Want to be in the water but don’t feel like relaxing and feeling like playing a sport in the water? There are a large number of sports that involve water like Triathlons. Triathlons include being in the water for part of the competition. You also would be running and cycling for the other stages of the race which you are being timed.

There are many beneficial health activities that can also be done in the water including water aerobics and water gymnastics. Many professional boxers practices shadow boxing underwater since the water has some movement restraints make them having to punch harder underwater which gives them more speed and power packed into their punch.

Underwater hockey is hockey played under water with short wooden curved sticks and a heavy puck. Players wear diving masks, snorkels, and fins, and must surface eventually to breathe while team mates continue the game on the pool bottom.

There are water motor sports with speed boats and jet skis. These are very fast races and some of the speed boats reach speeds which make it seem like it is flying over the water.

Contested swimming is a huge water sport. There are many well known swimmers especially like Michael Phelps. This kind of swimming is in the Olympics which features the worlds best out of every corner of the world.

Another huge water sport is water polo. Water polo is a team water sport requiring a superb ability to swim. Field players must swim end to end of a thirty meter pool non-stop many times during a game without touching the sides or bottom of the pool. The front crawl stroke used in water polo differs from the usual swimming style in that water polo players swim with the head out of water at all times to observe the playing field. They also use the arm stroke which is shorter but quicker and makes the polo player more capable of protecting the ball. Goalies use the eggbeater technique to keep themselves in a stable position and to waste less energy.

Wakeboarding is more of a recreational water sport but is more and more becoming a professional sport. Wakeboarding is like snowboarding and tubing combined, Wakeboarders use a board like that of a snowboard and is done will being pulled behind a boat. It takes time to perfect the art of wakeboarding. Having great balance is a major plus if you want to become a pro-wakeboarder

So why do water sports? If it’s a ninety degree day out and it is way to humid to be playing any ground sport wouldn’t you want to be in the relaxing water. Even if you fail or fall off the only punishment is falling into the cooling water.