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Canoe polo
Highest governing bodyInternational Canoe Federation
NicknamesKayak Polo, Polo
Characteristics
TypeWater
EquipmentWater polo ball, buoyancy aid, helmet and face guard, goals, canoe polo kayak, paddle, spray deck
Presence
OlympicNo
World Games2005 – present
Warm-up of the Italian national team during the European Canoe Polo Championship 2013

Canoe polo, also known as kayak polo, is one of the competitive disciplines of kayaking. The sport is also known simply as "polo" by its players and supporters.

Each team has five players on the pitch (and up to three substitutes), who compete to score in their opponent's goal, which is suspended two meters above the water. The ball can be thrown by hand or flicked with the paddle to pass between players and shoot at the goal. Pitches can be set up in swimming pools or any stretch of flat water, which should measure 35 meters by 23 meters.

Kayak polo combines boating and ball-handling skills with a contact team game, where tactics and positional play are as important as the speed and fitness of the individual athletes. The game requires excellent teamwork and promotes both general canoeing skills and a range of other techniques unique to the sport.

The kayaks are specifically designed for polo and are faster and lighter than typical kayaks which give them superior maneuverability. The blades of a polo paddle have thick rounded edges to prevent injury. Paddles are also very lightweight and designed with both pulling power and ball control in mind. Nose and tail boat bumpers, body protection, helmets, and faceguards are all compulsory.

In International Canoe Federation nomenclature used in some European countries, chiefly the United Kingdom, the term canoe can refer to a kayak too.[1] The boats in this game are paddled with a double-bladed paddle and are called "kayaks".

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Canoe" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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