The Rules of Polo - EXPLAINED! 

Totally, I agree!

How is it dangerous.

@@stewgotbars danger from falling off

Yes it is very dangerous

Fun fact: If the Old English word "eoh" ("horse") had survived into Modern English, polo would be an "ee sport".

Believe it or not, yes it is! A polo shirt is the shirt that polo players wear during games - two button collar and made from a tough yet breathable fabric to endure the rigours of horse riding.

Are the balls made of alligator skin?

@@ioknaan Maybe in South America, but most polo balls now are made from plastic.

Brother playing polo is like Playing golf on an earthquake

@@Fruity_lexia Eh... Plastic? They should use wood or keep leather.

It probably sounds more fun than it actually is. I always think of the scene from 'Pretty Woman' when I hear about divot stomping.

It is

If you see divot stomping as a great opportunity to socialize, you need to rethink your social life.

bro wtf i eat cheerios with tap water no way in hell am i gonna pay for that

​@@thetroller7875 well clearly it's not aimed at you... 😂 It's an expensive sport.

Buenos Aires, Argentina holds the only polo stadium inside the city proper. It is the most important polo field in the world, and holds the most important tournament in the world. In Argentina, divot stomping is not a costume during the high goal season.

Hockey stick and dirt bike polo ... seems legit?! Thanks man.

That’s east Texas for you

Motorcycle polo! Why is this not a thing?

@@ricardosoto5770 It is! There's a video of some crazy Rwandans doing it 11 years ago, and top gear did the same thing layer on as well

@@monsieurboks Where might I find this video kind sir? RU-vid search isn't yielding results.

Most people can't.

@@NinhLyUK Besides the horse itself. What makes it that expensive?

@@linengmiao Mainly the horse. Ninh said in another comment that horses only last about 7 minutes. So players bring about 4 horses to a game. And one horse alone is mega-money to train. Which makes organising games with others requires you to have a lot of rich friends. Hence the exclusive nature of the game. Kinda makes me hate it tbh :/

@@crimsonvipor the equestrian sport is always expensive in any discipline, but if you can't afford it you can always loan or borrow horses. Equipment like boots, gloves and helmets would be needed to be bought on the player's own wallet- and normally when you buy a horse, it should already be trained and only a few things would be needed to work on. training a horse and investing money wouldn't even be involved with the sport because that's simple breaking in methods, I would suggest you already have experience with horses, (and I don't mean a single lesson, I mean spending time with the animal and caring for it) as many people assume we use the horses as objects- or, that the players use almost no skill apart from hand-eye coordination. There's no need to hate it! It's a very interesting sport and it does kinda suck that there's so much money involved, but it's only to ensure safety of the player and pony while having fun.

@@linengmiao the biggest expense in any horse sport is the horse mainly in polo though because each rider need about 4 horses so they don’t over work them as well as a groom for the horse so your horse can be ready when you need to switch out

Yes, toffs and rich people. But you know what, it's a great game if you get into it. Glad you like my video, be sure to subscribe and check out my channel for more content like this :)

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Thanks, I appreciate the comment.

Cool, I didn't know that it was called Chogān in other areas. Nice info, thanks!

@@NinhLyUK well, in parsi its "Chogān" but i heard some other central asian countries call it "Chockan" in their tongues, but its very close to the same word.

Yeah bro there is polo like sport in persian but the present polo was originated from Manipur state of North East India and it was show to world wide by colonial Britishers if you don't know about this please check on internet

Great, thanks very much!

Sorry Bro, but I need to correct you. The origin of the game is in ancient Persia and it has a history of about 3000 years. Although Persian legends depict an even more ancient provenance, historians say polo dates back to the Sassanian dynasty when it was a cavalry training exercise. Also, you can find it on the intangible cultural heritage (UNESCO) list as a heritage of Iran (there it is mentioned as tschougaan or, chogaan, which is the Persian word for Polo). :)

@@stevenmuller89 But the modern sport is derived from the game played in manipur.

Actually the game was invented in Central Asia, which includes the North of Pakistan.

@@eternalgamer674 Have a look at Genius World Record.

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Excellent, glad you like this video and that it helps your kids.

I remembered, but it's taking me a while to do these things. They're not 20 minute jobs these videos!

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Anytime bro. It takes me a while to get them done, but I did it. Cheers.

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Well, glad I could oblige!

Thanks Daniel.

Thanks, I try and crank out the sports videos every Satuday at 8:00pm GMT.

No. These things take forever to make and I just use the standard notation as denoted by the rules. It's quicker and simpler that way. I certainly don't want to waste editing time and elongate any video because people can't be bothered doing some basic maths.

They don't even have to do the basic maths themselves; pretty much every home computer has a calculator which will do it for them. ‪274.32‬ by ‪146.304‬ metres, or so says my calculator.

