Besides polo, what sport uses mallets?
Auto polo and a malletman that held on to the side of the car and would attempt to hit a regulation-sized basketball toward the goal of the opposing team with the cars reaching a top speed of and while making hairpin turns. The mallets were shaped like croquet mallets but had a three-pound head to prevent "backfire" when striking the ball at high speeds. Due to the nature of the sport, cars would often collide with each other and become entangled, with malletmen frequently thrown from the cars. Installation of rollcages over the radiator and rear platforms of the cars helped prevent
Polo ball, slightly larger than the hard field polo ball. Standard mallets are used, though slightly larger head "arena mallets" are an option. Although the exact origins of the game are unknown it most likely began as a simple game played by mounted nomads of Iranian and Turkic origin in Central Asia, from where it spread to Persia and beyond. In time polo became a Persian national sport played extensively by the nobility. Women played as well as men. China, India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan all have claimed to be the birthplace of polo. Valuable for training cavalry, the game was