
#REDIRECT Underwater hockey
Underwater hockey (also known as Octopush) is a sport in which two teams compete in a swimming pool to maneuver a puck sliding across the bottom of the pool into the opponent's goal with a short stick of a single material with positive buoyancy. The sport was invented in 1954 by four divers from Southsea, England: John Ventham, Alan Blake, Jack Willis, and Frank Lilleker; substantial changes have occurred in equipment, team size, and other factors to make the game what it is today. Players wear masks, fins, and snorkels to play, and water polo style caps and mouthguards as safety gear. The puck, which weighs three pounds (1.3-1.5 kilogram), and is surrounded by a plastic covering, is approximately the size of an ice hockey puck. Sticks, which are colored to indicate the player's team, are held by one hand and have a total length (including handle) of up to 30 centimeters. The 3m-wide goals lie on the bottom at the ends of the playing area. Two teams of up to ten players compete, with as many as six players on each side in play at any given time; substitution is conducted throughout play from as many as four substitutes. Substitution from the water on the side of the playing area is an innovation first introduced by the trustees of the Houston Underwater Hockey Trust at the 2000 United States National Championship held in College Station, Texas, and replaced the former method, substitution from the deck behind the goals. Currently, substitution from the side of the playing area on the deck (the only method allowed at world championship tournaments), from the side of the playing area in an in-water sub box (as innovated in Texas), and substitution from the deck behind the goals (a modified side substitution which accepts the benefits of removing subs from the goal area, but rejects the benefits of allowing substitutes to view the playing area before entering the playing area) are recognized substitution methods acceptable at tournaments. Spectators may either try on fins, a snorkel, and mask and enter the pool for a view of the playing area, or take advantage of the work of underwater videographers who have recorded major tournaments. Organizers of major tournaments are usually the only contacts for acquiring underwater hockey footage, and no worldwide repository yet exists for recorded games. Filming the games is challenging even for the experienced videographer, as the players' movement is fast and there is no place on the surface or beneath it which is free from the frenzied movement of the players. Underwater hockey enjoys popularity in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands and France, and can be found in numerous additional countries catalogued at [http://www.pucku.org/uwht/ The Underwater Hockey Tourist], which has catered to the needs of traveling underwater hockey players since 1996. The world championships are held every two years in an event sanctioned by the World Underwater Federation (Conféderation Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques, or CMAS). In New Zealand, a special pool was constructed with transparent sides to permit spectators to view the play from bleachers. The 2004 World Underwater Hockey Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, at least 36 teams competed in six age and gender categories, including teams from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. The [http://www.reedconsulting.com/refereesguild/rules/8.20/en/CMAS_UWH_Rules_8-20_EN.pdf Official Rules] promulgated by CMAS, currently in revision 8.20, are available in PDF form without charge and define (including with illustrations) stick and goal dimensions, puck weight, the fouls and referee signals, and the definition of a successful goal. ==External links== * [http://members.tripod.com/jls_website/uwh The Underwater Hockey Directory] Frequently updated list of tournaments and lots of information about training, equipment and more * [http://lists.topica.com/lists/underwater-hockey Hockeynet, worldwide UWH email list] Team sports Hockey
Yeah. Right. :I thk that your first instinct is correct, but unfortunately humans are a far from rational race, and thus the sport does in fact exist. This is perhaps lamentable, but we knew what the world was like, when we signed the document authorizing our own birth, now, didn't we? -- User:Cimon avaro 09:37, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC) Yeah, it exists. I remember seeing a thingie on TV about it once. Spectators found it boring; a British spectator said to a reporter, "On a scale from one to ten: one." So it's meant to be played rather than watched, which I'm noting in the article now. --User:Furrykef 00:27, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC) It's sad nobody here appreciates it. You can't get much of an experience of anything Jacques Cousteau did, either, without special equipment either to participate or to spectate. This is true of many underwater endeavors. I've seen television shows which depicted the sport positively; indeed, anyone who's approached the pool with an underwater camera has gotten a good review. The world championship venue in New Zealand has transparent sides to facilitate viewing from bleachers, and underwater videography has offered a view of the sport to people who've never been near the pool. I play UWH at least once per week and will watch this page. It really is fun to play a game in an environment very different from the normal world. You have to work in 3 dimensions and coordinate with your team without talking. It is both subtle and aggressive. How about a video? User:Tom Brown 06:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Underwater hockey (also known as Octopush) is