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3 players per team – maybe split into beginners & experienced, rather than just on age. Defined goals are needed – marked on arena wall, cones, etc. Set approx. 4/5ft apart – depending on size of arena. Players are not numbered and are allowed to use the whole arena (no areas). Mounted umpire preferred. Games to consist of two/three chukkas of five minutes. All other teams, spectators must be kept well clear of the arena. Continue reading Indoor Rules Bring your self White polo wraps Bring as a club or group Farrier tools (spare shoes) Saddle cleaning things Video camera Water trough for each pen White board & pens Barrels of water for trip down Hay for trip Tarp for hay Wheel barrow & scoop Vet box Human first aid electric fence wires, posts & charger or panels Jerseys . . . → Read More: Thing to Bring to the tournament as a Club How to adjust your racket Continue reading Racket Adjust & Use Picking up the ball is the end result of your horse training and your teams efforts to get you over the ball. If you become very proficient at this phase of the game you will become an asset to any team. The team with the ball controls the game. Generally we do not practice picking up the ball enough. Continue reading PICKING UP THE BALL Next to horsemanship, game awareness, is probably the most important talent you can master when it comes to your safety and your ability to make better game decisions. If your focus is on your horse, the ball, or a single opponent, you can quickly loose game awareness. Experienced players have practiced their horsemanship and ball skills until they are able to focus on game awareness and a strategy. It is important to focus on the task at hand, but not at the expense of of being aware of the game around you – its the key to improved play and safer riding. Continue reading Game Awareness Inevitably there comes a time when the best way out is off. It’s the second thing that should be taught to riders, right after learning how to get on. Everyone should be comfortable with the quickest way off a horse and how to land in a safe manner to minimize the possibility of injury. Continue reading Emergency Dismounts The line of the ball is like the line of the road or is it? The rule book doesn’t really say, picture the most recent path of the ball or the line as a center line of a highway. Walk your horse along side the line and stop by the ball, this line, the most recent path of the ball continues all the way across the field. Reach down with your racket like you were going to pickup the ball, if you are not picking up too close or two far away from your horse, you will be taking up a lane about three to four feet wide. Assuming you are on your off-side, from the line to your left stirrup is about 3 to four feet. So this lane, not the line, is what the right of way is all about. It accommodates your horse and room to pickup the ball. This visual may give you a little better appreciation of the right of way alongside the line of the ball. Continue reading How Wide Is The Line Of The Ball? The game of Polocrosse has changed from the first days when sticks were made from restrung tennis rackets with a shallow net requiring the game to be played much like an egg and spoon race. The invention of the cane racket with adjustable net and deep pocket allowed the ball control and the style of game we are accustom to today. How It WorksThe net is built to have a slight pocket in the front so that when the racket is moved the ball is held by centrifugal force in the pocket. This stops the ball flying out every time the racket is moved. That is fine until it comes to throwing. We then need to get the ball to come out. This is achieved by altering the shape of the pocket so that it is not too deep. Also by the action of the throw. Continue reading The Polocrosse Racket SADDLE SIZE PANT SIZE (MEN) PANT SIZE (WOMEN) 14 1/2 28-29 5-7 15 30-31 8-9 15 1/2 32 10-12 16 33 13 16 1/2 34-35 14-15 17 36 16 17 1/2 36-38 18 18 40 20 18 1/2 42-44 22 . . . → Read More: Saddle Size |
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