How does scoring work in water polo?

Answer 1

there are 5 or 6 judges who mark the swimmers out of ten (including decimals) normally, the judges will get a score sheet beforehand telling them (for the specific competition) what thing deserves what mark. the judges simply sit at poolside and hold uptheir marks at the end!

Answer 2

A big rule is no touching the bottom or the sides of the pool while doing your routine.

Also if someone on your team doesn't do an element (required parts in the routine) the team gets penalized.

Answer 3

Two categories:

1) Technical Merit

---Execution

---Synchronization

---Difficulty

2) ARtistic Impression

---Manner of Presentation

---Music Interpretation

---Overall Impression

Answer 4

On meets with 2 teems competing whoever gets first place gets 3 points, second 2, and third 1 point. At the end of the meet the announce the score.

Answer 5

whenever a team scores a goal, it counts as one point, and so on.