Interesting comment. To the best of my knowledge, the folks playing Underwater Water Torpedo actually do use a scuba equipped referee or two at their major competitions. Not sure I have caught the referee in scrolling through their instagram and youtube posts. Which probably relates to them having player numbers written on their backs. Not full blown water wrestling - more like Australian Rules football as far as tackling the player with the torpedo.
Haven't done it in anything deeper than my pool but.... several thoughts - one is that in shallower water, if you put yourself on the bottom of the pool, you pretty much know which way is up and the surface. In deeper water, if you get in the position of urgently needing some air, you perception of which way is up might in fact be sideways or down. Locally, our salt water can get some really dense plankton blooms and one of the really nerve wracking positions to be in is to be scuba diving and ascending into that pea soup layer of zero visibility in open water. Not fun loosing your sense of where the surface is and how far.
Another thought is if your seriously wrestling someone in deeper water, are you going to be primarily up toward the surface or going to be mid water? Most but not all people tend to float rather than sink with full lungs. But we also have a couple of good pictures in the gallery here of two guys wrestling in what is probably 6 to 10 feet of water and they look to be half way down. It would be interesting to know how they got there.
I noticed a post about wrestling in the shallow end of the pool. Has anyone tried wrestling in the deep end of the pool? If so, what are the rules? limits? How do you win water wrestling in the deep end?
DCJobber (80 )
24 days agoYou would want to be tied to something on land or have lifeguards.
nwfan53 (8)
17 days ago(In reply to this)
Interesting comment. To the best of my knowledge, the folks playing Underwater Water Torpedo actually do use a scuba equipped referee or two at their major competitions. Not sure I have caught the referee in scrolling through their instagram and youtube posts. Which probably relates to them having player numbers written on their backs. Not full blown water wrestling - more like Australian Rules football as far as tackling the player with the torpedo.
nwfan53 (8)
1/19/2026 6:10 AMHaven't done it in anything deeper than my pool but.... several thoughts - one is that in shallower water, if you put yourself on the bottom of the pool, you pretty much know which way is up and the surface. In deeper water, if you get in the position of urgently needing some air, you perception of which way is up might in fact be sideways or down. Locally, our salt water can get some really dense plankton blooms and one of the really nerve wracking positions to be in is to be scuba diving and ascending into that pea soup layer of zero visibility in open water. Not fun loosing your sense of where the surface is and how far.
Another thought is if your seriously wrestling someone in deeper water, are you going to be primarily up toward the surface or going to be mid water? Most but not all people tend to float rather than sink with full lungs. But we also have a couple of good pictures in the gallery here of two guys wrestling in what is probably 6 to 10 feet of water and they look to be half way down. It would be interesting to know how they got there.
Rough Match (106)
1/17/2026 3:55 AMI noticed a post about wrestling in the shallow end of the pool. Has anyone tried wrestling in the deep end of the pool? If so, what are the rules? limits? How do you win water wrestling in the deep end?
Liam lover (1)
1/18/2026 1:04 AM(In reply to this)
I imagine you need to have good lungs for that, maybe you shouldn't go outside to breathe?