Comparison
Bicycle Polo in Dublin
What is the difference between polo on horses and polo on bikes?
Compare both kinds of sports. Have a look at the webpages on the
internet and find information about polo rules. Click on the addresses
below. You can fill in your solutions on the computer.
http://bicyclepoloireland.com/rules/
Polo
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo
Bicycle Polo
1. How many players are in a team?
2. How far is the distance between the two goal posts?
3. How large is a polo field in general? Which field is larger?
4. How long does a match last?
5. When do the teams change the ends?
6. What size does the ball have?
In the film, James and his mother are discussing which polo is more difficult and dangerous.
What do you think? Is it more difficult to play polo on a horse or on a bike?
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Bicycle Polo in Dublin
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Bicycle Polo in Dublin
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http://bicyclepoloireland.com/rules/
Polo 1. How many players are in a team?
Each team has four players
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo
Bicycle Polo
A team has up to 8 players, there are no more than 5 players on the field
2. How far is the distance between the two goal posts?
The goal posts are 8 yards apart
The goal shall measure 4 metres in width
3. How large is a polo field in general? Which field is larger?
The ground is 300 yards long, 160 yards wide if Length: Between 80 and 110 metres (87.489 boarded. That means the polo field is much larger
yards and 120.297 yards). Width: Between 40 than the bike polo field.
and 70 metres (43.744 yards and 76.553 yards).
4. How long does a match last?
One match consists of 4,6 or 8 chukkas.
One match consists of 4 chukkas
6 chukkas are most common, One chukka lasts 15 minutes
1 chukka=7 minutes
5. When is the change of ends?
The teams change ends after each goal.
The teams change ends after each chukka.
6. What size does the ball have?
between 12.5 and 15 inches in circumfence
The ball shall be round and may not be less than 32 cm (12.6 inches) or greater than 38 cm
(15.0 inches) in circumference In the film, James and his mother are discussing which polo is more difficult and dangerous.
What do you think? Is it more difficult to play polo on a horse or on a bike?
Some excerpts from the film
Voice over:
“Compared to horse polo, bicycle polo is easier to learn. Almost everyone can ride a bike. You don’t have
to learn how to ride a horse first.”
James:
“You know, a bicycle has no brain – a horse has a brain. So I would be much more afraid of playing horse
polo. I mean, Bicycle Polo – there is tactics and there is no tactics in horse polo. You just – they all run
towards the ball, they all run this way, they all run this way.”
Bicycle Polo in Dublin
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