Kayak Polo

What’s Kayak Polo?

Kayak Polo is a team sport that is played in a kayak. The objective of this game is to score in the rival’s goal , and try to stop them scoring in yours.

The equipment.

The equipment of the kayak polo players is very simple.

You need a paddle, a kayak and a ball. Over your sport clothes you have to wear a cover, and a life jacket . If you wear the cover right, water won’t be able to get into the kayak. You have to wear a helmet too to protect you from the blows.

Basic things about a match.

-Every match is played by two teams, and every team has 8 players. Five of them will be playing on the pitch, and the other three will be waiting outside, to substitute one of the players. It’s very important that before one of the players who’s outside enters the pitch, the one who’s inside goes out. If this doesn’t happen this way and the new player enters before the other one has gone out, the team will be penalized and will have to play with only four players for 2 minutes.

-Every match consists of two halves of 10 minutes, with a total duration of 20 minutes.

Teams change ends at the half-time period. Each period begins with a sprint in which each team is placed at their goal line and the ball is thrown in the middle of the pitch by the referee. Then one player from each team sprints for the possession of the ball.

The match is controlled by two referees (one at each side of the pitch) that are usually right on the edge, out of the water.

-Kayak polo is played with a waterpolo ball that the players pass around and can also be handled with the paddle. You can also push a player if he has the ball. When this happens, the player has to do an eskimo roll to go out of the water.

A player can only have the possession of the ball for five seconds. Players can take the ball by throwing it in the water in front of them.

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