Water Polo

They are not allowed because they can cause injury. If the ball were to hit one in the face, hard, the goggles could cause serious injury to the person's face. Also they could cut other players because it being a full contact sport (bumping into another and scraping them, some thing to pull on, or bash into face, etc). As goggles could be used as an advantage both because it could cut/hurt anther player, and because they could be used to pull on or to intentionally disable another player.

You either cut a hole, or when you pump the ball, put the tube in and then when it is almost out, leave it there. It should make a hissing sound and you should be able to feel some air blowing. you kill it with a kitchen knife you pop it or take the needle outof the pump to blow it up and just leave it in the basketball

Women's and men's are the same. Usually 2 meters or deeper, but it depends on the pool they play at.

six feet

Uhh Lob shot, back shot, sweep shot, push shot, flick shot, long shot, 5 metre... There are many names because different teams sometimes give them different names.

14 kinds of coffee and 4 decaf or at least that's what you can buy from their store...

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The Canadian female water polo player and goalkeeper Whynter Lamarre, who played in the 2001 and 2005 world championships, was born January 14, 1979. As of September 1, 2007 she would be 28 years old.

Some pools have a shallow end to warm up in, and then the playing area is deep, some have just deep water, some are half and half. I depends on what pool you are in.

Water Polo is very physically demanding and requires very good swimming ability. The Physical demand changes depending on the league in with you play. I THINK IT'S STUPID

Each team can have up to 13 players, seven are in the water at anyone time, the rest are on the bench. They have rolling substitutions.

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Switzerland are towards the bottom of the European countries at water polo.

The European Chamionships are organised with 11 - 12 teams competing in the A Championships, with the top 6 competing in the final Tournament. This is scheduled for Lugano later in 2009.

The next 12 teams compete in the B Championships, with the last tournament ocuring in Manchester in 2007. Switzerland didn't qualify for the B Championships - during the qualifying games Switzerland:

* beat Austria (8-6) * lost to Ireland (9-10) * lost to Montenegro (3-30) Montenegro did win the overall championship to be promoted to the A League

In terms of women's water polo, Switzerland just recently finished 8th (last) in the 2009 European Championship finals losing all 3 games and finishing with a -37 goal difference

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Water Polo is a very different sport to Polo. The way it is played is completely different and the equipment is different. There are no horses involved, just like there are no mallets involved and the ball is also different. Water Polo has its own rules.

The salary for a professional water polo player varies by team, location and how good the player is. An average is around $30,000.

Water polo is usually played in 4 quarters of 7 minutes each therefore there is 28 minutes of playing time however the clock stops every time the ball goes out of play or there is a foul resulting in an actual game taking a lot longer, usually around an hour

Water polo is now popular in many countries around the world, notably Europe (particularly in Hungary, Greece, Italy, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro,Romania), the United States, Canada and Australia

There are 4 periods, each lasting anywhere from 4 to 10 minutes, depending on the level of the players.

they do this by intruding a play or being overly aggressive

Play with contacts or get the "rec specs" from a athletic supply store that they sell for land sports

The history of water polo as a team sport began as a demonstration of strength and swimming skill in late 19th century England and Scotland, where water sports and racing exhibitions were a feature of county fairs and festivals

Most countries in the World will play waterpolo to deffering standards. It is most Europe (particularly in Hungary, Greece, Italy, Russia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro), the United States, Canada and Australia

It took place in 1857, in Missouri.