Sup Ball

Look over the rules and tell me what you think.
Will be showcased at the 2011 St Kilda Festival


Inspired by the Dukes surf polo finally Sup ball is finally born.

Created by Suploves Stuart Murray it is designed to test skills and showcase Sup.
Sup ball can be taken to the festivals of the world. This is action sport with a water twist.

It's essentially a possession game relies on skill not brawn
It is a game of possession, positioning skill and team work.

Here are the rules
Oversize Tennis Ball or the like
Playing field say 100m square
Water polo goal at each end
5 players a side
referee
5 minutes each way.
Shooting for supballers is from two board lengths away from goal.
Possession stays with team who does not drop ball into water.
Possessor can pass the ball at any time.
Maximum possession “Triple 5 Rule” "5 paddles/direction changes, 5 bounces on the board while drifting and then 5 seconds"
All supballers are to stay one board length from each other.
No holding ball between legs
Can be played with a goalie. If with a goalie then goalie can roam and only take possession within the oppositions two board length shooting zone and must shoot within 5 seconds.

Invites to Victorians to enter a team.

Aus 301

thanks for input.

Have been trialing this and it has been so much fun even for new paddlers.

There is a one board exclusion zone for defenders. It becomes a game of strategy.

And we have found it very easy to hold the ball and paddle.

So far alot of laughs all around.

Had the kids sitting watching the adults have all the fun.

I don't get the holding the ball, not dropping it and bouncing it on your board - how would that work, I can't picture it. Using a SUP paddle requires two hands so the only way you can really hold the ball is between your legs, which isn't allowed, or with your head - which would make paddling really awkward.

I would think it may make more sense that the ball sits in the water and you possess it by dribbling and flicking it around using your paddle. If you did it that way I could retire my original naish alloy paddle from pizza flipping duties and use it for Supball.

hey its easier than you think

Have had all levels of paddlers acheiving the holding the ball and paddling skill and same does for the bouncing the ball on the board skill. The disctinction here is that the ball must be bounced in consequential fashion.

The "Triple 5 Rule" is the maximum possession allowed befroe you have to dump(pass/shoot) the ball. The supball may be passed by the supballer at any time during this period.

We are playing tomorrow morning at ST Kilda so come down and join a team and the fun.

Careful you don't fall into the water while paddling at St Kilda unless you don't mind falling into a sewer.. The water is foul and will make you sick..

DJ

It was played and was successful. Full report in SUP Mag