Resources
This page contains a range of resources clubs and players can access to build their skills, learn more about caring for their horses before, during and after a polocrosse carnival, host and manage a carnival or event and promote the sport of polocrosse. Check back regularly as we will be updating this page during the coming months.
Player development
Polocrosse Australia is working hard to develop a range of resources current and potential players, coaches and other stakeholders can use to build basic horse, ball and racquet skills.
In the links below you will find a range of practical resources we have created and collated from around the world to help you enjoy Australia’s number one team-horse sport.
Skills and drills videos
Polocrosse Australia, together with our All Australian Squad, has creates a series of short videos that provide some foundational skills and engaging drills for anyone interested in polocrosse — from a first-time player through to seasoned players and clubs looking for group training ideas.
Click through the arrows below to find a drill that meets you where you are in your polocrosse journey.
Elliott Avis from the Moorooduc Polocrosse Club explains how to hold your racquet and pick up the ball.
Elliott Avis from the Moorooduc Polocrosse Club explains how to execute a basic polocrosse throw with a smooth easy motion, take a catch and be ready to pass again.
Elliott Avis from the Moorooduc Polocrosse Club explains how to practice your basic polocrosse throws against a flat surface or wall.
Elliott Avis from the Moorooduc Polocrosse Club provides some ideas on how to extend your skills by throwing the ball against an uneven surface to hone your reflexes ready for game day.
Gus Cooper from the Corio Polocrosse Club demonstrates a couple of handy passing drills to practices with two or three players to get your eye in before the game.
Jane Marriot, from Polocrosse Australia’s High Performance Committee, works with the All Australian Squad on building their reflexes and excitement before a big game with the ‘nicks’ drill.
Jane Marriot, from Polocrosse Australia’s High Performance Committee, works with the All Australian Squad on strengthening their focus in the line-up with a handy four-person line-up drill.
Jane Marriot, from Polocrosse Australia’s High Performance Committee, works with the All Australian Squad on the ‘laneway’ drill, which helps players practice their long passes, getting their eye in and improving their accuracy and communication before the game starts.
The video features the ‘overarm’ throw only utilised in international games but the drill is easily adapted using the regular underarm throw used in the Australian rules.
Polocrosse Australia’s President, Mick Templeton, works with Annabelle Gleeson of the Warwick Polocrosse Club to demonstrate an effective ridden drill that strengthens your ball skills on a 20 metre circle and teaches your horse to track the ball at the same time.
Polocrosse Australia Board Director Catriona Nicholls explains how combination drill is the ideal club training drill to get multiple players working together to practice every key core skill of the game of polocrosse — the pick-up, the pass, the bounce, shooting a goal and the 10-yard throw over a penalty line.
All Australian Squad member Jim Grills runs through the warm-up routine he uses to get himself and his horse ready for a big game.
Club development
Operating with good governance helps clubs to run effectively and, hopefully, without stress knowing you are complying with funding bodies, Polocrosse Australia, your State or Territory Association or your State’s or Territory’s Incorporation Act.
The results of the Club Survey carried out during 2020 indicated you wanted help with developing a constitution, strategic planning, and policies and procedures.
Follow the links below for a range of useful governance-related resources. The following resources are freely available to us collectively govern and grow the sport of polocrosse.
National Governance Resource Library
Guides, templates and tools for state sporting organisations.
The National Governance Resource Library contains free resources and templates sporting organisations can use to help implement good governance practices. The suite of resources was co-designed by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), state and territory agencies for sport and recreation and national sporting organisations to ensure they are fit for purpose and reflect best practice in sport.
The Library contains guides and templates to support the strategic planning process, resources to support board and committee structure and recruitment and tools for planning and executing core board functions.
Game Plan
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is focused on improving the capability of sporting organisations to create an effective and sustainable national sport sector. The ASC supports club development through its free online platform, Game Plan.
Game Plan is a free online platform that allows sporting clubs of all sizes to get insights into their current capability in key areas of club administration, then supports ongoing club development with a suite of tools.
Clubs assess and evaluate their own environment, identifying their unique strengths and potential areas for improvement.
Volunteers are the heart of every club. Game Plan makes it easy for club leaders to assess and analyse information about holistic club operations, to make good immediate decisions while developing clear plans for the club’s future.
More than 3000 Australian sporting clubs across 78 different sports are gaining key development and capability growth through their use of Game Plan.