Ban the Ball Joint

No timed games past the quarter finals

No off the ball contact

No checking from behind

Get rid of pylon goals

less messenger bags and mallets(only because mallets are a pretty personal item, i basically took the mallets we won in DC and refitted them for our players specifications) as prizes, more wheels, frames and spokes, tubes, tires, cranks and freewheels

Players who are showing serious anger and retaliating should be kicked out of the game there needs to be a process to initiate this.

Mallet to Mallet is fine but whacking a mallet should be banned

I'm going to be throwing out a few ideas here. First i think it is time that we only hold one midwest tournament a year. The Championships has been held together by Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison and now it seems like St. Louis is in it for the long haul. That is great but in order to bring more cities in and more teams for participating cities i propose that we make the tournament a once a year contest. This will provide more hype and better sponsorship opportunities to the tournament. This means that we hold the fall tournament in St. Louis in October/November and then next fall the next one is held in the city that either wins its choice or rather a delegation puts in a bid. On top of that i think we should hold the tournament earlier in the year, say early october or september, nice weather little chance of rain and not a lot of other tournaments in the play at that time. Obviously that would have to be picked out in the future but it is an idea.

more photos here

I was hoping the ball joint would become an illegal move. But, i tend to be one of the those pragmatic types and i figured it would be in my interest to use what resources i have to improve my game. I see a lot of potential for where this is going so i have come up with a few improvements to my mallet in order to use the Ball Joint in ways that will give me more of an advantage. Jon K. from Jonny Cycles helped me design and build this mallet. We are ordering some titanium tubes for the final version.

hey polo players-
i wrote this article that appeared in the Wisconsin Bicyclist vol 14/no 1 spring 2008

wrote it while at work and for work so im a professional now...pay up jerks!

-Jake

Hey!
if anyone wants to come out to milwaukee on monday memorial day to grill out and play some 2 v 2 at the pumping station court your invited.
im thinking around noonish show up drink some beer and form teams then play some games of bike polo. maybe some croquet too!

chicago may be sending up some folks so madison should rep with a few too if you dont already have plans

-Capt Jake

As the regional games come together at big tournaments this summer, some of the subtle and gross differences in styles of play will cause some friction. Lets hear from those who've played away from their own courts and have examples, questions, and solutions to offer up for discussion.

this was shot on the morning of the MWBPC IV a couple weeks ago. nice camera work, funny narration that could only be done by a local news sports crew .... a couple good clips of the videos of some of the morning games.

elephant polo--Hua Hin_7537

Originally uploaded by lindawaves

I thought i would follow up kevin's blog post on car polo with another polo variation. I bet we could take these guys on bikes but i might not want to play bike to elephant contact.