CONSULT
Category

  • Meet the Polo Pony

    The polo pony is one of the most important factors in Polo – most players admit that their horse is responsible for 70%-80% of their game. The quality of a pony can have great effect on the issue of a game.

    November 17, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 5792

  • The player’s equipment

    HELMET: Hard surface internally padded to protect players head. The external surface is covered in fabric or leather; thus the polo helmet is completely customizable. I can have 2 or 4 attachment points for the under-chin band.

    November 10, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 2743

  • What is the Handicap in Polo?

    The business of the Handicap Committee shall be conducted in accordance with the following Regulations, or such amendments thereto as the Members may by simple majority from time to time decide. Club Handicap Committees Each

    November 10, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 5929

  • Roles of the Players

    A polo team is made up of four polo players. The four players on each team are assigned positions, designated by the numbers from 1 to 4 and worn on their team jerseys. The Number 1 is a forward, and attacking offensive player.

    November 10, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 4161

  • The Line of the Ball

    Let’s have a look at one of the first things you need to learn about polo: The line of the ball. The line of the ball and the right of way are the most important rules in Polo. The line of the ball: when a player hits the

    November 10, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 6797

  • Basic rules of Polo

    Polo is played between two teams of four players on a grass field of about seven times the size of a usual football (soccer) field.  Two goal posts -that are collapsible for safety reasons- are located at the end of each side of

    November 10, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 2912

  • Different kinds of Polo

    Over the years, some variants of Polo were created, some of them are very similar to the traditional way of playing, other are quite different and could even be seen as “exotic” from an occidental point of view. The closest

    November 6, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 7602

  • Origins of Polo – by Chris Ashton

    The hill tribes of northern India, who bequeathed polo to their British rulers, were the custodians of a sport which had been played at least 2,500 years before at the court of the Persian Emperor Darius 1 (550-486 B.C.). (…)

    November 6, 2014 • Polo Basics, CONSULT • Views: 3452