Water sports have always had a special distinction in the sports category. Water Polo is one such game which is requires the players to have dual skills. One being the skill of being a swimmer and the other skill is a keen eye and judgment to see the ball coming.

Water Polo is a sport played between two teams in swimming pools which have a netted goal set up at each end. The competing teams make an attempt to score points by throwing a floating ball into the opponent’s goal. Each goal is counted as one point.

In the men’s water polo competition, the pool or water area must be a minimum of 20 meters wide and a maximum of 30 meter long, with a depth of 1.8 meters. In women’s competition, the playing area is lesser and measures 17 meters in width and 25 meters in length. Read the rest of this entry »