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Underwater Hockey

Underwater hockey is a CMAS underwater team game in a swimming pool where teams use a short stick to move a heavy puck along the pool bottom into the opponent's goal trough. Mask, snorkel, fins, breathing rotations and team roles shape the game flow.

LevelVariant FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / underwater team game

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Classification

Category Water sport / underwater team game

Family Aquatics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Puck team game on the pool bottom with short stick and snorkelling equipment.

Geeignet für Suitable for confident swimmers who like intense team tactics, water fitness and quick rotations.

Cost Moderate with club loan gear: swimwear is often enough for the first trial plus mask/snorkel/fins from the club. Club fee, pool time, mask, snorkel, fins, glove, stick/pusher, mouthguard and competition entries. Underwater hockey/Octopush club, university sport or underwater sports club. Breathing rhythm and buddy/team awareness belong from the start.

First progress Puck control and breathing rotations stabilise after several sessions.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

pool
mask
snorkel
fins
short stick/pusher
puck
glove
mouthguard

First steps

find a club with loan gear
practise fin and snorkel basics
push the puck on the bottom
train short dive rotations
learn simple team roles

Underwater hockey club, Octopush group, university sport or CMAS-adjacent underwater sport group.

Do not train alone; observe clear stop signals, surface recovery and team/referee observation.

Weitere Angaben

Tags underwater-hockey, water-sport, aquatics-familie, wassersport-unterwasser-teamspiel, underwater-hockey-octopush, water-sport-underwater-team-game

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Move the puck legally along the pool bottom into the opponent's goal trough.

Teilnehmer

Two teams with in-water players and substitutes.

Teamgröße

usually six in the water plus substitutes.

Spielfeld

Underwater pool field.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Goals by puck in the goal trough.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

mask
snorkel
fins
stick/pusher
puck
glove
cap

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal contact
equipment grabbing
playing puck with illegal body part
safety breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

CMAS
Confederation Mondiale des Activites Subaquatiques (CMAS)

HOW TO/REGULATIONS CMAS · official-rules · high
Underwater Hockey Beginners Guide Cincinnati Underwater Hockey · club-beginner-guide · medium
ACT Underwater Hockey ACT Underwater Hockey · club-guide · medium