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You are correct sir!
Ref Ump Welsch got it right, it is Water Polo.
When a shot on goal goes out of the pool, the coach or player on the bench grabs a standby ball and quickly tosses it to the goalie, who tends to immediately pass it up the pool to her offensive players. I am just a spectator, so I don't know all the rules, but it appears that they must pass it in to the goalie, not another player.
BTW, I can't figure out how they ref the thing, the players are beating each other ALL the time, and on rare occasions they blow the whistle. I can't figure out what is an acceptable assault and battery on opponent, and what is penalized.
As to goal size, goals are 10 feet wide, and the top is 3 feet above the water surface. However if one end of the pool is less than 5 feet deep, the top of the goal is 8 feet above the bottom of the pool. (if depth is 4 feet, the goal would be 10 feet by 4 feet) In shallow ends, the goalie (is the only player allowed to) stands on the bottom of the pool, the deep water goalies has to tread water.
It is a great sport, my daughter got involved and it is really fun to watch, and she sure loves playing.
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