London Bike Polo Court discussions

yep, angle, or, curved with a r of <1m

angled over curved anytime

but what we really need is poll

No we really don't!!

Angled over curved any day of the week, as dt says curves suck the ball in.

Also saying angled over curved.

you see Max, we need a poll

angled over curved. kill rik and eat him over a poll.

hahahahahaha

Jon, Mike posted one a few pages back that he worked on with Ray for the Euros and I think maybe afterwards. Have you had a look at that?

Yep, I've looked at everything I could find (I think), polo keeps changing over time, the courts are getting bigger, goals further from the back, no curved corners, etc.

Ok, angled it is... probably easier anyway.

Angled corners filling a 3m x 3m triangle, the triangle's face would be 4.247m. Sound ok?

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That's a bit extreme, no?

(or I'm missing something).

Although if people could climb behind them, they'd make great viewing areas.

You want weanie ones? Like Newington?

I was imagining two opposing players trying to get at a ball that's in the corner and what angle of incidence would allow them to get least caught up with each other (time-wasting/boring).

Just seems like a lot of surface area removed from the court. I'm not sold on any size to be honest, but that's mahoosive.

Love the 4m behind the goal though.

triangle of 1x1 will be enough

Corners are dead space/boring though, unless I'm missing something?

I was imagining two opposing players trying to get at a ball that's in the corner and what angle of incidence would allow them to get least caught up with each other (time-wasting/boring).

This is a good point. But still not sure that much space is necessary.

1m corner

Ok, a 1m x 1m triangle would have a face of 1.4142m.

Less materials in the corners means less cost/bulk which isn't a bad thing.

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yup 1m.

One thing you have to be aware of with angled corners is that the bigger they are the more likely it is you'd get shit/lucky rebounds (depending if you're attacking or defending) that bounce the ball out directly in front of goal

think there was a discussion about this over on leagueofbikepolo.com somewhere

Ideally what you want is to have part of a octagon or a hendecagon, and have 4 or 5 faces
but one will do nicelly
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1m fine... probably worth mocking one up.

sweet work guys.
so this is still a polo specific court? my two cents would be thus:
would a curved corner enable the court to be multi purpose* and thus more likely to be built? only a valid discussion point if the court's build is iffy.

*i.e hockey etc, even tho this isn't played much but to say our court could be used by another sport might increase its appeal to the council folk? maybe? i'll shut up now.

pop up court.

like those books you read Matt.

Sick burn...

Pop up books are rad.