• Underwater hockey : why make it simple when you can make it complicated

  • Aug 28 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
  • Podcast

Underwater hockey : why make it simple when you can make it complicated

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  • After ice hockey and field hockey, here comes underwater hockey ! Although unusual, underwater hockey is not such a recent invention. Also called octopush, the sport was created by the British navy in 1954 ; a winter aquatic activity, made possible by heated swimming pools. The sport was officially recognized in 1978 by the World Confederation of Underwater Activities. Underwater hockey is still played in the pool, just like water polo. It is, to this day, the only team sport played underwater !


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