Fouls
Game Rules
Pool & Lines
Team & Players
Scoring & Goals
100

If you hold, push, or pull someone without the ball, this is called a ___.

What is an ordinary foul?

100

Each team starts the game by swimming to get this.

What is the ball? (Swim-off)

100

You can’t go inside this red line unless you have the ball.

What is the 2-meter line?

100

Each team has this many players in the water during normal play.

What is 6/7 six for 12U and seven for other games?

100

You score a goal by doing this.

What is throwing the ball into the other team’s goal?

200

A player who breaks a serious rule has to leave the pool for 20 seconds. That’s called what?

What is a kickout/exclusion foul?

200

Each quarter in a water polo game lasts this many minutes.

What is 8 minutes?

200

You must be outside this yellow line to take a direct shot after a foul.

What is the 5-meter line?

200

This special player can use two hands and block the goal.

What is the goalie?

200

The ball must go all the way across this to count as a goal.

What is the goal line?

300

If a defender fouls an offensive player inside the 5-meter area and stops a likely goal, this is called what?

What is a penalty foul?

300

The team with the ball has this many seconds to shoot.

What is 30 seconds?

300

These marks show the corners of the goal area.

What are red cones or red tape on the pool edge?

300

If a player gets an exclusion foul, the team plays with this many players for 20 seconds.

What is 5 for 12U 6 for other games?

300

A goal is worth this many points.

What is 1?

400

A penalty foul happens when you stop someone from doing this.

What is scoring a goal?


400

You can only call a time-out when your team has the ___.

What is the ball?

400

Teams switch sides after this many quarters.

What is two quarters (at halftime)?

400

This is the person on the team who wears the red cap with the number 1.

What is the goalie?

400

If the goalie blocks the ball and it goes out of bounds, the other team gets to take this kind of throw.

What is a 2-meter?

500

When you get three exclusion fouls (you got 3 kickouts), you have to do this.

What is leave the game (you’re out for the rest)?

500

If the ball goes outside the pool, the game does this.

What is stops until the ball is back in?

500

This line is used at the start of each quarter for the swim-off.  

What is the halfway line (mid-pool)?

500

When a team brings in a new player after a foul or timeout, it’s called this.

What is a substitution?

500

You can take a penalty shot from this line.

What is the 5-meter line?

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