Water polo

Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as "eggbeater kick"), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. 'Man-up' (or 'power play') situations occur frequently. Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball.

The original version of Water Polo was developed on Earth towards the end of the 19th century OTT. After the Terran Ascent, it spread into the Saran, Pan Sarans and Ult societies with only a few groups showing more than a passing interest in the first two societies and a great deal of interest on the part of the Ult, with it becoming the most popular of the team sports of Terran origin in that society.

Like most sports developed on Pre Ascent Terra, it was designed thinking of the abilities and limitations of the human body, and as such it isn't playable by some species within the Union, even though there have been a number of changes made throughout the years in an attempt to make it playable by all.

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