Do Water Polo's Rule Changes Affect Team Performance at Different Levels and Genders?

• Published in: Apunts. educació física i esports no. 152; pp. 36 - 43
• Main Authors: Paixão, Diego, Tucher, Guilherme, Vasques, Dieisson, Castro, Flávio A de S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barcelona Institut d'Educació Física de Catalunya 01.04.2023
• Edition: Catalan ed.
• Subjects: Cohen's d; Confidence intervals; Females; Longitudinal studies; Males; Team sports; Tournaments & championships; Water polo; Women

The aim of this study was to verify the effect of rule changes in the 2019 water polo (WP) rules on the performance of sub-elite and elite level teams of both genders, comparing pre- and post- moments. The data were collected through official game reports from Brazilian and European WP tournaments,...