Apple Books Polo

Polo Rules of the Sport

Series 1

SPORTS

Polo is a stick and ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport, and is one of the oldest known team sports in the world. Outdoor or "field" polo is played on a 300-by-160-yard grass field. Players score by using a wooden mallet to drive the ball between the opposing team's goal posts while riding at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, requiring mastery in horse riding. The team scoring the most goals wins. A game of outdoor polo lasts about one and a half to two hours, has two teams of four players, and consists of four to eight seven-minute chukkas, between or during which players change mounts.