Polo Archives

History of Polo
This is a relatively new sport, it has only been around for 160 years, but supposedly back in the XVI century in India a very similar sport was already being played. The origins of polo can be searched for in the Indian state of Manipur, between 300 A.C, when it was known [...]

Polo
A sport in which two contrary teams, formed by four players each, try to get a small wooden ball or plastic ball into the other team?s goal, by hitting it with a wooden stick from on top of a horse. The object of the game is to get as many goals as possible to [...]

Polo Equipment
A sport played either inside or outdoors. When playing outdoors, the field size must be as follows: 274.3 meters in length by 146.3 to 182.9 meters in width. The goals consist of two posts at a distance of 7.3 meters from each other; they are placed at the end line of the [...]

Polo Rules
Polo is a sport played on horses; two teams formed by four players each, which try to take a small ball into the other team?s goal with a wooden stick from on top of a horse. The object of the game is obviously to make more goals than the other team.
A [...]

Water Polo
An aquatic sport played in a pool, which consists of two teams, made out of seven players each, trying to get a ball into the other teams? goal with their hands.
The pool must measure thirty meters in length, a width of twenty meters and a profundity of no less than one meter [...]