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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out of bounds

Sports; Polo

1) When an attacking player hits the ball over the end line outside the goal posts. A defending player will then puts that ball back in play by a free hit from the point where the ball went out, ...

penalty

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When the rules are broken a penalty is called. Types of penalties include; a penalty goal, a free hit, a hit in or a player having to leave the field (a retirement) if an opposing player has been ...

penalty goal

Sports; Polo

If the umpires feel that a goal would have been scored, but because a foul was committed by the defending team it was not, then the attacking team gets a penalty goal.

A polo field can be set up with or without sideboards. A boarded field is 160 yards wide by 300 yards long. An un-boarded field measures 200 yards wide by 300 yards long. The goals are at each end of ...

polo pit

Sports; Polo

A place where a beginning polo player will sit on a wooden horse and practice their mallet swing and hitting balls.

polo pony

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Polo Ponies need to be able to carry weight at great speed, be agile, have endurance and be responsive to every command from the rider. Many Thoroughbreds or three-fourth Thoroughbreds are used as ...