The game
developed in Great Britain among 1869 and 1870 and pole was called because the
first players were mounted in barrels that were looking like horses and were
striking the ball with mallets. Later it was called waterpolo and football in
water. In 1877 the Scot William Wilson wrote a series of rules that managed to
be the bases of the international rules. The game follows(continues) the
directives of the International Federation of (THIN) Swimming, from 1908.
Soon it became
popular in Europe and America and it was played for the first time in a few
Olympic Games in 1900. It has been a strong sport in Europe, especially in
Hungary, Italy, Spain, Germany, the previous Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR) and the Netherlands. Also it is very popular in Oceania. Hungary
has been the domineering country from the beginning of the decade of 1930,
having won the Olympic Games six times and Europa's championship in numerous
occasions. The Championship of the World was celebrated by the first time in
1973 (it was won by Hungary) and the Glass of the World DIES in 1979 (that also
was won by Hungary). The first international feminine competition developed in
1978. The women's teams of the Netherlands are the strongest of Europa
Occidental.
THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERPOLO'S CURRENT BALL
From the Olympics of 1912, the ball
of waterpolo was a ball of leather of football that was absorbing the water and
was becoming extremely heavy, slippery and deformed when it was getting wet. After
the Olympics of Berlin in 1936, James R. Smith (USA) I design a ball of
waterpolo done with one camera (later replaced with nylon to improve its
yield), and a made cover of rubber. The new balls were red, but in 1948 the
yellow one was adopted for a better visibility. Though the ball was used for a
long time and tape-worm better qualities of managing, allowing a more rapid
game and more number of goals - what was increasing the interest of the
spectator - was not converted into the Olympic official ball until 1956.