New to polo, start here: a guide for beginners

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The league thread.

anyone know if there is any bike polo going on in Reading (Berkshire)?

never hear off, but you could start it...

I might come down to the next session? when is it?

you should probably bring some long sleeves.

Anyone need a cheap 48h wheelset? We can potentially order some from a supplier for £90 a pair (freewheel only), it'd be good to have some input from beginners about whether you're even keen to go down the 48h route, etc:

http://www.lfgss.com/thread57548.html

Hi,

I'm Michael, from Switzerland. I'm new here, and I wanna know if you're playing polo in the Hoxton area. If yes, where are you paying and which days?

I'm coming here in London a few times annually and wanna ride fixed.

Thanks for your answers.

Hi Michael, check this thread for polo in North/East London

https://www.lfgss.com/thread6372-223.html#post1882164

Usually people play Tuesday and Thursday nights and then either Saturday or Sunday at weekends, it;s best to check the thread to find out exactly when people are playing though as it can change week to week at short notice.

Hi Moog,

Thank you.

there's some slang in these beginners threads that I don't understand, and that are kinda pivotal to a beginner going to try polo for the first time. If I've got these wrong then I'm gonna look like a right fool...are these the correct meanings? using the forum search (UTFS) is flawed with two-character words.

throw-ins: non league friendly game
BM: bench minor a* substitute, or I guess in the case of these threads, a beginner?*
T-boning: side impact collision

please correct as appropriate, thanks!

throw-ins: is any informal game, just x numbner of mallets to the middle, shuffle and play
BM: bench minor is a new format of game, take it from ice hockey, you have 8 or 10 players per team, that rotate to play a normal 3x3
T-boning: *side impact collision, making the shape of a T
*

ok, thanks rik, that helps a lot :)

throw-ins: is any informal game, just x numbner of mallets to the middle, shuffle and play
BM: bench minor is a new format of game, take it from ice hockey, you have 8 or 10 players per team, that rotate to play a normal 3x3
T-boning: *side impact collision, making the shape of a T
*

Nb, the descision of which part of the t is at fault is more or less moot when starting out... So it's just as bad form to stop infront of someone (creating the top on the T) as it is to ram someone.

Hey Tash,
All will become crystal clear once you go to polo also. Hope I'll be seeing you on Tuesdays then! (I can give you that other stuff if you still need it too ;) )

Yeah this, the majority of us turned up to our first game without knowing the rules! :)

Hi guys,

I'm a journalism student looking to try out bike polo for an experience feature I'm doing. Anyone know of anything I could get involved in this week?

Steve

Hi guys,

I'm a journalism student looking to try out bike polo for an experience feature I'm doing. Anyone know of anything I could get involved in this week?

Steve

league game here tonight at 7pm

should be some pick up in the same place on thursday night.

2 on 2 tournament at downham on sunday which is here

league game here tonight at 7pm

should be some pick up in the same place on thursday night.

2 on 2 tournament at downham on sunday which is here

Which of those would I be able to have a go in? None of them are ideal for me, but Sunday could work.

League game - spectating only
Pick up - random teams, anyone can play
2v2 tourney - If you enter a team you can play

Beginners polo will probably be best for you, you'll have to wait until next week though.

Thanks a lot for that. Pick up would be great but Thursday's difficult. What sort of time would it be?
Sorry to be a pain. Next week's no good, as deadline's Tues night.
Thanks for your help though.

i'm sure there will be pick up on saturday

Pick up is normally around 6.30/7pm until 9pm, if you read the threads in the polo forum all the information is there.

Moral of the story, do you're homework earlier

Moral of the story, do you're homework earlier

Sorry, working on a very tight deadline, we don't get a lot of time to sort these things out. Also, kind of overwhelmed by all of the threads/ info up here, so starting in a few obvious places.