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Maybe if you hit someone with your mallet in any fashion you should have an instant 30 second / 1 min penalty. Its impossible to declare what is and isn't safe but any contact with another player from your mallet will result in an instant 30 seconds, could be enforceable. Leg, shoulder, hand whatever. People will automatically begin to see the opponent as off limits.
Gotta agree with this. Fuck the high sticking rule. High sticking for a scoop should be ok if it isnt dangerous (usually called for high sticking) but a big swinging shot in close proximity to a player/hitting a player cause of a swing is dangerous (almost never called).
Also, polo is meant to be accessible. If people are blamed for getting hit cause they dont have a facecage then thats not too conducive to getting new players involved as you shouldnt need to have ALL THE KIT in order to be safe. the onus should be on not hitting them in the first place
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Maybe if you hit someone with your mallet in any fashion you should have an instant 30 second / 1 min penalty. Its impossible to declare what is and isn't safe but any contact with another player from your mallet will result in an instant 30 seconds, could be enforceable. Leg, shoulder, hand whatever. People will automatically begin to see the opponent as off limits.