{"id":68405,"date":"2021-10-05T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/polo-sport\/handicaps\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T14:44:05","slug":"handicaps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/es\/polo-sport\/handicaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Handicaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"68405\" class=\"elementor elementor-68405 elementor-66197\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-010e8b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"010e8b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9343d01\" data-id=\"9343d01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34932b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34932b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 id=\"the-polo-handicap\" class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Polo Handicap<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec67c5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8ec67c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60f18b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60f18b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2-120x84.jpg 120w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2-90x63.jpg 90w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2-320x224.jpg 320w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/polo-handicap-2-560x392.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9178c9f img_padding elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9178c9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<strong>History of the polo handicap<\/strong>\r\nBritish officers who were stationed in India towards the end of the 19th century brought polo to Europe. The Hurlingham Polo Club, founded here in 1876, was the first to set down the rules of polo in writing and these are still used in international sport today. The British also took the sport to North and South America. The polo handicap, however, did not originate with the English, but rather from Henry Lloyd Herbert, the first president of the United States Polo Association (USPA), who introduced a handicap system when he founded the USPA in 1890. From then on, the abilities of individual players could be compared and teams could be put together in a way that made them even despite individual differences in performance. In 1910, the English and Indians also introduced handicap systems. However, there is still no globally homogenous and all-encompassing system. The handicaps of players are determined by the respective country associations.\r\n\r\n<strong>From beginner to professional: the scale<\/strong>\r\nA handicap is not determined by goal and tournament success alone, but many other factors are also taken into account, such as sportsmanship, team play, knowledge of polo, strategy and horsemanship. The highest possible handicap is 10 goals. Not even a dozen people worldwide have this ranking, and it is primarily Argentinian polo families who dominate this top category. Of the nine 10-goalers currently playing, eight are from Argentina. The majority of the players does not achieve the upper end of the scale: two thirds of all players have a handicap of 2 goals or less. The exact division of the handicap scale is different according to each country.\r\n\r\nArgentina: 0 to 10\r\nUSA: C (-2), B (-1), B+ (-0.5), A (0), A+ (0.5), 1.0, 1.5, 2 to 10\r\nEngland: -2 to 10\r\n\r\nThe team handicap in a tournament is calculated from the individual handicaps of the players. For reasons of fairness, teams with lower team handicaps are given a so-called goal advantage.\r\n\r\n<strong>The best of the best: the 10-goalers<\/strong>\r\nThere are currently only nine players across the world who have the highest possible handicap of 10 goals. As each country determines its own handicap, players in Argentina may play at 10 goals in Argentina, but they would be playing at just 9 goals in the USA. The differences are sometimes even greater than this.\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-80204 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-polo-players.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-polo-players.jpg 500w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-polo-players-120x88.jpg 120w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-polo-players-90x66.jpg 90w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-polo-players-320x234.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Go ladies: the women\u2019s handicap<\/strong>\r\nIn polo, it is usual for men and women to play together in mixed teams. The number of female polo players is rapidly increasing and over the past few years, more and more ladies\u2019 tournaments have been established. In order to increase the appeal of ladies\u2019 tournaments, the Asociaci\u00f3n Argentina de Polo (AAP) introduced special handicaps for women in 2012. The women\u2019s handicap only applies to women-only tournaments \u2013 if women play together with men, the normal handicap applies. During the season, the women\u2019s handicap commission observes players in the ladies\u2019 tournaments and meets twice a year to discuss performance and possible handicap changes. At the end of 2011, the Fed\u00e9ration Fran\u00e7aise de Polo (FFP) adopted the Argentinian system. Since the start of 2014, a special women\u2019s handicap has also existed in the USA. This year, the United Kingdom has caught up and introduced ladies\u2019 handicaps in April 2015. In all other countries there is no special handicap system for women, and women-only tournaments are played with normal handicaps.\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-80201 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-female-polo-players.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-female-polo-players.jpg 500w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-female-polo-players-120x65.jpg 120w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-female-polo-players-90x49.jpg 90w, https:\/\/poloplus10.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/best-female-polo-players-320x174.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Arena, Beach and Snow Polo<\/strong>\r\nThere are also separate handicaps for arena tournaments in the USA and United Kingdom. The best arena player in the USA is Thomas Biddle with an arena handicap of 10 goals. He plays at 6 goals on grass. In the United Kingdom, Chris Hyde was recently promoted and now also plays at 10 goals (outdoor 6 goals).\r\n\r\nFor beach and snow polo, there are no separate handicaps, but the normal handicaps are usually raised by one level.\r\n<h3 id=\"interview-with-nicholas-j-a-colquhoun-denvers-president-federation-of-international-polo\">Interview with Nicholas J.A. Colquhoun-Denvers, President Federation of International Polo<\/h3>\r\n<strong>Why is there no worldwide handicap?<\/strong>\r\nThe handicaps are currently established by the National Associations based on their own seasons, protocols and systems. The benefit derived from a single entity gathering this information and keeping it updated through all the different playing seasons would not be worth the administrative time and effort. As the Federation of National Associations we are currently able to pinpoint handicaps through our national association members extremely easily at present, but it would be unnecessary and extremely difficult to do it on a day to day basis.\r\n\r\n<strong>Do the sport of <a href=\"\/\">polo<\/a> need a worldwide handicap?<\/strong>\r\nNot really. In the recent FIP World Championships in Chile four of the matches went into an extra chukka and the final results of several other matches showed a mere one goal difference, which we believe shows that the international handicapping system is pretty accurate.\r\n\r\n<strong>What do you think about the women\u2019s handicap?<\/strong>\r\nI believe that they are good for matches played only by women. I believe that anything which encourages a growing sector of the sport can only be a good thing. It has worked for those playing in France, the Argentine and the States \u2013 I am sure it will be a great success in\r\nthe UK.\r\n\r\n<strong>And what do you think about arena handicap?<\/strong>\r\nOnly few nations play arena polo and some players ONLY play arena polo! As a three-a-side game in a confined area, the handicaps are bound to be different from Field Polo.\r\n\r\n<strong>Are there ambitions by the FIP to unify the existing handicap systems?<\/strong>\r\nNot to my knowledge! 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