来一场Polo（马球）也不错 ----- Polo （马球）让我看到雄性的美

前几日看到朋友拍的一组MEYADO Cup夏天的照片（可惜的是没能放上来跟大家共赏）很感动. 仿佛是能从照片中闻到浓郁的男士香水夹杂着汗水以及健硕的马儿跟青草树木的味道. 

以前很少关注过如此男人的运动, 虽然也曾经看过England玫瑰的比赛, 但是觉得Rugby里面看到更多的是肌肉和壮男, 少了些许的温文尔雅. 而Polo更像是雄性跟雅致的结合. 从Polo队员和马儿们的装扮,到开球前的小仪式,再到马儿们奔跑时的步伐, 让你会不由自主地想到雅致这两个字.  难怪英国王室至今还那么挚爱Polo. The Duke of Edinburgh (The Prince Philip)  便是欧洲最负盛望的Guards Polo Club的President. 女王Queen Elizabeth II 和英国王室每年都会参加俱乐部的活动。

马球，又称马上曲棍球，其英文名Polo源于藏语Pulu的音译，意即“球”是骑在马上用球杆击球入门的活动，在我国古代叫“击鞠”。对于马球的起源，目前尚没有确切的说法。普遍认为其历史可追溯到公元前600年左右的波斯，随后传入吐蕃(现今的西藏)、我国内陆、伊朗和印度等一些亚洲国家。

以下的文字介绍来自于 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polo  各位有兴趣的话可以看看。

Polo is a team sport played on horseback in which the objective is to score goals against an opposing team. Riders score by driving a small white plastic or wooden ball into the opposing team's goal using a long-handled mallet. The traditional sport of polo is played at speed on a large grass field up to 300 yards in length, and each polo team consists of four riders and their mounts.

A modern variant is called arena polo which is played indoors or more commonly outdoors on an enclosed all-weather surface (the field of play is much smaller, rarely exceeding 100 yards in length). In arena polo there are only three players on each team and a small inflatable leather ball is used instead. Arena polo matches usually consist of four 6 minute periods (called chukkas or chukkers), as opposed to field polo matches which consist of between four and eight 7 minutes chukkas (depending on the level being played).

Another modern variant is snow polo, which is played on compacted snow on flat ground or a frozen lake. The format of snow polo varies depending on the space available. Each team generally consists of three players and a bright colored light plastic ball is preferred. Other variants include camel polo, elephant polo, bike polo and Segway polo. These sports are considered as separate sports because of the differences in the composition of teams, equipment, rules, game facilities etc.