I decided to try writing up some rules. I took lots of it from the UPA
Ultimate rules. Feel free to correct, I know I screwed up a lot!
Eroick's Rules Of Ultimate Uni:
Description:
A non contact game played by two teams consisting of seven players
each. All players are on unicycles. The objective is to score goals by
making a legal
catch in the opposing team's endzone. As long as both teams agree, the
rules can be changed to suit.
Definations:
A player is any of the players which is currently participating.
A legal catch is a catch made while the catching player is on his or
her unicycle.
A dismount is when a player gets off his or her unicycle intentionally
or inintentionally.
The field is a rectangle 40 yards wide and 120 yards long.
The endzones are rectangles measured 25 yards in from each side of the
field and are marked with a line or cones.
A free throw is when the thrower is permitted to throw the disk without
any interferance by the defending team.
Equipment:
1. Any disk can be used as long as both teams agree.
2. Any unpowered unicycle with one wheel touching the ground is
allowed.
3. Players should wear clothing or a uniform that distinguishes their
team from the other.
Length of Game:
1. Time
1. Each half lasts for twenty-four (24) minutes of stopped
time.
2. Each overtime period lasts for five (5) minutes of stopped
time.
3. The clock starts when:
1. An offensive player gains possession of a throw-off
and establishes a pivot foot;
2. The marker touches the disc after a check;
3. The thrower puts the disc into play after it has been
out of bounds.
4. The clock stops:
1. After a goal;
2. At the end of a period of play;
3. For time-outs;
4. For injuries;
5. For fouls and violations;
6. When the disc contacts an out-of-bounds area.
2. Points
1. A goal is worth one (1) point.
2. A game to points lasts until one team scores twenty-one
(21) goals with a margin of victory of at least two (2) goals.
3. A game with a score of twenty-to-twenty (20-20) goes into
overtime, and play continues until a two-goal margin is achieved or one
team scores
twenty-five (25) goals.
4. Halftime occurs when one team reaches eleven (11) goals.
3. Halftime lasts for ten (10) minutes.
4. At the end of the game, the team with the most goals is declared
the winner.
Moving the disk:
1. All disk movement must be in the form of a pass.
A turnover is declared if:
1. Players cannot freely move while holding the disk.
2. Players may idle their unicycle while holding the disk.
3. Players may make three revs of their wheel while holding the disk.
4. Players may not hold the disk for more than 10 seconds.
5. The attacking team makes contact with the defending team.
Scoring:
1. A team scores one point when one of their players makes a legal
catch in the opposing team's endzone.
Turnover:
1. A turnover occurs when:
1. A pass is not legally caught by a member of the team which is
attacking.
2. A player in possession of the disk dismounts his unicycle.
3. A pass goes out of bounds
4. A player volates one of the rules mentioned in Moving The Disk.
2. When a turnover occurs, the defending team is given the disk where
it lies.
Contact:
1. Contact is not allowed.
2. If contact occurs:
If the offending player is attacking:
A turnover is declared.
If the offending player is defending:
The attacking team is allowed to have one free throw from where the
disk lies.
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