Polo Is A Game That

Polo is a game that is played on horses. The rider of that horse use a stick to hit the little white ball. A Polo match lasts about one and one-half hours and is divided into six 7 minute periods or chukkers. Since a horse can be pretty fast and they can cover two and half to three miles per period, The horse would be too tired to play a second round away. After resting for two or three periods, some horses can return to the game. Still, in championship polo, player are advised to come to the field with at least seven horses. The mounts are horses, mostly thoroughbreds, no ponies are allowed in Polo. The object of the game is to score as many goals as possible. “There are four players on a team and each assumes a specific position” (wikipedia) either offensive or defensive. However, given the enormous size of the playing fields, the momentum of the galloping horses and the ball's unexpected changes of direction, the game is very fluid, and the positions continuously change. There are few set plays in polo. Having a good is almost like a sixth sense in the game. With thousand pound animals running at speed there is a pre-eminent necessity for a right of way rule. The central concept in the rules of polo is the line of the ball, a right-of-way established by the path of the traveling ball. Like the rules of the road, there are do's and don'ts governing access to this right-of-way and crossing it. Within these limitations, a player can hook an opponent's mallet, push him off the line, bump him with his horse or steal the ball from him. Penalties are awarded as free hits. The more severe, the shorter the distance to the goal. The closer hits are almost certain goals. After every goal is scored, the teams change sides in order to compensate for field and wind conditions. A typical score would be 10-7. Polo games are played on the flat or the handicap. Every registered player is awarded a skill rating from C (-2, the lowest) to 10 (the highest). When a match is played