Player resources
This page contains a range of resources players can access to build their skills, learn more about caring for their horses before, during and after a polocrosse carnival and promote the sport of polocrosse with others.
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.
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