Machine Politics vs L'Équipe, August 2010. Photo by Steph Simcox
6.1 Dabbing
6.1.1 A dab occurs when a player's foot touches a horizontal surface other than his pedals.
6.1.2 A dabbed player must go to center court to tap his or her mallet on the boards at half-court (on either side) before re-entering play.
6.1.3 Dabbed players who interfere with play can be assessed a penalty ranging from ball turnover to major.
6.2 Toppling
6.2.1 A toppling penalty will be assessed when a player gives his or her team an advantage by causing an opposing player to dab while dabbing himself or herself.
6.2.1.1 Examples include dabbing as a defender and falling/remaining in the goal mouth in an attempt to block or discourage shots, jumping off of the bike while in the process of dabbing to check or impede an opposing player, and initiating a pile-up by dabbing and forcing one or more defenders to dab in the process.
6.3 Bike-on-bike contact
6.3.1 A player who initiates bike-on-bike contact will be assessed a penalty ranging from ball turnover to major.
6.3.1.1 Examples of penalized bike-on-bike contact can include:
6.3.1.1.1 A player riding his or her bicycle in such a way that wheel-to-wheel or wheel-to-frame contact is initiated on an opponent. This includes t-boningan opponent while riding forwards OR backwards.
6.3.1.1.2 Skidding to a stop while changing directions which results in wheel-towheel or wheel-to-bike contact on an opponent. This is commonly referred to as the “whale tail” or “dolphin slap”.
6.3.1.1.3 Hopping on the bike and causing contact to an opponent’s bike with your chainstay, pedals, or any other part of your bike.
6.3.1.1.4 Crossing behind an opponent perpendicular to the direction he or she is acing at a proximity near enough to force him or her to dab as a result of lateral force applied to the rear wheel with your foot and/or pedal.
6.3.2 Incidental bike-on-bike contact is contact that doesn’t affect play and is not dangerous.
6.3.2.1 No penalty will be assessed for bike-on-bike contact deemed incidental.
Which part of 6.3 addresses "reverse t-boning"
6.3.1.1.1 seemingly addresses rolling forward or backward into another player. It does not clearly address rolling forward or backward to obstruct a player and intentionally being struck to give a strategic advantage to other players on your team.
I think the "right of way" details are needing clarity.
I reckon the rules are quite clear, if you cut infront of someone and they T-Bone you, it is their fault. Obstructing a player is 100% legit and part of the game, if not then it iwould be illeagal to obstruct teams riding 3 abreast with the ball in the middle, ie you would need to let them past so they could score.
Not sure where it applies but are we considering "trapping" a player in the boards - good defense or a penalty that i may have over looked.
6.3.2, incidental contact that doesn't "affect play?" i'm fond of defending with my front wheel, sometimes this means i "close the door" and my front wheel makes contact with an opponent's frame as they ride past, it's kind of a stationary turning motion. it affects the play, obviously, i'm playing the ball itself. however, it doesn't affect the other rider's bike handling/stability. i guess what i'm asking is specifically about the wording, when you say "doesn't affect play" do you mean doesn't equate to a t-bone or other dab-initiating contact?
also, playing the mallet with the bike doesn't seem to be covered. am i technically allowed to defend against other mallets with my wheel?
I hope so. Part of my dribbling technique often uses my front wheel to "hide" or "shield" the ball from defender mallets.
"6.1.1 A dab occurs when a player's foot touches a horizontal surface other than his pedals."
can this be amended to be:
"6.1.1 A dab occurs when any part of the players body applies pressure to a horizontal surface other than their pedals."
This could prevent leaning on tops of boards, goals and the ground with their hand.
it seems the way people have been playing the game up until now is that people are allowing grab on to, or steady themselves with their hand on the top of the boards, obviously without holding on for longer than necessary to regain one's balance. leaning on goals has always been an issue i guess, but not too bad anymore. and i don't think that the hand-on-ground goalie manoeuvre should be a dab. if you want to put your face down there with an oncoming player, be my guest.
Tailwhipping/dolphin slapping that results in body on body is fine though?
Doesn't seem like body on body contact should excuse intentional bike on bike. Then you're just encouraging people to whip *harder*, so ensure you get body as well.
If an offending player is in the crease, defence pretty much has freedom to move them out bike on bike. I like to push Machine over with my front wheel when he rolls into the goal thinking the rules mean he gets to stay there unimpeded whilst garbling "I got Joel blokkd."
The look on his face at my blatant (yet safe and harmless) violation of his rules is priceless.
So with 6.3.1.1.1 does it mean that you can't intentionally lean on an opponents rear wheel with your front wheel while stationary? Is all intentional bike-on-bike contact grounds for a penalty?
6.3 rules, these are ones that would be good to show short videos on for some of the younger players.
and I can see 3.1.1 may become a longer thread when trying to explain to some who should be penalized in certain situation or the idea of "right of way" or "taking someone line" conversations come up, which has in previous threads. Which can be hard to explain to others at times.