Polo Vision

Dawnay, Hugh

Sports & Outdoors

J.A.Allen & Co Ltd

<i>Playmaker Polo</i> provides both a wonderful introduction for newcomers to the game of polo and an in-depth guide to revision for those who wish to maintain or improve a level already achieved. Many years of coaching experience have taught the author that giving people reasons and explanations for what they do increases the rate of their learning curve enormously. Specific rationales for all aspects of the game of polo are given and developed throughout this book, accompanied by many true anecdotes and factual examples, which confirm the points being made. Hugh Dawnay was the first person ever to put into writing the theories of being "outside the horse" and "making the pony follow the rider" and he has had incredible coaching success with these concepts, which are explored further in these pages. His tactical principle of the rope and the magical mnemonic LATET, which guides the tactical thought process, are also explained in depth, as is the very effective technique of the slow hand being the pivot of the five circles which produce the ten shots required in the game of polo. The multi-dimensional application of playmaking, which permeates all chapters, suggests how players of all levels can take a constructive part both in a game and in the preparation beforehand. The high quality photographs and diagrams will help the reader to enjoy, understand and apply the many lessons that are being taught.

Playmaker Polo

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

J.A.Allen

<p>GALLOPING THROUGH LIFE charts the author's enchanting childhood in rural Ireland, his time at Eton and Sandhurst, and his career as a young cavalry officer in the 10th Hussars where he made his name both as an amateur jockey in both point-to-point and National Hunt racing and as a show-jumper. It also introduces the reader to the glamorous world of international polo and famous players such as the author's two polo-playing first cousins the Marquis of Waterford, and Lord Patrick Beresford, and also to the author's close friend the late Major Ronald Ferguson, a fellow technical advisor to Jilly Cooper's Polo. His subsequent career as a polo player and coach took him to such diverse locations as India, East Africa, Cyprus, South America, Central America and Hawaii, but most importantly Palm Beach, Florida, where he taught for many years. His greatest achievement, however, was the residential Whitfield Court Polo School in County Waterford. This was where people from all over the world gathered to learn Hugh Dawnay's revolutionary polo playing techniques.</p>

Galloping Through Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Somerville Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Dawnay, Hugh. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Dawnay, Hugh