BC Waterpolo Association

Did you Know #1……
Water Polo is a grueling game and one of extreme physical contact, it has been called "the most physically demanding and mentally challenging of all sports" by leading exercise physiologists. Water polo players can cover up to 5 kilometers in an hour and 15 minute game.

Continuously stopping and starting motion, thinking about where the ball is and where it is going and working together with 5 other players. These players are considered to be amongst the best conditioned athletes in the world.

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Did you know #2: A Brief History of water polo.
Did you know #3: The water polo ball.
Did you know #4: First rules for water polo.
Did you know #5: The VERY beginning.
Did you know #6: Early evolution.
Did you know #7: The ball.
Did you know #8: Water polo by the numbers.