Polo Rules

i really like the look of the NAHBPC rules, i think madison did really well with them. I also agree with the penalty system over the double tapout system.

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/general/2010/07/02/rules-for-nahbpc

yeah, double tap-outs are a total waste of time. More often than not, a double tap puts the perpetrator of the crime in a good position for an attack.

i really like the look of the NAHBPC rules, i think madison did really well with them. I also agree with the penalty system over the double tapout system.

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/forum/general/2010/07/02/rules-for-nahbpc

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I think the NA rules are awesome. Not too heavy handed but should keep the game relatively clean.

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+1

Eh?

When I first looked up the rules of bike polo I was shocked at the quantity and complexity of rules governing right or way over the ball & shots.

http://www.bicyclepolo.org/rightofway.html

Ive been surprised that such little of this stuff trickled down to hard court polo, probably a good thing.

DFP. Why are you suddenly trying to discuss rules for a game that you do not play?

And for the record, I do play polo. All be it poorly, I still play.
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2.4 - Helmets are mandatory.

Is that not a bit excessive?

Not for tournaments, no.

Is that not a bit excessive?

We had one fractured skull in a tournament 2 years ago. Guy still suffers from memory loss, head-aches etc.

Who is hyoscine?

Oh, fair enough. Hope I didn't come across as dismissive, I haven't played anything on a hard court. Consider it an honest question from the hopelessly uninformed.

Who is hyoscine?

Jay. Hi. Haven't made it down to London yet, so I guess that's fairly meaningless. Still, hi.

where do you play Hyoscine?

My brother and made some mallets a couple of weeks back, we've been playing one on one, on a football pitch with a field hockey ball. When I say uniformed, I really mean it.

Actually, anyone know anyone who plays in Chelmsford?

Who is hyoscine?

Consider that an honest question from the hopelessly uninformed, Object just wanted to know who you were, that's all.

With the balljoint/pass rule, please make sure all refs and goal-refs consistently see all balljoints, call them and have the same definition of 'pinning the ball'. Some refs in Berlin went out of their way to say those little side-to-side flicks count as balljoints and some said they weren't. Most goal-refs cannot see the other end of the court well enough to know if someone has pinned the ball or not.

Gormley won't always be there to clear up such matters.

No ref is going to see everything, and no ref should call something that s/he hasn't seen, no matter what the spectators say. But a ref's meeting should clear up what is & is not a ball-joint.

Yup, exactly my point Bill - the problem with the ball-joint rule is that refs are awarding goals for things they haven't seen.

Yup, exactly my point Bill - the problem with the ball-joint rule is that refs are awarding goals for things they haven't seen.

Ok, I'm confused. What exactly do you mean?

Refs cannot always see clearly whether a player ball-joints before a goal, therefore they can award goals that should not stand. With some mallet touches, for example moving the ball round the back wheel or under the bottom bracket, it can be very hard to tell whether the ball was pinned or pushed.

What about shots where you move the ball round your front wheel, drop it and then shoot backhand? Is that a lob to yourself or a ball-joint because the ball is being carried?

Refs cannot always see clearly whether a player ball-joints before a goal, therefore they can award goals that should not stand. With some mallet touches, for example moving the ball round the back wheel or under the bottom bracket, it can be very hard to tell whether the ball was pinned or pushed.

Ok, I would say that the ref shouldn't disallow the goal if the ref or goal-ref hasn't seen the ball-joint / pin move. My own feeling is that the benefit of the doubt should go to the attacking player(s).

What about shots where you move the ball round your front wheel, drop it and then shoot backhand? Is that a lob to yourself or a ball-joint because the ball is being carried?

My opinion, again just my opinion, and if I am asked to ref, I will follow the direction of the tournament organisers, is that if the player isn't travelling with the ball, then this should be counted.

You guys obviously have it covered. Let's hope Adam can control himself.

Ha, what did he do? ^