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Horse-Ball by Pierre Lenoble report. My Equidream Longpont
Horse-ball field (base)
CC needed Horse-ball goals by Lakeside Saddlery
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Focus sur : le polo et le horse-ball
Le polo et le horse-ball ont la particularité d’être des sports d’équipe, dont le principe est de parvenir à faire rentrer une balle dans le but adversaire, au même titre que le basket-ball ou le football par exemple. Le polo Le polo se joue en équipe de 4 cavaliers qui sont chacun munis d’un long maillet, leur permettant de contrôler une petite balle de couleur blanche. Il s’agit de faire rentrer cette balle entre deux poteaux éloignés de 7 mètres et demi qui font office de buts. Le polo se joue sur un grand terrain en gazon.
Il ne faut pas avoir peur d’aller au contact ! Photo par : Jack Lenox Les origines du polo remontent à plus de 2500 ans, en Asie Centrale. Ce sport était très populaire parmi les dirigeants, qu’ils soient persans, indiens, mongols … Au fil des siècles le polo s’est exporté partout dans le monde … jusqu’en Argentine dont les petits chevaux vifs et au tempérament en or sont très prisés sur les terrains de polo de nos jours. L’équipement du cavalier et du cheval est très important et mise avant tout sur la sécurité : genouillères et casque à grille pour les cavaliers, bandes de protection sur les jambes pour les chevaux. Les crinières des chevaux sont systématiquement tondues et les queues tressées afin d’éviter que les mains des cavaliers ou le maillet ne s’y emmêlent. Le polo est sport très rapide, passionnant à observer une fois que l’on a compris les règles.
Cheval de polo. Photo par : Julien Barzaghi Le horse-ball Le horse-ball est un sport assez récent (années 30) d’origine française et inspiré de deux très anciens jeux collectifs à cheval : * le pato argentin qui se joue avec une balle munie de six sangles * le bouzkachi afghan qui se joue avec le cadavre d’une chèvre en guise de balle ! L’objectif du horse-ball est de faire rentrer la balle à sangles dans un panier situé en hauteur. Cela fait fortement penser au basket bien sûr mais outre que le panier est plus haut, son ouverture est perpendiculaire au sol (comme les anneaux du quidditch :p).
Le horse-ball étant un sport de contact, les protections des cavaliers et des chevaux sont aussi importante que pour le polo. Cela se joue au galop et le moins que l’on puisse dire c’est que les matchs sont aussi courts (2 X 10 minutes) qu’intenses !
Faut-il rappeler que le horse-ball est un sport de contact ? Photo par : Frédéric Lepied
Le cheval de horse-ball doit être très réactif, jusqu’à se prendre au jeu lui-même et être excessivement bien dressé car le cavalier ayant souvent les mains occupées par le ballon, il a autre chose à faire que de le guider aux rênes. Un des aspects du jeu des plus impressionnants pour le non pratiquant est le ramassage : il s’agit pour le cavalier de se pencher fortement sur le côté de la selle afin de ramasser le ballon tombé à terre. Rajoutons à cela que cette action s’effectue au galop et que le cavalier s’aide d’une sangle reliant ses deux étriers sous le cheval pour remonter en selle.
Ramassage réussi ! Photo par : Serge Ninanne Aux JEM Le polo et le horse-ball disposent tous deux de leurs propres championnats du monde. Ils sont présentés aux Jeux Équestres Mondiaux en démonstration probablement afin de faire connaître ces sports auprès du grand public. Les démonstrations de Horse-Ball auront lieu entre le 27 et le 31 aout au Pôle hippique de Saint Lô. Les démonstrations de Polo auront lieu le 6 septembre sur l’hippodrome de la Touque à Deauville.
Disciplines: Polo & Horse-Ball
Polo and horse-ball have the particularity of being team sport played from horseback.The principle in both is to get a ball in the opposite team's goal like in basketball or football for instance.
Polo
Polo is played in teams of four riders that are each equipped with a long mallet that allows them to hit a small white ball on the ground. The aim is to get that ball to go between two poles 7 metres apart that hold the place of goal.
Polo is played on a very large grassy area, nine times the size of an American football field!
You mustn't be scared of going for contact! Photo by: Jack Lenox
The origins of polo date back to more than 2500 years ago in Central Asia. The sport was very popular among the elites from Mongolia, Persia, India... In time polo has exported itself around the world. Even to Argentina where the small and agile local horse breeds with their level headed temper have become the stars of the polo fields today.
The horse and rider's gear is very important in polo and is mostly aimed towards providing the best possible safety for the rider: Knee-pads, face guard on the helmet, protective wraps for the horse's legs. The horse's manes are systematically hogged to avoid any interference with the rider's hands or the mallet.
Polo is a very fast paced sport and fun to watch once the rules are understood
Polo horse Photo by: Julien Barzaghi Horse-Ball Horse-ball is a fairly recent sport (from the thirties) and of French origin. It takes its inspiration from two ancient team sports that are played on horseback:
*Argentinian Pato that is played with a ball that has six handles in it's modern form and used to be played with a live duck
*Afghan Bouzkachi which is played with a goat's body
The aim of Horse-ball is to get a ball equipped with handles into a hoop placed high above the ground. It makes one think about basketball but on top of the fact that the hoop is much higher; it's also much wider and perpendicular to the ground. (Like Quidditch! :p)
Horse-ball is a contact sport, the riders and horse wear protective gear that is as important as in polo. It is played at a gallop and the least you can say is that the matches are as short as they are intense! (2 X 10 minutes)
Must we remind you that Horse-ball is a contact sport? Photo by: Frédéric Lepied
The horse-ball horse must be very reactive, to the point of being taken by the game and playing nearly on his own. The rider having his hands taken by the ball very often it's really a team effort from both the horse and his rider.
One of the most impressive aspects of the game for anyone that hasn't tried it is picking up the ball from the ground. The rider leans to the side of his horse and grabs the ball from the ground. This is done at a gallop and the rider uses a strap that links both his stirrups under the horse's belly to counter his weight and get back into his saddle once he's picked the ball up.
Picking up the ball! Photo by: Serge Ninanne At the World Equestrian Games polo and Horse-ball both have their own world championships. They will be present for the WEG2014 but as demonstration sports to allow people to discover both these less common equestrian sports.
Horse-ball demonstrations will take place between the 27th and the 31st of August in Saint Lô.
Polo will be demonstrated on the 6th of September at the Touques Hippodrome in Deauville.
Have you tried any of these two incredible disciplines?
Everything to live Horse-Ball.
Everything to play Horse-Ball
Together for the love of the game. ❤
[EQUIDIA] > Retrouvez le dernier épisode des 'Seigneurs du Horse Ball' (Les enfants de la balle) sur Equidia Watch !
So my trainer announced our tentative Horse-ball schedule for where we are playing/doing demonstrations this season
Chevauche pour la Vie in Granby in May
Salon du Cheval in St-Agapit, close to Quebec city in June
Tournament in Chambly, FRANCE (HOLY FUCKING SHIT) in July
A big Western festival in September
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto in November (HOLY FUCKING SHIT)
So basically this season is gonna rock. We still have to get confirmations for everything but it the schedule should stay the same. We're still going to have our regular season with small games back home. August is going to be our month for shows, so we should be doing a jumping show and a dressage show. Not much but considering the amount of events we're doing and trips and demonstrations...