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The good old days: t-bone the ball off a player, ball joint to goal and punt it in under the BB.
There were 5 original rules (although many more - such as t-boning, pushing, ball stuck in bike, ball out of court, "out of the D", return to your D after a goal, etc - were never written down and very few people understood them):
- Teams are made up of 3 players.
- To score you have to use the end of your mallet (hitting with the side is called a shuffle).
- Don’t put your foot down (if you do, you must tap out at the side of the court).
- Any contact must be ‘like to like’ (mallet to mallet, bike to bike, body to body).
- First to five points wins (or whoever has the most goals when the time runs out).
Specific rule bashing and a critique of how games are currently played is cool/worthwhile. Generic "we have too many rules" thinking seems a little odd to me.
- Teams are made up of 3 players.
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Where has the whistle over "321 polo" rule come from ?
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cambridge polo mount up?
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London league rules.
Nope, it's just come in. (Most of us wanted to keep the "3,2,1. Polo!" for posterity.) It's another NAH change, too many people jump the charge (it's almost become the norm) and instead of constant restarts, they've gone with a system that can't be cheated as easily.
Basically you ask each team if they're ready (feet on pedals), then in your own time blow the whistle (or shout "polo" if you have no whistle)... a whistle is louder/clearer than shouting "polo".
Instant start (like most other sports), no room for cheating.
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We don't have the same organisation/polarity in Europe, some are adopting the NAH rules for their tournaments without question, some are re-writing the rules for themselves (LHBPA for example).
Some scenes will use the rules from last year's Euros/Worlds until this years version is available, which is now:
http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/rules/2011/04/01/2011-european-hardcourt-bike-polo-rulesSome scenes will stick to a "minimal rules" stance and let the referee work out situations from game to game.
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Nope, it's just come in. (Most of us wanted to keep the "3,2,1. Polo!" for posterity.) It's another NAH change, too many people jump the charge (it's almost become the norm) and instead of constant restarts, they've gone with a system that can't be cheated as easily.
Basically you ask each team if they're ready (feet on pedals), then in your own time blow the whistle (or shout "polo" if you have no whistle)... a whistle is louder/clearer than shouting "polo".
Instant start (like most other sports), no room for cheating.
I think the cheats need to be reined in rather than have new rules . If you punished them properly they'll soon wait for the "polo" bit to start the joust. I've personally never seen a ref restart a game ever for early starting . Maybe its something goal refs could be responsible for , its hard to see both sides of the court at once .
Since both my teammates are not permitted to joust due to their freakish lefthandedness i've been doing quite a bit now. It seems best to watch the other player when they decide to go rather than wait . It's a shame Hayden can't do them any more coz i know he really liked that bit . Like a mini game of chicken . I won the ball only once at the qualifiers, against Bristol i think they waited for the "polo" bit . -
I'm surprised how many people care so much about something as minor as a whistle replacing "3, 2, 1, Polo" - when others at the warehouse can't stop themselves slashing mallets (often when the player doesn't even have the ball), pushing each other while riding, or throwing mallets at the goal / each other.
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Its tradition dear boy . I for one will be sad to see it go . As for the other stuff that is generally directed at Josh because its funny to see him get so worked up . I thought it was all lighthearted sorry if we pissed you off.
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My hack list:
- Josh (Team Smug)
- Josh (Team Smug)
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My hack list:
- Josh (Team Smug)
hack your bum face
my throw mallet out of court list.
- Rv (team fen boy pee)
I thought it was all lighthearted sorry if we pissed you off.
was all lighthearted on my part too, we should have some fun.....were rules permit. sorry if it went a bit far and started to annoy/piss off people.
slashing mallets (often when the player doesn't even have the ball), pushing each other while riding, or throwing mallets at the goal / each other.
two out of three aint bad.....
i like a bit of old school try and stop luca being so fast polo........
will play as clean as a choir boy tomorrow..
- Josh (Team Smug)
Gabe
fixed_jim
JonoMarshall
Taxi
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SuperLuca
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Gregory
Mjosh
eddie
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The rules will evolve more and more over time, rules don't ruin a sport... I imagine this article/gripe comes from the anti-establishment crowd, or possibly players who have lost their A-game and need some way to vent their frustrations.
To ignore problems and state that hard crashes/fouls are just "part of the game" is pretty obnoxious if you ask me and results in an ugly/dirty/painful/basic game.
With that said, the crash in the video seemed like fairly incidental contact as they both went for the same ball... it didn't seem particularly malicious to me, maybe a tap out offense (or ball turnover), depending on the context of the crash.
If you guys ever want to get more involved with the rules, or have any ideas, just holler... we failed a little (in London) to keep things updated so have re-written the NAH set to align with the polo played during the Euros and Worlds last year, this should give us a good platform to work from in the future (the UK Series this year for example) and means we've addressed/incorporated most of the issues they've faced in NA (wrist shots, safe bike setups, etc).