Newcastle Polo

Good find Gav,

copy and pasted from here http://birminghambikepolo.com/

[*]**Play faster *I'd agree with this. From the little I've seen, tourney play is much faster than you might expect.*
[*]Close people down immediately and put pressure on opposing players even in their half. This is good. Don't just race back to your own half and wait for them to come to you. I'm guilty of this.
[*]Play ‘closer’. Lean on people a bit. Shoulder-to-shoulder contact is fine. Sometimes we’re too timid and it gets exposed at tournaments. This is never more true than at a tourney. It IS a competition.
[*]Always keep the goal covered: *We're pretty good at this.*
[*]Dribble less, pass/shoot more: It’s relatively easy to dribble past newer players, but when you try it at tournaments, you get tackled. True!
[*]Develop long-range shooting accuracy, and take shots when there aren’t defenders in the way of goal. Too often we try to dribble it all the way to the goal-mouth for a tap-in. Same as previous point.
[*]Make use of lefties *If you've got them.*
[*]Learn to ‘read’ the game and anticipate breaks: I see many newer players sitting too deep even after their team has lost possession and a break is forming. Good.
[*]Use the ’4th Man’ AKA the barriers, to pass off and make clearances.
[*]Practice playing ‘backhand’: **if you’re righty, practice getting receiving, dribbling, passing and shooting on the left hand side of the bike. If you’re lefty, vice-versa.

Good advice for all players, I'd say.

Sorted yer new mallet out Gav, btw. Had to use the 'wood effect' club in the end.