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Learn to Play Polo with KLAP’s Polo 101 Course

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21
Jan

The POLO 101 course would be conducted on KL Academy of Polo’s polo ponies or on member’s own ponies.  It is taught by triple SEA Games gold medallist and Level 1 instructor, and Zack’s Tack’s Managing Director, Peter Abisheganaden.  Guest instructors may be invited to teach.

POLO 101 consists of 16 lessons in total, held twice or three times a week, over two months, all conducted at The Selangor Polo Club, in Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.

Twelve of those lessons are mounted and will include:

  • Riding for Polo
  • Contact and Neck Reining
  • Fitness for Polo
  • Posting Canter
  • Riding Off
  • Stick and Ball

Three lessons will be on “Woody,” the wooden horse, learning the polo strokes.

One classroom lesson will be on the rules of polo, player roles and positioning on the field.

Conditions:

  • The Classes will be 45 minutes long and shall be run in groups of four to six riders.
  • TSPC members have priority over non-members.
  • Riders who are unable to attend a group session will not have a replacement class. This is a fixed 16 lesson schedule.
  • The prerequisite for this course is that riders must be confident riders, well established in their canter work.
  • Riders must consult their KL Academy of Polo instructor about their readiness, and be recommended by him to be accepted into a POLO 101 course.
  • Non-KL Academy of Polo riders must have an assessment to verify their riding skills.
  • KL Academy of Polo reserves the right to exclude riders whose riding may not yet be up to the required standard.
  • Riders will be expected to have their own riding equipment, and purchase their own foot and polo mallets.
  • Riders will be expected to practice hitting on the wooden horse and on foot, in their own time, outside of scheduled POLO 101 lessons.

Fixed Days & Dates

Group riding lessons on Tuesday & Thursday mornings are fixed for 8:00 AM. Hitting lessons on ‘Woody’, the wooden horse will be held on Wednesdays, initially together, and then in arranged time slots.

This course starts Tuesday 15th January at The Selangor Polo Club.

  1. Tuesday 15th February
  2. Wednesday 16th February – Wooden Horse
  3. Thursday 17th February
  4. Tuesday 22nd February
  5. Wednesday 23rd February – Wooden Horse
  6. Thursday 24th February
  7. Tuesday 1st March
  8. Wednesday 2nd March – Wooden Horse
  9. Thursday 3rd March
  10. Tuesday 8th March
  11. Thursday 10th March
  12. Tuesday 15th March
  13. Thursday 17th March
  14. Tuesday 22nd March
  15. Thursday 24th March
  16. Saturday 26th March – Polo Rules, Basic Positioning & On-field Organization

Charges

The Cost of this POLO 101 course is:

  • TSPC Members RM2,800.
  • Non-Members RM3,800.
  • For TSPC members riding their own horses in POLO 101, the cost is RM1,800.
  • Confirmation is by payment or club billing of the course fee.

To sign up, please call WhatsApp +60 11 1638 3835, call KL Academy of Polo’s office at 03 4252 3913, or email us at: admin@klacademyofpolo.com

 

 

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