Tripod Drill
Clint from Sydney Bike Polo gives some tips:
The Tripod is a fairly pivotal basic skill because it allows you to come to a complete stop without putting your feet on the ground. The more you can control your speed the easier it will be to position yourself for a pass, tend your goal, block, screen or avoid other players and shoot the ball.
You don’t need a ball to practice, just grab yourself and mallet and jump on your bike at home. Try marking the ground with tape or chalk, riding towards it and stopping as close to the mark as possible then circling around and trying again. Riding like this with only one hand controlling the direction and speed of the bike will almost certainly improve your day-to-day riding as well!
Some other useful things to think about when practicing tripoding:
make sure the end of the mallet handle is firmly pressing into the palm of your hand, this will allow you to place weight on the mallet without straining your wrist
move your wheel around while tripoding to get a better sense of how to stay balanced
shift your weight back and forwards to feel where you should have your weight to feel more stable
