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Playing The Number One Position
Tip#7:Playing The Number One Position.
Position Number One-Greatest Attributes: Discipline, Quickness, Accuracy
The “Attack Position”, the Number One needs to be a disciplined player who can anticipate his team breaking to offense and get into a reasonable position to be able to accept a passing shot coming from teammates. It is important to continually work at getting into a position that makes it possible for your teammates to get the ball to you. This is where discipline is mandatory. Your team is only going to be able to get the ball to you some percentage of the time. You will have to hustle and work hard throughout the game, often times to no avail. The ball does not get to you. But it will be those plays that you lesson your effort that the ball will be fired in front of you only for the opposing back, your man, to take possession. This is a commonly voiced frustration of number ones; that the ball never gets to them. It is true that the ball will not always get to you. The key is whether you are ready when they do. That is why this position, similar to the number four, requires a great deal of discipline.
You need to be in a reasonable distance of the hitting ability of your teammates that you are playing with. Is your teammate capable of the big hit or should you be staying in closer. You need to be moving towards goal in control of your opponent. If you are being covered, you are not a realistic option for a pass. If you are at too great an angle to the movement of the ball, you are more likely to be drawn into a foul as you try to get to the pass.
On defense you need to follow your teammates down field covering and neutralizing the opposing number four and then be ready to get back into position if your team regains possession of the ball.
You should practice shots on goal from various angles and have the ability to either dribble or hit away as the situation dictates. You should be comfortable with difficult angles at speed and at the same time have the ability to slow the play, get position on your man, possession of the ball, and turn the ball from the corners of the field and bring the ball into goal.
For the lesser experienced mallet, it becomes more important that you effectively contain and neutralize any efforts of the opposing number four. That will leave your other team members in possession of the ball and maintain the offensive attack by your team. It is better to leave a difficult shot for your following teammate, while clearing your opponent from the play. That is what all other sports call an assist. In polo, too many feel that all the glory is the stroke through the goal. Anyone well versed in sports know how equally important is the efforts by teammates to set the stage for the score.
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Position Number One-Greatest Attributes: Discipline, Quickness, Accuracy
The “Attack Position”, the Number One needs to be a disciplined player who can anticipate his team breaking to offense and get into a reasonable position to be able to accept a passing shot coming from teammates. It is important to continually work at getting into a position that makes it possible for your teammates to get the ball to you. This is where discipline is mandatory. Your team is only going to be able to get the ball to you some percentage of the time. You will have to hustle and work hard throughout the game, often times to no avail. The ball does not get to you. But it will be those plays that you lesson your effort that the ball will be fired in front of you only for the opposing back, your man, to take possession. This is a commonly voiced frustration of number ones; that the ball never gets to them. It is true that the ball will not always get to you. The key is whether you are ready when they do. That is why this position, similar to the number four, requires a great deal of discipline.
You need to be in a reasonable distance of the hitting ability of your teammates that you are playing with. Is your teammate capable of the big hit or should you be staying in closer. You need to be moving towards goal in control of your opponent. If you are being covered, you are not a realistic option for a pass. If you are at too great an angle to the movement of the ball, you are more likely to be drawn into a foul as you try to get to the pass.
On defense you need to follow your teammates down field covering and neutralizing the opposing number four and then be ready to get back into position if your team regains possession of the ball.
You should practice shots on goal from various angles and have the ability to either dribble or hit away as the situation dictates. You should be comfortable with difficult angles at speed and at the same time have the ability to slow the play, get position on your man, possession of the ball, and turn the ball from the corners of the field and bring the ball into goal.
For the lesser experienced mallet, it becomes more important that you effectively contain and neutralize any efforts of the opposing number four. That will leave your other team members in possession of the ball and maintain the offensive attack by your team. It is better to leave a difficult shot for your following teammate, while clearing your opponent from the play. That is what all other sports call an assist. In polo, too many feel that all the glory is the stroke through the goal. Anyone well versed in sports know how equally important is the efforts by teammates to set the stage for the score.
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New Polo Club in beautiful San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 1 Reply
Started by Lauren Thorpe Perez. Last reply by ralf leszinski Mar 15.
work on a Mexican polo yard.
Started by Eloise Allan Jan 25.
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Comment by Catriona Brown on August 30, 2009 at 9:55am -
I finally managed to update my site with some simply wonderful photos of the 3rd Copa del Rey held in May this year taken by Adam Finer. If you hit the slide bar hidden at the bottom of the photo you can also get information (i) on who is in the photos. Please enjoy them and experience what polo is like here in the Riviera Maya. We have a schedule of upcoming events to which you are invited of course. Please put these dates in your calendar and see if you can plan a holiday to come and visit us and enjoy the Riviera Maya. I will update you soon with more details as I get them
NOVEMBER 21 & 22, 2009
Challenge Cup
To celebrate the opening of the Polo season at El Rey the club will be hosting a friendly tournament with all Mexican players and friends invited.
