The Egyptian Polo Federation organized Polo clinics from the 9th through the 18th April 2010 for 30 of its 100 players.

Three clinics were conducted by Gavin Chaplin of South Africa for both the Gezira and Police clubs of Cairo and the Sporting and Smouha clubs of Alexandria. Almost half of the players that attended the clinics were Junior players aged from 12 to 18 year olds.

Each clinic was conducted over three days where the first day was spent on the “swing”, the grip and the hitting/riding positions, the use of computer added application detailing all the swing movements was very beneficial in highlighting the needed improvement area(s) for each participating player.
The second day was split between the swing practice on the wooden horse in the morning and filmed practice chuckkas in the afternoon.
The third and last day consisted of the video review and feedback on the previous day chukkas stressing on the umpiring, rules, WADA Code, tactics, positioning and strategy, followed by further practice chukkas and final overview and wrap up.

Farouk Younes commented “I received very positive feedback from the clubs and players to the extent that the Federation is now committed to investing in further clinics for the Junior and the National teams during November”. Also Ret.General Atef El Attar the Polo Manager & Coach of the Police team commented “After 35 years of playing Polo I thought that I knew it all, to the contrary I learned a great deal from the clinic and I certainly would like the Federation to organise further training program for our team before the yearend in order to maintain the momentum & continuity”.