Underwater football
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Underwater football is a two-team
The goal of the game is to
on the side of the pool. Variations include using a toy rubber torpedo as the ball, and weighing down buckets to rest on the bottom and serve as goals.It is played in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Saskatchewan.[1]
Origins
Underwater football was developed in the 1960s by Dave Murdoch, a scuba diving instructor who was teaching in the
Rules
Several ball types have been used throughout the game's history. These include a 10-
The sport is similar to water polo, but it is played most of the time underwater. Each player can go up to the surface to take air as many times needed, except when he has the football in his hand.
Like the traditional football, one player from each team manoeuvre the ball past their opponents to get to the ball to goal. Each team has 13 players, but only five players are on the court at same time. The player with the ball can swim with it or pass the ball to his team players. Meanwhile, the opponents will try to take the ball from the other player or intercept a pass. And at last the team which has the maximum scores will win.
The court is 10
A match has two 20-minute rounds, and a half-time of 5 minutes.
Governing body
The
See also
- Underwater rugby – Underwater team sport
- Underwater hockey – Underwater sport of pushing a puck into the opposing goal
References
- ^ "Where is it Played". underwaterfootball.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "Manitoba Underwater Council (MUC)".
- ^ "Underwater Football Rules and Regulatinos". Sean Ennis. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ "About the Manitoba Underwater Council". Manitoba Underwater Council. 17 August 2020.