DECEMBER 19 & 20, 2009
Christmas Cup
To celebrate the end of the year El Rey will host a Xmas tournaent with events for children and other festivities as well as polo, of course!
JANUARY 16 & 17, 2010
Mexico versus Argentina
A glittering all star high goal polo showcase with stars of Polo and Mexico battling it out on the field at El Rey, this year featuring Gabriel Batistuta, El Bati, Argentina's star soccer striker turned polo player in his retirement.
FEBRUARY 13 & 14, 2010
Torneo de Amistad or St Valentine's Trophy
The first Mexican Men versus Women tournament, we shall see who will win this game in the end
MAY 30 April - May 9
4th Copa del Rey
This annual international event is the showcase for the region of visiting and local polo players with 7 teams representing various countries and areas, this is a large and exciting event with glittering stars and elite sponsors
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Comment by Rolf Johnson on April 22, 2009 at 1:25am -
Hi Romero,
I will be in Mexico City 30 April - 4 May and would like information regarding attending the Copa Toyota "Tecamac" Do you have any schedule/location information?
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Comment by Catriona Brown on February 28, 2009 at 11:23am
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Greetings All - Saludos amigos - could you all send me your email addresses please so that I can send you an invitation to the 3rd Copa del Rey? This is an invitation for players.
Por favor enviar su direccion de correo a mi email para la invitacion por jugadors a 3rd Copa del Rey
catbrown@elreypolocountryclub.com
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Comment by Lauren Thorpe Perez on February 17, 2009 at 12:30am -
Dear all,
I have played and worked polo many years in the United States, in Northern VA actually, and I've fallen in love with San Miguel de Allende. For years I tried to figure out how I could bring the sport and work I love to the town I love. Well finally I'm here doing it, but I was extremely surprised when I finally got here the lack of polo throughout the entire country. I believe we have more clubs in a half hour radius of where I played in NoVA than the entire country of Mexico. This is not to mention the lack of communication, organization, etc. So I've teamed up with a marketing guru and in addition to the club we will start here, we want to build a website to unite polo players in Mexico. Think of polobarn.com and the PCW. We want to build a website, with a forum so people can communicate easily, we will have a store to buy equipment, BOOTS, clothing, etc. Please contact me if you have any questions or any advice about what you want to see on the website. Thank so much and cuidanse.
Lauren
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Comment by Catriona Brown on January 20, 2009 at 7:57am
- Hey Martina - just saw your old comment about boots! Actually it is quite hard to get boots in Mexico - we get them hand made near Merida. The wrap aroudn velcro and lace type. I have just bought him some heavy duty zippers and he will soon be trying his hand with them. You are off to Monterrey - pity we are a long way from there, next time please feel welcome - we will be setting up some great polo holidays to El Rey very soon.
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Comment by Jeanne Chisholm on December 29, 2008 at 4:26am -
The 1986-1987 Cartier Polo Retrospective
The 1986-1987 exhibit “POLO IN AMERICA, A Retrospective Exhibition of Polo in the United States,” Organized and Sponsored by Cartier, Inc., in Palm Beach, brought together an unprecedented collection of historically important polo art and memorabilia. This exhibit was considered to be of such international importance that it was re-created for one month as a "polo museum" on the second floor of Cartier's historic Fifth Avenue building in June 1987.
Jeanne Chisholm endeavored exhaustively to get the vast majority of the objects lent to these exhibits donated to the permanent collection of the proposed National Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida. Yet while they are still housed by the museum, most of them are not currently on display. It is our hope that soon they will be on view once again after proper cataloguing and archiving.
In its continued effort to serve the polo community, the Chisholm Gallery has posted a link to the original website cataloguing this important event, and will maintain this archive in conjunction with the Chisholm Gallery website. The link below will take you to a complete archive of the exhibit, photos and newspaper clippings. Enjoy!
http://chisholmgallery.com/cartier.html
My gallery has specialized in POLO ART , SCULPTURES, & VINTAGE POLO PHOTOGRAPHS since 1978 formerly based at Palm Beach Polo & Country Club. I would be very happy to send email images of exciting new and unusual polo awards and gifts for your future projects, films and other considerations.
Happy New Year
Jeanne Chisholm
http://www.chisholmgallery.com
info@chisholmgallery.com
518.398.1246
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