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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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 hurting themselves or ...

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 constructed in ...

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 throw the ball ...