Polo

Polo

Polo is a sport played on horseback with the objective of using a wooden mallet to hit a small wooden or plastic ball into the opposing team's goal. The game was a one point an Olympic sport.

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A polo game is 42 minutes long. There are six chukkers in a polo game, each one lasts 7 minutes. There is a pre-determined amount of time in-between each chukker. If at the end of the sixth chukker ...

circular windup

Sports; Polo

When a player will make one and a half revolutions before making hitting the ball. This is usually used when hitting the ball on the Off-side (right hand side).

crossing

Sports; Polo

When one rider cuts across another player's right of way. If an umpire thinks that by his/her actions that this rider has caused a dangerous situation to arise then a penalty will be called.

cut

Sports; Polo

When a player makes a stroke that is at an angle to the direction they are riding.

disengage stroke

Sports; Polo

When a player fakes hitting the ball to fool the opposing player and then be able to take their shot.

flagman

Sports; Polo

A flagman is positioned behind each goal and they assist the umpires by signaling if the ball went in-between the goal posts or if it went outside them.