New Haven, CT Bike Polo
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New Haven Bike Polo takes place at the parking lot across from the Housing Authority, on Orange Street, in New Haven, Connecticut (map), every Sunday @ 4:00pm. Always looking for new people to learn, and join in on the fun. All levels welcome. Come play.
Rules
General rules for bike polo:
- Teams of three players with no alternate players permited. Equipment subs allowed (ie. bikes, wheels, mallets).
- Any two wheeled bicycle is allowed at the discrection of the judges.
- Mallets must have a pipe of some sort for a striking surface. Also the judges call. Size and materials are the biggest safety factors.
Some examples of shaft material are ski poles or golf clubs cut to size and broom handle. 32 To 42 inches in length. Mallet head materials are various plastics and sometimes wood, never metal. 6 To 7 inches in length and not larger around than a baseball/street hockey ball
- the ball will be a baseball.
- Goals will be a pair of orange cones 150cm wide for each team
- if a goal is disrupted it is the responsibility of the player who disrupted it to fix it. No bull shitting around. Anything scored on a disrupted goal is at the discretion of the judges to count.
- Games will end with a team scoring 5 goals five goals.
- Start of a game both teams will be stopped on there own goal line and the ball at center court. Play will begin with a "3 2 1go!" from the judges.
- Players may not play the ball with there feet at any time.
- Scoring. Goals must be made from what started as a hit. A hit is made from the end of a players mallet. Shuffels do not count as goals.
- After a goal is made. The scoring team returns to there half of the court. The scored on team brings the ball into play after both teams are on there own sides.
- Call out the score after a goal.
- Passing thru the back of a goal. When passed thru a goal a ball can not be hit into the goal till two differnt players have made contact with the ball. However if a ball is shot from in front of the goal line and does not score but bounces off the back wall and comes out thru the goal, that ball is in play and can be scored.
- Foot down. A "tap out" rule will be in effect. "Circle out" is not allowed. On a footdown or "dab" that player may not hit the ball till they tap the cone. The cone will be on the side line at center court.
- Contact rules. Like contact is allowed. Player to player, except grabbing with hands. Mallet to mallet. Bike to bike.
- Everything else is not allowed. Such as mallet to player. Player to bike. Mallet to bike. Ect.
- Throwing of mallets is not allowed at any time(uva)
- TRASH TALKING IS A MUST, so bring it!
