On the creation of an underwater rugby tournament for the first time, I thought in 2005, following my first major international tournament - the European Championships in Helsinki. Of course,…
Dear readers, after a year of silence, UWR.ZONE is updated again!Last year we got a Thursday evening session at Duna Aréna, but half of the summer season was off due…
You may find a great variety of the required ABC gear not only at diving shops but even at supermarkets and of course online, just a few clicks away. But not all fins, masks, and snorkels are fit to play UWR, to be honest, some sets are just hazardously trashy. The most expensive diving gear may also not be the best pick for rugby, but the best rugby kits won't disappoint in the sea either.
Last week we had Bobby Simonsson joining our training, and it was great to talk rugby with such an experienced player. I'm always curious to learn how the development of…
Everyone starts off as an attacker, with the exception of freedivers, who can and should play goalie first! But when the goals are 8 meters away, the classic roles don’t mean much. What matters the most is the sequence and timing of the players diving. It boils rugby down to a constant dilemma of taking a risk or playing it safe.
The first time I used Trends to look UWR up was in 2017 and I remember back at that time, we were not even on the map at all. Google did not know of us as a search topic – one had to look underwater rugby as a term up, this way missing a lot of hits in any other languages.
Let me remind you, that most training guides assume a full team training at regular times in a proper diving pool, with a coach on the surface. Furthermore, they assume that all individuals within the team coached share the same goals such as being champions. But few teams start like that.
UWR Committee also got elected.
Founding document (2018)Rules of UWR in Hungarian (2020)Application for state support & training opportunity (2020)
Take care!