Unusual Sports - Underwater hockey
Rules
Equipment
Positive aspects
Negative aspects
Conclusion
Video
To introduce
Underwater hockey is a global non-contact sport in which two
teams play the game what is very similar to good known to us
hockey in the ice , but here game is held underwater , what makes
this sport very intresting and unusual.
Some History
Was started in the United Kingdom by Alan Blake in 1954
Octopush
Blake formed Southsea Sub-Aqua Club who first played in
Eastney Swimming Pool, Portsmouth, England
first octopush competition between teams from Southsea,
Bournemouth and Brighton in early 1955. Southsea won then, and
they are still highly ranked at national level today.
great popularity in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, South Africa, the United States, the Netherlands and
France
World Championships have been held every two years
The last 17th World Championship was held in Coimbra, Portugal
in August 2011