Host a Water Polo game - Swim for MS: Multiple Sclerosis ...

Host a Water Polo Game and Participate in Swim for MS!
Get involved and dive into action to volunteer and help others.

Swim for MS is a great way to incorporate your interest of swimming with your desire to help the MS community. Anyone who has access to a pool can volunteer and you can plan to volunteer around your business, school and family commitments.

Swim for MS can be a backyard pool party, pool volleyball, cannonballs, laps, or a goal to swim a certain distance. There is no limit!

Water Polo:

1) Be sure to have a team of six field players and one goalkeeper. In addition, you may want to have 2-4 players as substitutes and 2 referees.
2) Clearly distinguish between teams by wearing colored swim caps.
3)The game is divided into four periods - each 5-8 minutes long. The game clock is stopped when the ball is not 'in play'.
4)The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water, players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.

Rules:
1) A team may not have possession of the ball for longer than 30 seconds without shooting for the goal unless an opponent commits an ejection foul. After 30 seconds, possession passes to the other team. However, if a team shoots the ball within the allotted time, and regains control of the ball, the shot clock is reset to 30 seconds.
2) Each team may call 2 one-minute timeouts in the four periods of regulation play, and one timeout if the game goes into overtime. During game play, only the team in possession of the ball may call a timeout.
3) The goals are 3 meters wide and 90 centimeters high. Water polo balls are generally yellow and of varying size and weight for juniors, women and men. The middle of the pool is designated by a white line.
4) Players are not permitted to push the ball underwater in order to keep it from an opponent, or push or hold an opposing player unless that player is holding the ball.
5) After each goal is scored, play is re-started at mid-pool; the goalkeepers are not permitted to go across the mid-pool line.
6) A goal counts only when the ball goes completely across the goal line and into the goal (close does not count); the ball is out of bounds if it goes completely across the goal line and not into the goal.
7) No offensive player is allowed to swim inside of the 2-meter line unless he/she has possession of the ball.

REGISTER TODAY as a "Team" at SwimForMS.org and create your team fundraising page. Once you register, each participant will receive a Swim for MS t-shirt, towel, and 20 wristbands!

*Be sure to mention that you are having a water polo tournament!*

Please note: Court appointed hours are not supported through Swim for MS without approval by the judge and/or parole officer. However, if you have a service requirement (school, church, etc.), Swim for MS is an ideal way to help you, help others.

PAGE UPDATED November 30, 2012.

Source: http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp1256752.jsp

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