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Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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safety zones

Sports; Polo

These are areas located behind the goal lines and sidelines so that players can cross over boundary lines at top speed without have to worry about running into anything and ...

scoring

Sports; Polo

See Goal.

sideboards

Sports; Polo

A nine to eleven inch tall board running along the sidelines. Sideboards are optional and not used on all fields. They are meant to keep the ball in the playing field and they are ...

start

Sports; Polo

The four players on each team line up in the middle of the field, facing the sideboards. They are lined up on either side of the Center T. An umpire will ride toward them and then ...

tail shot

Sports; Polo

When a player hits the ball behind the horse's rump.

third man

Sports; Polo

Another name for the referee.

throw-in

Sports; Polo

A chukker starts and play resumes when an umpire throwing the ball between the two ready teams.