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no can do tonight so i doubt John will make it either.
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Thursday then?
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So he said, but then he couldn't make Tuesday either. Been told I can use the car on Thursday eve.
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copy and pasted from here http://birminghambikepolo.com/
- **Play faster **(sounds stupid, but a lot of the time people are pretty sedate). Learn to sprint out of the saddle with your mallet on the bars, consider clipless, make sure you’re on the right gear, get decent brakes because half of going fast is being able to stop quickly.
- **Close people down immediately **and put pressure on opposing players even in their half, but don’t over-commit two out-field players too deeply. One person should try to ‘hold’ the centre court and control any breaks.
- Play ‘closer’. Lean on people a bit. Shoulder-to-shoulder contact is fine. Sometimes we’re too timid and it gets exposed at tournaments.
- **Always keep the goal covered: **not necessarily perma-goalie, although if someone wants to step-up, play fixed and focus on that position, you could become very valuable and we could do separate seeding for that position which could mean you’d make Black Stabbath with ease and go to as many tournaments as you like.
- **Dribble less, pass/shoot more: **I’ve been particularly guilty of this, which is why I’ve gone back to a non-cheater mallet. It’s relatively easy to dribble past newer players, but when you try it at tournaments, you get tackled.
- Develop long-range shooting accuracy, and take shots when there aren’t defenders in the way of goal. Too often we try to dribble it all the way to the goal-mouth for a tap-in. It also puts pressure on your opposition to leave one of their players back, too.
- **Make use of lefties **(Dan_LJ/2squeak…) they need to watch and learn from better players in other cities(Hayden/Will, DavidSynthese etc etc). Positioning is everything…
- **Learn to ‘read’ the game and anticipate breaks: **I see many newer players sitting too deep even after their team has lost possession and a break is forming.
- **Use the ’4th Man’ **AKA the barriers, to pass off and make clearances.
- **Practice playing ‘backhand’: **if you’re righty, practice getting receiving, dribbling, passing and shooting on the left hand side of the bike. If you’re lefty, vice-versa.
- **Play faster **(sounds stupid, but a lot of the time people are pretty sedate). Learn to sprint out of the saddle with your mallet on the bars, consider clipless, make sure you’re on the right gear, get decent brakes because half of going fast is being able to stop quickly.
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Good find Gav,
copy and pasted from here http://birminghambikepolo.com/
[*]**Play faster *I'd agree with this. From the little I've seen, tourney play is much faster than you might expect.*
[*]Close people down immediately and put pressure on opposing players even in their half. This is good. Don't just race back to your own half and wait for them to come to you. I'm guilty of this.
[*]Play ‘closer’. Lean on people a bit. Shoulder-to-shoulder contact is fine. Sometimes we’re too timid and it gets exposed at tournaments. This is never more true than at a tourney. It IS a competition.
[*]Always keep the goal covered: *We're pretty good at this.*
[*]Dribble less, pass/shoot more: It’s relatively easy to dribble past newer players, but when you try it at tournaments, you get tackled. True!
[*]Develop long-range shooting accuracy, and take shots when there aren’t defenders in the way of goal. Too often we try to dribble it all the way to the goal-mouth for a tap-in. Same as previous point.
[*]Make use of lefties *If you've got them.*
[*]Learn to ‘read’ the game and anticipate breaks: I see many newer players sitting too deep even after their team has lost possession and a break is forming. Good.
[*]Use the ’4th Man’ AKA the barriers, to pass off and make clearances.
[*]Practice playing ‘backhand’: **if you’re righty, practice getting receiving, dribbling, passing and shooting on the left hand side of the bike. If you’re lefty, vice-versa.Good advice for all players, I'd say.
Sorted yer new mallet out Gav, btw. Had to use the 'wood effect' club in the end.
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sweet! cheers john. how would you rate it overall?
The mallet? It's turned out pretty wicked in the end. This club was a lot easier to drill(still hard work, mind), the shaft is also a lot less whippy with the club-head cut off, it's going be to plenty long enough for you and the mallet-head is nice and snug on the shaft(new patented fixing method).
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john what was the length of the crank arms on that set your were talking about??
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....im still up for a game on thursday if anyones about.
Aye, me too. Got stuff to test before the weekend. Anyone else?
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Ooooh sh*t, guys. Have you seen the format for the tourney?
Unless they change the format, which may still happen, looks like we'll be playing:
Black Stabbath (Birm)
Birmingham B Team (err?) - came last? at the Manchester Nationals
Cosmic3 (Ldn) - winners of the Manchester Nationals
DTGP (France) - the team that Cosmic are worried aboutShould be interesting
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7 o'clock, aye!
Might be just us three, mind
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Car's loaded, see you's guys at 05.20
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5:20?!
good luck guys
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05.20 !!!! big respect
have a good one guys
£10.50 polo bike just finished ... its not exactly a looker, but its complete ...
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casuals in cambribge - latest update. they are currently 8th but some teams have games to play
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casuals results
casuals 5-1 black stabbath
casuals 5-4 birmingham b team
casuals 3-4 french team (not sure of the name)
casuals 0-5 cosmic
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hahaha it wont even be going on a trick bike, i dont have a use for it as yet, but i just 'needed' it.
i will have a gangsta track. eventually.
i have a identiti ffx fork for sale, 393 a2c i think, with a 20cm steerer, perfect condition.
see you guys on the court shortly