Learn to play polo in Kuala Lumpur.  KL Academy of Polo has a new intake for our POLO 101 course, starting in January 2023.  This course is designed to start established riders in polo.

The POLO 101 course would be conducted on KL Academy of Polo’s polo ponies.  It is taught by triple SEA Games gold medallist and Level 1 instructor, Peter Abisheganaden.  Guest instructors may be invited to teach.

POLO 101 consists of 16 lessons in total, held over two months, all conducted at the Kuala Lumpur Polo Club, in Ampang Hilir, Kuala Lumpur.

• Twelve of those lessons are mounted and will include:
  • Riding for Polo
    • Contact and Neck Reining
    • Fitness for Polo
    • Posting Canter
  • Riding Off
  • Stick and Ball
  • Polo Scrimmaging
• Three lessons will be on “Woody,” the wooden horse, learning the polo strokes.
• One classroom lesson will be held on the rules of polo, player roles and positioning on the field.

Conditions

• The Classes will be 45 minutes long and shall be run in groups of four to six riders.
• KLPC members have priority over non-members.
• Riders who are unable to attend a group session will not have a replacement class. This is a fixed 16 lesson schedule.
• The prerequisite for this course is that riders must be confident riders, well established in their canter work.
• Riders must consult their KL Academy of Polo instructor about their readiness, and be recommended by him to be accepted into a POLO 101 course.
• Non-KL Academy of Polo riders must have an assessment to verify their riding skills.
• KL Academy of Polo reserves the right to exclude riders whose riding may not yet be up to the required standard.
• Riders will be expected to have their own riding / polo equipment, and purchase their own foot and polo mallets.
• Riders will be expected to practice hitting on the wooden horse and on foot, in their own time, outside of scheduled POLO 101 lessons.

POLO 101

Group riding lessons on Wednesday & Friday mornings are fixed for 8:45 AM. Hitting lessons on ‘Woody’, the wooden horse will be held on Thursdays, initially together, and then in arranged time slots.

The course starts on Wednesday 11^th January at The Kuala Lumpur Polo Club at 8:45 AM:

1. Wednesday 11^th January
2. Thursday 12^th January – Wooden Horse
3. Friday 13^th January
4. Wednesday 18^th January
5. Thursday 19^th January – Wooden Horse
6. Friday 20^th January
7. Wednesday 25^th January
8. Thursday 26^th January – Wooden Horse
9. Friday 27^th January
10. Wednesday 1^st February
11. Friday 3^rd February
12. Wednesday 8^th February
13. Friday 10^th February
14. Wednesday 15^th February
15. Friday 17^th February
16. Saturday 18^th February – Polo Rules, Basic Positioning & On-field Organization

Charges

The Cost of this POLO 101 course is:

• KLPC Members RM2,800.
• Non-Members RM3,800.
• Group Personal Accident Insurance RM250
• For KLPC members riding their own horses in POLO 101, the cost is RM1,800.
• Confirmation is by payment or club billing of the course fee.

To sign up, please call WhatsApp +60 11 1638 3835, call KL Academy of Polo’s office at 03 4252 3913, or email us at: admin@klacademyofpolo.com