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@Oliver Schick
From my perspective as a mere polo spectator, I like the 'no shuffle goals' rule, as I like the additional technical difficulty introduced around the goal. Mind you, I haven't seen a game played with shuffle goals included. I also like that you can't just shoot from a shuffling dribble without switching the mallet around.
I would have thought that the rule comes from somewhere--i.e., when people invented hardcourt bike polo, they must initially have played while allowing shuffle goals, so that the rule arose from their own practice, and they thought it was a sensible restriction then? If so, what has changed? (This is probably old hat to seasoned polo-historians.)