Rules

We try to keep as few rules as possible. Rules vary slightly from city to city (See below).  Here are the most important ones.

Here is our latest set of Tournament Rules as a PDF Here is a Word Document.
Tournaments have referees as regular pickup games do not. These rules are also more comprehensive as they cover additional issues in more detail: out of bounds? seeding, substitutions, etc.

General Gameplay Rules

  • Teams of 3 (sometimes 2).
  • Games limited to 15 minutes (Sometimes 10 or 12 less in shorter round robin games or during busy times, Generally unlimited in Tournament Finals)
  • First to 5 goals, wins.
  • To start a game, each teams sit behind their goals and charge for the ball at center court after a countdown of 3, 2, 1, Go/Polo/Kill etc.
  • Hit the ball anyway you want, but a goal can only be scored off the end of the mallet.
  • If you put your foot on the ground, you must tap in at the wall or a designated post (or in some cities, do a full 360° on the spot) before you can re-enter play.
  • After scoring a team must return to their half and (in Melbourne) wait there for an opposition player or ball to pass half way before challenging or
  • In Sydney scorers must pass behind their own goals but then may advance the full court.
  • In Perth the ball is reset to the centre after a goal.

Safety Rules

  • Like contact allowed: mallet on mallet, bike on bike (but no t-boning) and body on body. But no pushing or grabbing.
  • Keep your mallet below handlebar height, watch your backswing.
  • No malleting (mallet tripping tyres) or mallets in spokes
  • No throwing mallets (allowed in some cities in some circumstances, but it’s bush league)
  • Here’s a copy of Melbourne’s tournament rules for 2008 (Generally as above with a bit more detail and provisions for an umpire)

    Here’s a copy of Melbourne’s Summer Sessions 2009 rules (Generally as above with a bit more detail)

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