A New Sport at Penn Wood - Pillo Polo

This term we were joined by Mr Brown from MNR Coaching, who delivered a very new and interesting sport to Penn Wood, Pillo Polo. Despite its name, there certainly wasn’t any time for napping! Year 3, 5 and 6 enjoyed a range of functional movement games, developing their hand eye co-ordination, accuracy and invasion game strategies throughout teamwork. The game begins with a ‘bully’ which involves two players tapping sticks three times before competing to strike the ball first. Players a penalised for high sticks, using feet and of course, any contact made to another player. Only goalies are allowed to use their feet. This has been a fantastic development at Penn Wood and has increased confidence in the pupils ability to apply their skills to hockey and a range of team sports. Thank you, Mr Brown.