Human-Polo

Materials/equipment: stick hockey, cones and sticks.

Number of participants: 24 students
Task description:

Space: football field

Duration: 40 minutes

The class is divided into two teams of 6 pairs each. Within each team couples should choose the role of
rider or the role of horse.
During the playing time only can play 4 couples per team. The other two partners are in the "dock". Peers
can ask to change at any time but must play at least 5 minutes and when they come to the bench have to
rest for at least 2 minutes.
The roles between partners is always change the following situations happen:
- Every time a goal is goal.
- When a rider to lose balance and fall off the "horse"
- When the ball comes out of your lines out.
- When change is requested ((this role change is not mandatory is only optional and by mutual
agreement between the couple, that is, if a couple has just changed the role and just the other
team asks the change, they are obligated not to change, because the rider just switch roles).
To score a goal you must pass the ball between two sticks that symbolize the goal. Each time you dial a both
players change ends or goal.
To hit the ball the riders use a hockey stick as a "Taco" (stick the pole). Each player can give the touches you
want.
The stick can only be held with the right hand, if held in the left hand will be punished with two minutes of
bench. If a player is caught more than 3 times holding the stick with his left hand, he was penalized his
team giving the other team a point.

Alternatives:

Hitting with the left hand instead of right.

Minimum to do two or more passes to score a goal.

Graphic explanation:
Pitch:

30 m

15m

5m

Human Horse

Cultural Introduction:

Today is not yet clear what the origin of the pole. It is thought to have originated in Persia around the sixth
century B.C. It is believed that cavalry units trained good riders playing the sport.
Its current name derives from "Pulu" which means "ball" in Tibetan.
Many historians believe that the origin of the sport dates back to Iranian tribes that existed before the reign
of Darius I "the Great" (521-485 BC.) and Iranian foundation of the Second Empire. The main evidence of
the practice of Polo in antiquity is found in Persian literature and art.
Ferdowsi, poet and most famous Iranian historian, provides a series of records of actual polo tournaments
in his epic of Century IX, Shahnameh. Some argue that it was the Chinese who first practiced this sport, but
in the oldest existing record, Ferdowsi mentions a match between Turanian forces and followers of
Syavoush, a legendary Persian prince.
In some countries like China, the pole became a hobby of royalty for centuries. The introduction in this
country is possibly due to immigration of nobility Irane seeking asylum after the invasion of his empire by
the Arabs. With the fall of the great kingdoms of the East, polo practice was restricted only to remote
villages.
The pole comes to the West via Manipur, a state in northeastern India. According to historical records, a
representative of the British government which was established in Manipur in the nineteenth century
wrote a review of the sport, contributing to their dissemination, established as a sport in that country in
1869.1 The English not only played polo with horses , but also elephants.
Subsequently the pole comes to America, having a degree of popularity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico
and the United States.
RUBRIC:
I have created a game from British culture (Proto-sport, traditional game, modified game,
gamification of the culture, etc.)
I have included a cultural introduction of the game in the task sheet
I have uploaded my game in format to Moodle and the blog (using Scribd)

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