Shots off the front wheel - rule?

Personally I find it a bit weak for the last hit of the ball to be a shot as it's just pandering to existing rules and seems like some kind of halfway-house compromise.

Exactly. The existing rules essentially say "shot + deflection=goal".

If we decide to disallow a wheel flick goal that starts as a shot, we're going to have to invent a rule to decide that the deflection was intentional, because shots that deflect off wheels are currently legal.

Part of the disallowing balljoints rule was that it wasnt a clean hit from the end of a mallet. Neither is a radball style flick. If youre suggesting we start allowing shots that arent hit from the end of a mallet, thats a definite change to the idea of polo.

;1205138']Remember Jack from Sick Buckets and his concept of bike-to-bike?

Dont forget Max's concept of off-the-ball contact..