no, nor touch the bottom of the pool or the Water Polo goals, this will lead to a foul. when you swim for the ball at the start, you must be out 2 meters, not touching the sides.
yes
Water polo is a fairly simple sport in terms of the equipment used, there have been improvements over the last 100 years in water polo equipment: * the ball was originally made of leather which absorbed water during the match, it is now a rubber ball which is earier to grip * trunks were originally cotton or wool causing a lot of drag in the water, modern trunks are rubberised material which causes less drag and are harder for the opposition to hold onto
No, not under FINA rules.
Polo is played on a field while on horseback with the player hitting the ball with a polo mallet in order for it to get into the goal, whereas in water polo it is played in the water and it has more of a resemblance to netball, except you are only allowed to catch with one hand. hope this helped!
During water polo you shouldn't hold someone under water for very long to be fair. In a game just for fun its fair to pass to a number of people before you shoot to score.
Polo didn't have a crew to feed. IF he had ships of the time did load barrels of water and dried foods in the hold. They would get fresh foods in ports where they stopped. It took Polo and his father 4 years to reach China and it wasn't all by water.
There have been womens water polo teams at the last two Olympics.
A polo is about 6.5 minutes at 85% efficiency.
Water Polo Arena
Australian Water Polo was created in 1982.
Water Polo is so named because of its likeness to normal polo and the fact that it is played in water. In reality, it is more similar to Rugby but "water rugby" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
those two sports are totally different the polo is the land sport and water polo is a water sport :D