a sport in which two teams compete in a swimming pool to maneuver a puck sliding across the bottom of the pool into the opponent's goal with a short stick of a single material with positive buoyancy. The sport was invented in 1954 by four divers from Southsea, England: John Ventham, Alan Blake, Jack Willis, and Frank Lilleker; substantial changes have occurred in equipment, team size, and other factors to make the game what it is today. Players wear masks, fins, and snorkels to play, and water polo style caps and mouthguards as safety gear. The puck, which weighs three pounds (1.3-1.5 kilogram), and is surrounded by a plastic covering, is approximately the size of an ice hockey puck. Sticks, which are colored to indicate the player's team, are held by one hand and have a total length (including handle) of up to 30 centimeters. The 3m-wide goals lie on the bottom at the ends of the playing area. Two teams of up to ten players compete, with as many as six players on each side in play at any given time; substitution is conducted throughout play from as many as four substitutes. Substitution from the water on the side of the playing area is an innovation first introduced by the trustees of the Houston Underwater Hockey Trust at the 2000 United States National Championship held in College Station, Texas, and replaced the former method, substitution from the deck behind the goals. Currently, substitution from the side of the playing area on the deck (the only method allowed at world championship tournaments), from the side of the playing area in an in-water sub box (as innovated in Texas), and substitution from the deck behind the goals (a modified side substitution which accepts the benefits of removing subs from the goal area, but rejects the benefits of allowing substitutes to view the playing area before entering the playing area) are recognized substitution methods acceptable at tournaments. Spectators may either try on fins, a snorkel, and mask and enter the pool for a view of the playing area, or take advantage of the work of underwater videographers who have recorded major tournaments. Organizers of major tournaments are usually the only contacts for acquiring underwater hockey footage, and no worldwide repository yet exists for recorded games. Filming the games is challenging even for the experienced videographer, as the players' movement is fast and there is no place on the surface or beneath it which is free from the frenzied movement of the players. Underwater hockey enjoys popularity in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands and France, and can be found in numerous additional countries catalogued at [http://www.pucku.org/uwht/ The Underwater Hockey Tourist], which has catered to the needs of traveling underwater hockey players since 1996. The world championships are held every two years in an event sanctioned by the World Underwater Federation (Conféderation Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques, or CMAS). In New Zealand, a special pool was constructed with transparent sides to permit spectators to view the play from bleachers. The 2004 World Underwater Hockey Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand, at least 36 teams competed in six age and gender categories, including teams from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. The [http://www.reedconsulting.com/refereesguild/rules/8.20/en/CMAS_UWH_Rules_8-20_EN.pdf Official Rules] promulgated by CMAS, currently in revision 8.20, are available in PDF form without charge and define (including with illustrations) stick and goal dimensions, puck weight, the fouls and referee signals, and the definition of a successful goal. ==External links== * [http://members.tripod.com/jls_website/uwh The Underwater Hockey Directory] Frequently updated list of tournaments and lots of information about training, equipment and more * [http://lists.topica.com/lists/underwater-hockey Hockeynet, worldwide UWH email list] Team sports Hockey
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Yeah. Right. :I thk that your first instinct is correct, but unfortunately humans are a far from rational race, and thus the sport does in fact exist. This is perhaps lamentable, but we knew what the world was like, when we signed the document authorizing our own birth, now, didn't we? -- User:Cimon avaro 09:37, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC) Yeah, it exists. I remember seeing a thingie on TV about it once. Spectators found it boring; a British spectator said to a reporter, "On a scale from one to ten: one." So it's meant to be played rather than watched, which I'm noting in the article now. --User:Furrykef 00:27, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC) It's sad nobody here appreciates it. You can't get much of an experience of anything Jacques Cousteau did, either, without special equipment either to participate or to spectate. This is true of many underwater endeavors. I've seen television shows which depicted the sport positively; indeed, anyone who's approached the pool with an underwater camera has gotten a good review. The world championship venue in New Zealand has transparent sides to facilitate viewing from bleachers, and underwater videography has offered a view of the sport to people who've never been near the pool. I play UWH at least once per week and will watch this page. It really is fun to play a game in an environment very different from the normal world. You have to work in 3 dimensions and coordinate with your team without talking. It is both subtle and aggressive. How about a video? User:Tom Brown 06:56, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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