Octopush
awesome sport played underwater in a pool, with a lead puck and snorkelling gear. two teams of 6, 4 subs.
no, the sticks aren’t a metre long, that would be silly. they’re 30cm max length and can easily lift the 1kg puck off the bottom of the pool. good players can get long (3m+) and high (1m+) flicks. neither is it a slow sport – players wear fins and can go much much faster than boring old lane swimmers.
aka underwater hockey (uwh):
invented in 1954, the original english rules had 8 players per team and the sticks are called ‘pushers’, hence “octopush”.
the rules are generally similar to hockey. when going for strike at the start of a game, all the players start at their goal line. there’s 2-3 water refs in a compet-tion, plus timekeeper and a poolside ref.
there are national and international compet-tions. pretty big in new zealand, south africa, usa, uk, france, australia, portugal, netherlands…
water polo players think their sport is challenging, but they struggle to think below the surface:
speed swimmers: “i can do fifty in blah blah blah…”
water polo: “ug? me drown you”
free diver: “i can hold my breath for blah blah blah…”
underwater rugby: “o hai, can i hold you?”
octopusher:
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