Coaching Camps

Polo Coaching Camp from 15 Aug to 15 Sep 2018


A Polo Coaching Camp was conducted at 61 Cavalry under the aegis of QMG’s Branch by Mr Samsher Ali, Mr Syed Basheer Ali and Col Ravi Rathore,VSM, Hony Sec IPA, wef 15 Aug 2018 to 15 Sep 2018.

The aim of the coaching camp was to teach the basic fundamentals of Polo across the board. The syllabus of the training imparted during the polo coaching camp was as under -

(a) Equestrian Training
(i) Independent Seat
(ii) Turning with Balance
(iii) Gymnastics
(iv) Forward Seat
(v) Ride Off

(b) Basic Schooling of Polo Ponies
(i) Rein back
(ii) Halt
(iii) Fig of 8
(iv) Change of Leg

(c) Animal Management
(i) Grooming of Horses
(ii) Common ailments pertaining to a Polo pony
(iii) Conditioning of horses
(iv) First Aid

(d) Polo Training
(i) Personal gear of a polo player and tack of polo pony
(ii) Physical fitness of polo players
(iii) Rules of Polo
(iv) Positioning of players and role of each position
(v) Wooden horse (Practicing all Shots)
(vi) Stick and Ball
(vii) Cycle Polo
(viii) Polo Chukkers
(ix) Screening of Videos on High Goal Polo


Name of players participated in the Polo Coaching Camp 2018 are as under -


61 Cavalry (08 x Offrs, 01 x JCO & 09 x OR)
(a)Lt Col Sameer Chaudhary
(b)Lt Col Vishal Chauhan
(c)Maj Aman Singh
(d)Maj Nikhil Arora
(e)Maj Apurva D
(f)Capt Anant Rajpurohit
(g)Capt Deepanshu Sheoran
(h)Capt MS Chouhan
(i)Nb Ris Pushpender Singh
(j)Dfr illyas Khan
(k)Dfr Vikram Kadam
(l)LD Vinod Singh
(m)LD Dilip Singh
(n)Swr Bonge Ganesh
(o)Swr Jitender Singh
(p)ALD Ashan Khan
(q)ALD Nadeem Ali
(r)Swr Sujit Khandare
Arty (02 x Offr, 02 x OR)
(s)Lt Col Ashish Samantray
(t)Maj Narender Singh
(u)LNK Manohar Singh
(v)Sep Raj Kumar
HQ SWC (01 x Offr)
(w)Col Bhanupratap Singh
Navy Polo Team (03 x Offr, 01 x OR)
(x)Cdr Akhil Sirohi
(y)Cdr AP Singh
(z)Lt Cdr Rathee
(aa)Shivpal Singh
ASC Polo Team (03 x Offr, 03 x OR)
(ab)Col GS Pandher
(ac)Maj Yatinder Kumar
(ad)Capt Karmat Ali
(ae)Sep Bittu Kumar
(af)Sep Ravinder
(ag)Sep Madha Ram
RVC Polo Team (02 x OR)
(ah)Swr Nitin
(ai)Swr Yallpa
Civ (08)
(aj)Mr Vishwaraj Bhati
(ak)Mr Lokender Singh Rathore
(al)Mr Bhawani Kalwi
(am)Mr Pratap Kanota
(an)Mr Hurr Ali
(ao)Mr Jaiveer
(ap)Mr Nitin Golechha
(aq)Mr Ram Singh