A metre and yard are basically the same.

@@NinhLyUK you are the creator and if you care about viewers you should do that for your video to be more informative. If multiplying things x0.9 takes you forever, you should go back to primary school. "waste editing time and elongate video", bruh that might take 1 minute

@@WASZCZI-WASZCZI OR you could stop being a whiner and just do the calculations yourself - seeing as though you know them. Given that the governing bodies themselves don't list their own measurements as metric - why would I?

Cool, yeah I'd love to.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks, I thought it went with the video quite well.

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Thanks Sahana!

Thanks Nathan!

My pleasure!

It sounds fun to be there. However, others claim Persia/Iran had the sport first. I won't get into it further, just mentioning the other perspectives on the historical question.

@@bruzote It's not true. Western Horses are too huge for the game so they use a type of horse called Manipur Pony. It's just a normal horse with a different name but it's smaller than the Western horse which makes it perfect for the game. This is one proof that Polo originated from Manipur India plus players from every country would come to Manipur to participate in Polo WC. It's held in Imphal Manipur every year. Idk where did Persia Jumped in..

Apparently it's very time consuming ... and very very expensive. Only the best bred polo ponies ever play in games and they cost megabucks to train and field. One horse only lasts 7 minutes, so you have to have at least 4 of them per player. Not cheap!

Ninh Ly geez

I know, right?!

@@NinhLyUK actually on grass polo horses usually only last 3 1/2 minutes, so there are two horses per chukker, and usually teams bring up to 6 horses per player, so the horses have a good time to rest between plays. you dont need a completely new horse for every chukker, just a horse which isnt tired.

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Yes, it's part of the rules that all players must be right handed. You can still swing the mallet on the left hand side, but you have to cross your right arm over your body to do so.

I'm sure it would be possible to form a "Left-Handed Polo League." It would just be a smaller league, but it would look much the same when watching.

I’m very surprised there aren’t a band of lefties crying ‘discrimination’

@@AbsoluteMiniacGena Oh trust me, there are tons of "lefties" crying "discrimination". And I ain't talking about the sport.

Actually that's false, I'm left handed and play polo with my right hand

Thanks bro.

They're really not popular enough to warrant videos. Unless I get a strong surge in demand, I don't see it. Thanks for suggesting it anyway!

I don't think I'll be doing Shinty, let alone the Shinty Hurling rules.

Starvation?

Starvation?

Buzkasi or something like that maybe

Sorry, no - not Croquet.

Ninh Ly 😁, well keep the vids comin anyway

A lot more! These guys get paid serious money.

it exists but It's called hockey

Vielen Dank

Uhhh, great thanks!

I probably did, but it's impossible to explain everything about Polo in a 4 minute video. I gave what I thought was the salient points necessary for a complete beginner to understand and watch Polo.

No.

No to close to hurling.Only a few rule variations

I think you "should" define "should" before telling people how they "should" be valuing or judging games. :-D

Funnily enough, when I see people replacing divots, I automatically think about that scene from Pretty Woman. What a great movie that was!

Not much to say really. Not much that a complete beginner has to know.

Not that I'm aware of, although most riders will try their utmost not to harm the horses.

Hitting the horse with the ball isn't foul. In case of hitting it with the mallet, depends of the situation.

I think they just drop the ball in the middle.

Typically like 12-8 or something like that. This game ended 12-11

I think there are markers on the sidelines that denote the distances. And yes, you can score from anywhere.

they might be hard to see in the vid but there are usually lines drawn on the field with chalk

Meh, if get more demand for it.

I'm not sure they wouldn't be too happy at being trampled over by a horse!

How about a horse with no human and stick trained to goal-keep?? Or a different animal like an elephant that could hold its own against horses

That would be a soccer then

@@NinhLyUK ha ha ha ha! Sorry it took so long to respond!

@@nicosmind3 keel!

I did. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iFPIUKvB3Uc.html

That's not a bad idea. In short: anything Manchester, anything Toronto and the Dallas Cowboys.

Okay so 1/3 is good! Anything Toronto is awesome, screw Manchester United and screw the Cowboys! Good to know! Thanks man!

Define "gentleman". Do you think polo spectators, players, or the team owners are somehow morally superior in their conduct compared to those of other sports? I suspect they are somewhat equally behaved as the rest of the humans enjoying sports.

@@bruzote those who aren't hooligans, but well behaved are gentlemen.

Yes, it’s for safety reasons !

You could still play it. Just use your right hand. It's all about technique...

They often do (as per 2:50 of the video). But remember, the further away you are, the harder it is to score, no matter what the height.

Ummm, sure why not?

Cool, thanks for stopping by.

If I get enough demand.

Buzkashi and Pato are to rugby that Polo is to Hockey.......

Pato, yes!

No.

Lol.