Gideon speaks to Marissa Wells, a professional polo player and polo instructor, who has played at both intercollegiate and interscholastic levels. Marissa’s family has a long lasting relationship with polo, with both her grandparents and parents having played the sport. Marissa starts by talking to us about the handicap system in polo, giving us an explanation of the two handicaps men can have and the four handicaps women can have, for both grass and arena polo. Marissa is a nine handicap player in arena polo, meaning she is one of the highest level achievable by a player. Deeper into the interview, Marissa talks about the process of being picked for a game and what a typical week would look like for her as a player, before talking about what some off the differences she has noticed between the interscholastic and intercollegiate. She also mentions that she felt the quality levels in both the interscholastic and intercollegiate were very similar as she would play with many of the same people between both disciplines. Marissa and Gideon briefly touch on her TikTok career, which blew up after she posted a wrapping video of one of her horses. Marissa explains that she plans to continue with influencing and hopes to be able to make a living from it, so as she can take the pressure of having to earn a living from her polo. Moving towards the end of the interview, Marissa reminisces on some of her greatest achievements, mainly the back to back National Championships wins with A&M in 2018 and 2019. She also mentions one of the highlights of her career was winning the open championships playing alongside her mother. Gideon and Marissa finish off with some rapid fire questions. If you enjoyed the episode, please be sure to subscribe so you never miss a new episode and leave a review and let us know what you think, so I can improve and bring you the best content regularly. Thanks for listening!TikTok @marissawells and on Instagram @mlwpolo