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WESLEYAN INNERTUBE WATER POLO RULES
Fall 2007 Intramural Sign-ups!
Signups for fall intramural sports will be open until noon on Sept. 12, 2007. Simply fill out the sign-up form at left, then come to the MANDATORY meeting of all fall sport captains at the Freeman Athletic Center classroom on Wednesday, September 12 at 7 p.m. Attendance is mandatory by a captain or a representative of the team or else the team will be placed on the waitlist.
Sign-ups for Fall IM sports will close on Sept. 12 at noon.
MANDATORY meeting for captains will be on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m.
Fall IM Sports Schedules will be posted on Sept. 13.
The first games will take place on Sunday, Sept. 16.
Number of Players/Substitutions
Teams play with six (6) players in the water at a time, including the goaltender. Substitutions may be made only after goals, between periods or in the case of injury.
Location /Length of Game
Games will be played in the center area of the pool in the Freeman Athletic Center. Each game will consist of two (2), 20-minute halves. Teams will switch sides during the break at halftime which will last approximately five minutes. The clock runs continuously during play. It does not stop for goals.
Equipment/Officials
Wesleyan will supply the basic equipment needed for play - innertubes, balls, goals and colored bathing caps to distinguish teams. One official will be provided for each game to enforce rules of play.
General Rules of Play
General rules of play for Wesleyan innertube water polo are as follows:
1) Goals are scored whenever the ball passes completely over the imaginary line created by the two goalposts of the net.
2) Play begins with all players holding one hand on their respective endline. The ball is then tossed into the center of the pool by the official, followed by a starting whistle. Players may then paddle to the ball to gain possession.
3) Players must remain seated in or lying flat across their innertubes at all times. If a player falls from his/her innertube, he/she may not touch the ball until he/she returns to his/her innertube. The ball may never come to rest in the lap of a player or on the inside edge of the innertube against a player's body. Violating this rules results in the opponents taking possession of the ball at the spot of the violation. Players may advance the ball by passing it or by paddling with one hand while holding the ball in the other. The ball may be tossed ahead and paddled after at any time, and the ball can be dragged by hand while resting on the water at any time. The ball also may be caught and held in two hands by any player.
4) Opponents attempt to gain control of the ball by intercepting passes, blocking shots, grasping a loose ball in the water or knocking a ball out of the hand of an opponent. Defensive play also consists of innertube-to-innertube bumping.
5) Players may not contact another player or his/her innertube with a hand or arm. Players may not kick an opponent's innertube, either. Violating either of these rules results in a foul being called. If a player is called for a foul, he/she is removed from the pool and his/her team will play short-handed until a goal is scored by either team.
6) If a ball leaves the playing area, the opponent of the team which caused the ball to go out-of-bound will take possession at the spot where the ball went out-of-bounds.
7) Following a goal, the team which was scored upon puts the ball in play by having one player in the center of the pool and all other players in their defensive half of the pool. The ball is then passed backward when the official's whistle sounds and play begins.
8) Goaltenders may use any part of their body to stop a ball from entering the goal, but still must remain in their innertube.
9) Any other rule not specifically addressed will be interpreted along the lines of normal water polo competition.
10) Teams will make the playoffs in an equitable manner - to be determined at the end of the regular season.
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