We present phase-resolved low resolution JHK and higher resolution K -band spectroscopy of the polar VV Pup .
All observations were obtained when VV Pup was in a low accretion state having a K magnitude near 15 .
The low resolution observations reveal cyclotron emission in the J band during some phases , consistent with an origin near the active 30.5 MG pole on the white dwarf .
The secondary in VV Pup appears to be a normal M7V star and we find that the H and K band fluxes are entirely due to this star at all orbital phases during the low accretion state .
We use our higher resolution Keck spectroscopy to produce the first K -band radial velocity curve for VV Pup .
Our orbital solution yields K _ { 2 } =414 \pm 27 km sec ^ { -1 } and leads to mass estimates of M _ { 1 } =0.73 \pm 0.05 M _ { \odot } and M _ { 2 } =0.10 \pm 0.02 M _ { \odot } .
We find that the mass accretion rates during the normal low states of the polars VV Pup , EF Eri , and EQ Cet are near 10 ^ { -13 } M _ { \odot } yr ^ { -1 } .
The fact that Ṁ is not zero in low state polars indicates active secondary stars in these binary systems , including the sub-stellar donor star present in EF Eri .