late nineteenth-century England and Scotland, where water sports and racing displays were a component of regional fairs and festivals. Men's water polo was among the primary group activities presented at the modern Olympic diversions in 1900. Water polo is currently prevalent in numerous nations around the globe, remarkably Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia. The present-day amusement includes groups of seven players (in addition to up to six substitutes), with a water polo ball comparative in size to a soccer ball yet built of thick Nylon.

The first of the earliest recorded viewings of water polo was directed at the fourth Open Air Fete of the London Swimming Club which was held at the Crystal Palace loacted in London on 15 September 1873. Another forerunner of the modern round of Water Polo was a round of water 'handball' played at Bournemouth on 13 July 1876. This was a diversion between 12 individuals from the Premier Rowing Club, with objectives being set apart by four flags set in the water close to the midpoint of Bournemouth Pier. The diversion began at 6:00 pm and went on for 15 minutes (when the ball burst) viewed by an extensive group; with plans being made for play on a bigger scale the next week.

The principles of water polo were initially created in the late nineteenth century in Great Britain by William Wilson. Wilson is accepted to have been the First Baths Master of the Arlington Baths Club in Glasgow. The first rounds of 'sea-going football' were played at the Arlington in the late 1800s (the Club was established in 1870), with a ball developed of India rubber. This "water rugby" came to be designated as "water polo" because of the English articulation of the Balti word for ball, pulu. Early play permitted savage quality, wrestling and holding opposing players submerged to recuperate the ball. Players held immersed for extended periods, for the most part, surrendered ownership. The goalie remained outside the playing territory and safeguarded the objective by bouncing in on any rival endeavouring to score by putting the ball on the deck.