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Polo rules and regulations, including a beginner's guide and official rules from the United States Polo Association.

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Greg Cater

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Polo rules and regulations, including a beginner's guide and official rules from the United States Polo Association.

3 Ways to Play Polo - wikiHow
How to Play Polo. Polo is one of the oldest games in the world, actually dating back to times earlier than recorded history documents. It was first played by nomads in Central Asia, and eventually, the sport followed the nomads to Persia.
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Polo
Polo - Britannica
Game played on horseback between two teams of four players each who use mallets with long, flexible handles to drive a wooden ball down a grass field and between two goal posts.
http://www.britannica.com/sports/polo
How To Play Polo On a Budget - Horse & Hound
If you are interested in learning how to play polo, university student Ella Cloake explains how to achieve your goal without breaking the bank.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/learn-how-to-play-polo-getting-started-313862
The Red Book of How to Play Polo
The Red Book is a beginners guide to Polo. Polo is a high speed equestrian game with many complicated rules and difficult maneuvers. This is a guide for a beginner or a novice to print out and to refer to as they begin to learn the game.
http://www.argentinapolo.com/poloredbook.html
15 Questions You Have Always Wanted To Ask About Polo
Like many polo traditions, this one can be traced back to India, where the game was played by nobility and later introduced to British army officers stationed there in the nineteenth century.
http://www.polo101.com/faq/15-questions-you’ve-always-wanted-to-ask-about-polo.html
St. Regis Polo
One of the worlds oldest games is also one of its fastest balls travel up to 110 miles per hour and most dangerous. Man and horse work in partnership to get a ball through a goal, while using every possible strategy to prevent the opposing side from doing so.
http://stregispolo.com/en_US/how-to-play/
Polo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo
Basic Rules in the Equestrian Sport of Polo
This brief overview of the rules of polo is for the spectator only.
http://www.sportpolo.com/spectators/Rules_of_Polo.htm

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Polo
Characteristics
Players playing polo
Highest governing body	Federation of International Polo
Nicknames	The Sport of Kings^[1]^[2]
Origin	Greater Iran 6th C. BCE – 1st C. CE by Eurasian nomadic peoples of Central Asia^[3]^[4] Developed and formalised c. 1st C. BCE – 7th C. CE by Persians of the Parthian and Sasanian Empires.^[5]^[3]^[6]
Clubs	90+
Contact	Yes
Team members	Field polo: 4 Arena: 3
Mixed-sex	Yes
Type	Equestrian, ball game, team sport
Equipment	Polo pony, mallet, ball, protective wear
Venue	Polo field or arena
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide
Olympic	Formerly (1900, 1908, 1920–1924 and 1936)

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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3 Ways to Play Polo - wikiHow
How to Play Polo. Polo is one of the oldest games in the world, actually dating back to times earlier than recorded history documents. It was first played by nomads in Central Asia, and eventually, the sport followed the nomads to Persia.
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Polo
Polo - Britannica
Game played on horseback between two teams of four players each who use mallets with long, flexible handles to drive a wooden ball down a grass field and between two goal posts.
http://www.britannica.com/sports/polo
How To Play Polo On a Budget - Horse & Hound
If you are interested in learning how to play polo, university student Ella Cloake explains how to achieve your goal without breaking the bank.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/learn-how-to-play-polo-getting-started-313862
The Red Book of How to Play Polo
The Red Book is a beginners guide to Polo. Polo is a high speed equestrian game with many complicated rules and difficult maneuvers. This is a guide for a beginner or a novice to print out and to refer to as they begin to learn the game.
http://www.argentinapolo.com/poloredbook.html
15 Questions You Have Always Wanted To Ask About Polo
Like many polo traditions, this one can be traced back to India, where the game was played by nobility and later introduced to British army officers stationed there in the nineteenth century.
http://www.polo101.com/faq/15-questions-you’ve-always-wanted-to-ask-about-polo.html
St. Regis Polo
One of the worlds oldest games is also one of its fastest balls travel up to 110 miles per hour and most dangerous. Man and horse work in partnership to get a ball through a goal, while using every possible strategy to prevent the opposing side from doing so.
http://stregispolo.com/en_US/how-to-play/
Polo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polo is a team sport played on horseback. The objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Players score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo
Basic Rules in the Equestrian Sport of Polo
This brief overview of the rules of polo is for the spectator only.
http://www.sportpolo.com/spectators/Rules_of_Polo.htm

Polo
Characteristics
Players playing polo
Highest governing body	Federation of International Polo
Nicknames	The Sport of Kings^[1]^[2]
Origin	Greater Iran 6th C. BCE – 1st C. CE by Eurasian nomadic peoples of Central Asia^[3]^[4] Developed and formalised c. 1st C. BCE – 7th C. CE by Persians of the Parthian and Sasanian Empires.^[5]^[3]^[6]
Clubs	90+
Contact	Yes
Team members	Field polo: 4 Arena: 3
Mixed-sex	Yes
Type	Equestrian, ball game, team sport
Equipment	Polo pony, mallet, ball, protective wear
Venue	Polo field or arena
Presence
Country or region	Worldwide
Olympic	Formerly (1900, 1908, 1920–1924 and 1936)

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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