Knee Polo
The new sport of Knee Polo was created in April 2017 by Angeleiro Wagamama and Yiannis Gouzeas from Greece. Do you like sports with adrenaline, strength and tricky shots? Then, knee polo is your favourite sport! Created by 4 students of 6th Grade in Athens, Greece, knee polo is here for your fun and exercise. You can laugh and exercise your body at the same time.
The first two teams were Kifissia Thunders and Chalandri United. If you want to try this sport, you have to know the rules, so here they are.
Equipment Required: A small water polo ball, 2 goals, knee pads and gloves for the goalkeepers.
sport-description:
- Stand on your feet during a match, it's forbidden and the opposite team receives a penalty for that.
- There are 2 teams with 3 players each and 2 substitutions.
- Only goalkeepers are able to sit, the other players have to stand on their knees.
- A match includes 4 periods with 3 minutes each. If the game stop for a reason,the time that missed, will be make up on the final period, e.g. we lost 30 minutes because of injury, on the fourth period time will be 30 minutes extra.
- If a player talk dirty or hit his opponent he will be out for a period.
- The team that will score the most goals wins.
- The losing team, will be punished with egg tossing or fish slaps.
- The game is played on an indoor place with space 3x6meters.
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Related Pages
- Other New Sports
- About the actual sport of polo
- Complete list of unusual sports
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