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Octopush is a lively game that we sometimes play in Ipswich on Monday pool nights.
The dedicated players formed the
Ipswich Octopush Club and interested Octopush players should
contact them if your interest
is primarily in the game.
Any Sunstar member
can play and we are always keen to welcome new players
who have never played before. If you would like to join in, please turn
up at 8.20pm so we can start at 8.30 and play until 8.50pm.
If you are not playing please wait until Octopush has finished before
entering the water.
Everybody is welcome to play and I have enough hats and bats for at least
8 players (we have substitutes and swap round if we have more). The
hats are essential as they have plastic ear defenders built-in. You must
not enter the pool without a hat during an Octopush game.
Gloves are also useful as they save you scraping your knuckles on the
bottom of the pool. If you have your own bats or gloves please bring them
along. Pool fins are essential as they are smaller and less dangerous
than sea fins...
It is very good practice for snorkelling and it certainly helps to keep
you fit although the first few weeks should be fairly gentle.
Please mail
Eric Nelson
if you have any questions or would like more details.
Octopush was invented in in
1954, by a British scuba diver to keep his fellow divers fit over the
winter months. It originally had 8 players on each team, hence the name
Octopush, but teams now comprise 6 players with up to 4 substitutes. In
practice we often play with 3 or 4 per side.
The teams are identified by their bat colours (and hat colours if we
have enough hats of each colour to do that).
It is a non-contact sport and it is always best to pass the puck before
being tackled rather than ending up trying to push the puck against an
opponent. Good players can flick the puck over 3m (you need to push with
your whole body as well as your arm and try to flick it at the same time. Some
players twist their bat slightly to lift the back of the puck off the bottom).
It isn't really a spectator sport as it is quite difficult to see what is
happening underwater without the luxury of a glass sided-pool, although games
have appeared on TV.
Octopush is played competitively in thirty countries world-wide and while
the British cling tenaciously to the Octopush name, most countries prefer
to call it underwater hockey.
Since most pools slope from the shallow end to the deep end it can be argued that
one team has an advantage. In practice this isn't as great as you might think
but it is wise to swap sides at half time.
