Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Parisians are scary...

BIKE POLO TOURNAMENT - CPCV09 from Renaud Skyronka on Vimeo.

Nashville Rules

Here are the bike polo rules that we play by:

-Two teams of three players.
-You can use any type of bike, as long as the handlebars are plugged.

-Mallets should be made of aluminum pipe with a end resembling a croquet mallet. The handle end should be plugged, and there should no exposed metal protruding. Except for bolt.
-Red or Orange street hockey balls will be used.

-Goals are two cones, set apart the same width as street hockey.

-If you mess up the goal, it is your responsibility to fix it.
-Scoring a goal must be made from what started as a hit. A hit is made from the end of a players mallet.

-A shuffle does not count as a goal.
-After a goal is scored, the team who scored returns to their half of the court. The team who was scored on takes possession of the ball.
-Passing through the goal (from behind the goal line to in front of it, through the goal): When the ball is passed through the goal in this way, a goal CANNOT be scored by the first player to play the ball. It must be passed first, before any shot on goal. This inclued when the ball misses the goal, but bounces back through the goal.
-Players must not touch the ground with their foot. If a player puts his/her foot on the ground (foot-down) the player cannot continue play until he has gone half court and tapped his/her mallet at half court.

-Contact rules: similar contact is allowed. Bike to Bike, Mallet to Mallet, Body to Body.

-Pushing and shoving with your hand is not allowed.

-T-boning (hitting your bike against the side of another bike) is not allowed.

-Everything else is NOT allowed: Mallet to player, player to bike, mallet to bike, etc.
-Throwing mallets is never allowed
-Trash talking is allowed.


Borrowed from Boston Bike Polo (http://bostonbikepolo.org/rules.html)

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Two chances to play this week.

We are getting together tomorrow (Wed) around 3pm and this Saturday around the same time. If you want to play just show up at the tennis courts at the park on 8th across the street from Grimey's. If you have any questions or concerns or you show up and no one is there just give me a call: 281-224-8088

We have mallets and balls and cones, just bring yourself and your bike.

Alex

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Links

Places to learn more about Hardcourt Bike Polo:

http://www.hardcourtbikepolo.com/

http://leagueofbikepolo.com/

Join our group on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104677836235172

Nashville Bike Polo

Stay tuned for information about our next meet up.