14A.2 Rider Summary
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Proposal: In section "14A.2 Rider Summary", replace the current bullet
points with the following:
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- A player may only take part in a game when riding the unicycle. After
falling off he or she has to mount at the same spot, but if necessary
move out of the way of play first.
- A player must not rest on the goal or the wall.
- The game is non-contact in order not to endanger others. Only in the
vicinity of the ball, the opponent's stick may be touched by the own
stick. However, this contact may not be hard.
- At the beginning and after each goal all players have to go to their
own half. Then the game starts as soon as a player of the team in
possession crosses the center line.
- The player may touch the ball once with the flat hand (but not to
score a goal directly).
- The upper end of the stick must always be covered with one hand to
avoid injuries of other players.
- The lower end of the stick must always be below the players hips.
- A player who holds his stick in a way that someone else rides over it
is committing a foul, regardless of intention.
- A goal is disallowed if the ball was in one's own half when shot and
wasn't touched by anyone afterwards (long shot).
- The free shot is indirect, i.e. after the shot another player has to
touch the ball.
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Note that some of our decisions in other proposals may affect this
summary text. I have already underlined those items where a change is
likely. If necessary, the summary text will have to be adjusted
accordingly. Therefore, this proposal should be the last one to go into
the voting stage.
Comment
I think this rider summary should be its own PDF file and asked to be put on the IUF website as Extra Hockey appendix. I don't think it should replace reading the rule book and worry that by being there people will just read it and stop. For ALL serious players they must read the entire rulebook in my opinion and I think this is most useful for people who hardly play, unicycle clubs, or new players to start off hockey.
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14A.2 Rider Summary
"This section is intended as an overview of the rules, but does not substitute for the actual rules." This sentence is in all chapters the same (rule book structure!)
Therefore the riders summery is only for beginners and spectators. Rolf´s bullet points have to be here, not in a own PDF as appendix. (Rule book structure!)
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Ah ok
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> I think this rider summary should be its own PDF file
As Herbert already mentioned, serious players still have to read the
complete set of rules. Nevertheless, when we have finished here, I will
create a one-page pdf of the summary. I hope that it will be useful for
beginners and spectators.
I also made two small changes to the summary:
1) "or the ball" added to restart after goal
2) adjusted according to new high stick definition
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- A player may only take part in a game when riding the unicycle. After
falling off he or she has to mount at the same spot, but if necessary
move out of the way of play first.
- A player must not rest on the goal or the wall.
- The game is non-contact in order not to endanger others. Only in the
vicinity of the ball, the opponent's stick may be touched by the own
stick. However, this contact may not be hard.
- At the beginning and after each goal all players have to go to their
own half. Then the game starts as soon as a player of the team in
possession or the ball crosses the center line.
- The player may touch the ball once with the flat hand (but not to
score a goal directly).
- The upper end of the stick must always be covered with one hand to
avoid injuries of other players.
- The blade of the stick must always be below the hips of all players in
the vicinity.
- A player who holds his stick in a way that someone else rides over it
is committing a foul, regardless of intention.
- A goal is disallowed if the ball was in one's own half when shot and
wasn't touched by anyone afterwards (long shot).
- The free shot is indirect, i.e. after the shot another player has to
touch the ball.
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Comment
Sounds good to me.
As there are no open discussions which may affect this text I think we can bring this to proposal.