water polo olympics
How deep is the pool for water polo at the Beijing Olympic Games?
and if so, so someone “dumb” down the rules so that I may explain them to my younger brother?
Water polo is played in deep water – a minimum of 1.8 metres (just a little under 6 feet).
The game involves teams of seven players, with a ball similar in size to a soccer ball but constructed out of waterproof nylon. The goal of the game is to throw the ball into the team’s goal net at the end of the pool, and prevent the opposition from doing so at the other end of the pool.
The game is divided into four quarters, each of seven minutes. The clock is not stopped within a quarter. A team may not have possession of the ball for longer than 35 seconds without shooting for the goal – after this time, possession passes to the other team.
Dimensions of the water polo pool can vary between 20 x 10 and 30 x 20 metres. The goals are 3 metres wide. One player on each team is designated the goalkeeper, and their primary job is to guard the goals, deflecting or catching any shots at goal. The goalkeeper is the only player who can touch the ball with both hands at any time.
Players can move the ball by throwing it to a teammate or swimming whilst pushing the ball in front of them. Players are not permitted to push the ball underwater when being tackled, or push or hold the opposition unless they are holding the ball. Water polo players tend to need remarkable stamina due to the considerable amount of holding and pushing that occurs during the game, both that which is unseen/ignored by the referees and that which is disallowed.
If a player is caught committing a sufficiently bad foul, typically an act of brutality, he or she is sent out for 20 seconds or until the next goal, whichever comes first. This creates a ‘man-up’ situation in which the attacking team can reasonably expect to score, typically by adopting a 4-2 formation, and moving the goalkeeper out of position. If a player is sent out three times, he or she must sit out the whole match.
water polo olympics
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Being exceptionally tall has many advantages, but what about when it comes to sporting endeavour, in particular when it comes to water sports. So just what are the plus and minus points of height when it comes to Swimming, rowing, water polo, canoe sports etc. How can a competitor use extra height to gain a competitive advantage over an opponent who has a different physical make up.
Let’s look at the key attributes of the taller sports person. First and foremost is the ability to reach further. Being taller implies longer arms and legs, in turn meaning longer reach ability and longer stride ability. This is a tremendous advantage in many sports, but in particular water sports. One of the key factors to swimming is to generate long arcs with the arms and legs. This is only possible with long levers. The front crawl swim stroke requires that you have a long stroke i.e. your arms are powering through the water longer for every stroke than a shorter competitors. The longer your arms are in the water the more time you have to propel yourself in forward motion. Taller swimmers (and just take a look at who lines up for the next Olympic 200 metres Freestyle final) tend to have the textbook long, smooth stroke, whereas the shorter swimmers have a shorter, snappier stroke. Shorter swimmers, if powerful enough do however tend to excel at the more explosive and shorter events, such 50 metre breast stroke, where the long smooth stroke is overpowered by the more powerful short sharp strokes that generate forward momentum quickly.
Rowing is very much the domain of the taller athlete. Take a look any elite rowing crew and they will be tall. Even the lighter weight crews tend to be long and lean as opposed to short and muscular. Rowing is very much a team sport where all action and movement must be simultaneous to maximise effort. This is much easier to acheive if your crew of four or eight are of a similar height. Then to achieve a long stroke, maximising the oar time in the water, longer levers are required.
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How deep is the water in Olympic Water Polo???
The depth of the pool for water polo is covered by FINA Facility Rule 7:
“FR 7.2 Field of play. The distance between the respective goal lines shall be 30.0 metres for games played by men and 25.0 metres for games played by women. The width of the field of play shall be 20.0 metres. The depth of the water shall be nowhere less than 1.8 metres, preferably 2.0 metres.”
Olympics ’08: Silver for Women in Water Polo
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