Origin, evolution and influence on the game of water polo rules

• Autores: Pablo José Borges Hernández, Francisco Manuel Argudo Iturriaga, Encarnación Ruiz Lara, Pablo García Marín
• Localización: Cultura, ciencia y deporte, ISSN 1696-5043, Vol. 17, Nº. 51, 2022, págs. 65-76
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.12800/ccd.v17i51.1677
• Títulos paralelos:
  • (Origen, evolución e influencia de las reglas de waterpolo sobre la dinámica del juego)
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  • español

    The aim of this study was to describe the origin and evolution of the different regulations in water polo that have existed throughout its almost one hundred and fifty years of history and their possible influence on the game dynamics. A content analysis of the texts published on paper by the Fédération Internationale de Natation was carried out, focusing on semantics, based on some key categories of this sport. The main conclusion is that many regulatory changes have been made over the years. However, there is no scientific evidence of their effects on the game dynamics.

  • English

    Water polo is a team young sport product of Industrial Revolution, being the first collective sport played in the Olympic Games in 1900. The aim of this study was to describe the origin and evolution of the different regulations in water polo that have existed throughout its almost one hundred and fifty years of history and its possible influence on the game dynamics. A content analysis of the texts published on paper by the Fédération Internationale de Natation was carried out, focusing on semantics, based on some key categories of this sport. The main conclusion is that many regulatory changes have been made over the years. However, there is no scientific evidence of their effects on the game dynamics.

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