Faire de V jouer à - water polo

Question

Hi Kwiziq
When trying to answer the waterpolo query, my study notes indicated most of the time “jouer à” was used for team sports; plus if a ball is used, also “jouer à”.
I therefore used jouer, and it was marked wrong and I was supposed to use “faire de”.  
Any comments on how you can help us to remember/learn this topic?  
Thank you in anticipation.
Jo

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Jo,
I checked this test question and we accept both answers with"jouer à" and "faire de". Perhaps, you forgot or mispelled "au" when writing your answer with "jouer" ? This is an important part of the response too.
Je joue au waterpolo. / Je fais du waterpolo. = I play waterpolo.
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !