Teams of five players each must shoot at the goal with a ball within a certain time after gaining possession. Water basketball, mixes the rules of basketball and water polo, played in a swimming pool.Water aerobics is aerobics in the water.Triathlon, a multi-sport event involving the completion of three continuous and sequential endurance events, usually a combination of swimming, cycling and running.Synchronized diving, Two divers form a team and perform dives simultaneously.Swimming, including pool swimming and open water swimming.Rescue swimming is swimming with the goal to rescue other swimmers.Modern pentathlon includes épée fencing, pistol shooting, swimming, a show jumping course on horseback, and cross country running.Finswimming is a sport similar to traditional swimming using fins, monofin, snorkel and other specific devices.Diving, the sport of jumping off springboards or platforms into water.Artistic or synchronised swimming consists of swimmers performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music.Equipment, aside from a pool, can include a flotation belt and weights. Participants wear a flotation device and move in a running motion in the deep end of a pool. It is a way to train without impacting joints. Aquajogging, is a cross training and rehabilitation method using low impact resistance training.Yachting, the use of recreational boats and ships called yachts, for racing or cruising.
Water skiing, a sport where an individual holds onto a rope and handle while being towed across the water while riding one or two water skis.Wakesurfing, a sport where the individual surfs on the wake created by a boat without holding onto the handle.Wakeskating, a sport where the rider stands on a board and is towed across the water performing maneuvers similar to those seen in skateboarding.Wakeboarding, a sport where an individual is attached to a board via bindings and then holds a handle to be towed across the water while riding sideways.
Surfing, a sport where an individual uses a board to stand up and ride on the face of a wave.Stone skipping, a sport where people compete for number of times and length that they can skip a stone on the water's surface.Skimboarding, a sport where people use a wooden board to slide fast on water.Sit-down hydrofoiling is riding on the water with a hydrofoil attached to a ski.Sailing, the practice of navigating a sail-powered craft on water, ice, or land.Rowing, a sport that involves propelling a boat (racing shell) on water, using oars.River trekking, a combination of trekking and climbing and sometimes swimming along the river.Rafting, recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water.It is an amateur sport played in shallow water, consisting of players keeping a small ball from touching the water. Picigin, a traditional Croatian ball game that is played on the beach.Parasailing, where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a parachute.Kneeboarding, an aquatic sport where the participant is towed on a buoyant, convex, and hydrodynamically shaped board at a planing speed, most often behind a motorboat.Kiteboating, the act of using a kite rig as a power source to propel a boat.Kayaking, the use of a kayak for moving across water.Jet Boarding is a powered surf board usually by 2 stroke engine or electric power.Jet Skiing, performed with a recreational watercraft that the rider sits or stands on, rather than sits inside of, as in a boat.Flyboard, a brand of hydroflighting device which supplies propulsion to drive the Flyboard into the air to perform a sport known as hydroflying.Fishing, the recreation and sport of catching fish.Dragon boat racing, teams of 20 paddlers racing the ancient dragon boat.Most present-day canoeing is done as or as a part of a sport or recreational activity. Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle.Canoe polo combines boating and ball handling skills with a contact team game, where tactics and positional play are as important as the speed and fitness of the individual athletes.Cable skiing, similar to wake boarding but with cables for artificial maneuvering.Boating, the use of boats for personal recreation.Boat racing, the use of powerboats to participate in races.For a more comprehensive list, see List of surface water sports.