Corporate Polocrosse Experience Days

If you are looking for a corporate day with a bit more diversity, then spending a day playing Polocrosse is a great way to relax and bring a team together for a fun day out. Polocrosse corporate days can be tailor made to suit your requirements. Our corporate day will be made suitable for a range of options from motivational corporate day out to learning how to play polocrosse to even sponsoring tournaments or advertising your brand.

Your group will experience a graduated programme to help them learn the rules and tactics, basic stick skills of pick-up, throwing and catching and polocrosse riding.

Then after some 'stick and ball' practice on the ground and then on a pony, you will put your new skills into practice and play some fun chukkas.

After enjoying a well deserved lunch and drinks, relax and enjoy watching a demonstration game, before a final afternoon tea and prize-giving for your teams.

The "Learn to Play Polocrosse" Event can be arranged in a Full Day or Half Day format as shown in the sample programmes.

To book or for enquiries, please contact info@ashfieldspolocrosse.com.

Why choose a Learn-to-Play Polocrosse Event at Ashfields for your event?

  • The challenge and thrill of learning to ride a polocrosse pony offers a new experience for the majority of people – including non-riders
  • Polocrosse is a tactical team sport and is therefore ideal for developing team building, relationship building and communication skills
  • All our instructors are UKCC trained and are members of the UK Polocrosse association
  • Top class catering and hospitality facilities in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside – an easy commute from London, Heathrow, Luton and Stansted
  • Tailored specifically to your needs, including choice of menus and half or full day format for 3-12 participants
  • Special events – such as parties, fun days – catered for

Half-day programme

9.30 Registration
Meet in the Clubhouse for coffee, tea, Danish, juice & Meet the instructors
9.45 Introduction
Introduction to polocrosse: history, theory & tactics using a board and miniature horses
10.15 Polocrosse stick skills
How to throw and catch a ball – practice with short sticks
10.45 Tactical ground game
The basic tactics – without worrying about the horse!
11.15 Polocrosse riding
Collect your kit, meet your pony and learn the basics of neck reining and leg aids, throwing, catching and picking up a ball
12.15 Chukka challenges
Everyone has the opportunity to play a few chukkas, with an instructor on each team. Your chance to see what you have learnt come alive!
1.00 Lunch and finish


Full-day programme

9.30 Registration
Meet in the Clubhouse for coffee, tea, Danish, juice & newspapers
10.00 Introduction
Meet the instructors and divide into the 3 groups which will be rotated through the day
  Group I Group II Group III
10.20 Theory Short sticks – ball skills Tactics & positions
10.55 Polocrosse riding Tactics & positions Short sticks – ball skills
11.30 Short sticks – ball skills Polocrosse riding Theory
12.05 Tactics & positions Theory Polocrosse riding
12.40 Lunch
2.00 Chukka challenges
Everyone has the opportunity to play a short chukka, with an instructor on each team.
3.00 The Polocrosse challenge
Watch two teams of skilled polocrosse players play a four-chukka match, with match commentary provided throughout
3.30 Afternoon tea
With prize giving and photo review
4.30 Leave for home


Theory
Learn the rules and positions, discuss team tactics and positional plays using a board and miniature men and horses before getting started

Short sticks – ball skills
Using short sticks, practice picking up, throwing and catching the ball on foot, without worrying about the horse.

Tactics & positions
Using the short sticks, play out the tactics on foot – including line outs, riding off, defending and shooting at goal. Learn how to communicate with your team mates and how to read the play.

Polocrosse riding
Learn the basics of neck reining and leg aids. Practise catching, throwing and picking up in readiness for your chukka challenge!

No riding or polocrosse experience is required to take part in this fabulous day. You’ll be guided by an experienced instructor and be mounted on safe, quiet ponies suitably matched to everyone’s ability.