-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.
Taken from hardcourtbikepolo.com then edited a little bit.
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