Polo Videos

i quite liked it

Yeh, don't love or hate it. Illustrates the game fairly well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86xlGmQxpU&feature=player_embedded

ha!

These Chicks Bad on Vimeo

Exploding goals. Want.

We have those at Newt every Thursday.
Word.

To judge the incident shown correctly, you would need to see the whole game. I suspect from what I was told by various people that the guy in red (the crazy Hungarian) was pulling cheap shots all through the game

We were in their group . He was mental . The other two were mildly psychotic . They were given a lot of warnings/chances and eventually he was ejected the next day . Good reffing would of sorted him out a lot earlier . Our ref told us to "give as good as we got" after he head-butted me , not cool .

We were in their group . He was mental . The other two were mildly psychotic . They were given a lot of warnings/chances and eventually he was ejected the next day . Good reffing would of sorted him out a lot earlier . Our ref told us to "give as good as we got" after he head-butted me , not cool .

Not cool at all.

Puceaux VS Top Centaurs - YouTube

these courts are too big, IMO.

Yeah, ridiculous!

dump and run.

Oh fuck yeah, calgarys courts are ridiculous.. so big, the dump and chase is exhausting

was that filmed on a tilt shift? massive.

and its not great for spectators when its so big and the fence is so high.

these courts are too big, IMO.

How big are these courts? They look way bigger than Mitch.

Lame. Too big, agreed. Great for 5 v 5?

Any guys thinking of reffing Hell's Belle's & thinking that you won't have to make too many penalty calls, watch the Chicks video...

Bigger than mitch:

Wider & longer.

goes off to find the court thread that has all the London court dimensions on it<

Any guys thinking of reffing Hell's Belle's & thinking that you won't have to make too many penalty calls, watch the Chicks video...

Bill, you're head ref yeh?

Wider & longer.

that's crazy. in the vid it didn't seem to encourage any different style of play?
5v5 would be fun.. with goals the size of grass polo

Bill, you're head ref yeh?

Well, if you guys want me to be, I am happy to do so, but wouldn't presume to appoint myself.

Bill you love it.

Courts were definitely big. but i think the camera and its angle make it look bigger, especially wider, than reality. These weren't that much longer than Philly WHBPC 2009, around 160', with goals set out quite a bit from the back boards. But they were good boards so a hard, wide shot would still rebound all the way back in front of the net.

I actually think this court size is perfect (i like getting out of my saddle and sprinting, and i don't consider a 32x22 ratio on a flat surface all that exciting). unfortunately the game in the video above doesn't show it very well, pretty boring game. bigger courts = more pretty passing plays, and reduces the effectiveness of offensive blocking/interference as a strategy.

Our courts in toronto (the bigger of the two in NORTHSIDE 2011 TORONTO on Vimeo
) are even longer and wider. i hear the "dump and chase" complaint sometimes, but it's not much of a factor in competitive polo. It happens a bit near the end of a game by a team that has an advantage, but most people will play a possession strategy... it also happens with those players who feel the urge to shoot all the time from no matter where on the court. tends not to be who i choose as a teammate.

why do i end up writing essays when i post here ?