Water polo is emerging of sport, a kind of ball activities in water. It originated in the middle of the nineteenth century England. First is people swimming in the water preach throw a football entertainment, reason has "water football", which gradually formed between the two teams after the competitive polo movement. 1869 appeared in Britain with small flags fixed line and the goal of water polo matches. In 1877 England burton club Wilson has formulated the world first department water polo competition rules. In 1879 appeared have goal water polo matches. In 1885, British swimming association will water polo as separate events. In 1890 first introduced to the United States, and gradually in Germany, Austria, Hungary and other countries extensively. In 1900, the first five Olympic Games, water polo were classified as official event. Water polo movement from 1973 to host the world water polo tournament began in 1979, international amateur swimming federation held the first session of women's World Cup water polo. 1986 at the fifth world swimming championships will woman water polo classified as official event.
Water polo movement in the 1920s was introduced into China's Hong Kong and guangdong area. Currently Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, Germany and other countries develop better and higher levels. China water team was in the first 8, 9, 10 Olympic Games is continuous on championship at the 23rd Olympic Games won the first nine.
Because water polo is the collective project in water, and game pretty intense, so it requires athletes with strong strength, speed, endurance and flexibility. Athletes apart from general swimming technology outside, still must have good command of special technologies, such as kicking, take-off, swivel, payable to crawl, fast starting, abrupt stop, variable to swim, etc.
The rules of the game
