Polo Rules

i think when you're chasing someone down, or in a one on one situation, **when you can't get the ball **it can be so frustrating that you still feel an urge to do something with the mallet, and the hook is the least violent thing you can do.

This is key - it's desperate and you've already been beaten. Deal with it.

No hacking at all only cleverly hooking, maybe only on ball carriers.

This is pretty much where we're at now. Except for no goalie-fucking.

The only way to remove hooking would be to introduce a crease. Death to the turtle.

*TESTIFY!!!!*

As far as trying stuff out and influencing the rules, I don't quite get how it works. It seems futile to try out new rules at big tournaments and it feels like NAH come up with the rules each year, and the rest of the world follows suit because, well, I don't know why... There's an article on 321 Polo about creases and apparently a majority of people who voted in the leadup to the latest rules formation wanted a crease, but because of the wording, there's no crease.

Not trying to be a dick about it - perhaps there is a democratic/proportional method behind it all and I'm just not aware of it.