![]() ![]() ![]() Sharks and Minnows is as old as swimming. Often a strong Swimming Battleball player can simply bear hug the ball and lay on it, suffering multiple dunks without releasing the ball. ***NOTE, many teams win by dominating the opponent’s ball. – Once your team scores, one swimmer from the goal-scoring team, jumps out, grabs the ball, throws it to their player in the back field. – You can dunk the person holding the ball (but SwimSwam’s not responsibility if you do as we’re merely reporting the rules). Keep your opponent’s ball shutdown, or in the back field. The objective: get your big ball through the hole. – This is a two-ball game, ideally big balls, beachball-sized. ![]() – The goal is a plywood board into which you cut a large hole. – Time on the clock? You play the entire workout, treading water the entire practice. The back field is for two swimmers only from each team. The deep end, if you have one, is the playing field. – Divide your swim team up, no matter how big. Played in the 1970s and 1980s during first weeks of fall practice, this two hour marathon of war is an ideal way to get swimmers’ their feel for water back fast. Swimming Battleball is like water polo, but with more teeth and grit. Best saved for post-season, though, as this one can get a little rough. One variation involves a standard water polo goal, others involve putting the ball in the gutter and holding it there for a 5-7 second count. Like water polo, but without much in the way of rules. – an invasion game, one team strives to get their ball in the opposing team’s goalġa. ![]() Internationally, Hungary is the water polo beast. Terry Schroeder is USA Water Polo’s resident icon, and 4-time Olympian Tony Azevedois the sports biggest star. 11-time Olympic medalists Matt Biondi won an NCAA Team Title for his role on the Cal Golden Bears water polo team. A few elite swimmers have achieved notable success in water polo. If you swim or swam in California, you probably played the game. It’s the standard swimming pool game, the official Olympic waterball sport. Tony Azevedo, Olympic Water Polo Player (courtesy of Mike Lewis, ) 1 – Water Polo ![]()
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