alternative unicycling team sports

[MrBoogiejuice]

I was pondering over the weekend whether or not anyone's tried playing unicycle lacrosse? I used to play lacrosse in school and really enjoyed it and think it'd be well suited to unicycles.

I was also introduced to the Irish sport of hurling over the weekend. What an amazing sport! Though I think it's dangerous enough without adding unicycles into the equation.

[Loosemoose]

Unicycle ultimate frisbee. Good for any skill level, but requires at least 1 member per team capable of picking the thing off the floor after a drop (usually a short trials uni, and someone with decent seat out stability, so they can crouch & touch the floor, will suffice). This makes for an amazing new game mechanic, as after a drop only 1 member per team can pick the thing back up again, so there's a 1 on 1 race to get there, and then a one-wheeled crouching squabble trying to get the frisbee back in play.

Loose.

[habbywall]

well there already has been a thread about rolleruni instead of roller ball
this is my 300th post

[MrBoogiejuice]

ultimate frisbee sounds good. It's not dependant on lots of equipment which is a bonus.
It'd be cool if at the next BUC there could be an afternoon of trying out alternative team games.

[cathwood]

Are you going to the uni hockey day in Manchester on Dec 10th? I have been assured that beginners are welcome and I can't wait.

Good practice for the next BUC.

Cathy

[mike_echter]

I've tried to play lacross with my dad while I was on my uni... its not that easy: when throwing you loose your balance very easily because you are on a wheel, and when catching you shift your weight more than normal because you are putting a stick out from you, tipping you over more than normal. It's quite a challenge, but lots of fun

[person]

you should try to play hackie sack on one you would have to use one foot on the unicycle the whole time

[Unibugg]

Originally Posted by mike_echter

I've tried to play lacross with my dad while I was on my uni... its not that easy: when throwing you loose your balance very easily because you are on a wheel, and when catching you shift your weight more than normal because you are putting a stick out from you, tipping you over more than normal. It's quite a challenge, but lots of fun

I bought a lacross stick today thinking that it just might be fun. And it was!
I'm on my AX-29 with the seat up pretty high so I had to bend over considerably to reach the ball. At first I couldn't scoop it up but only pushed it along in the grass. Finally I figured it out. Throwing it far IS a challenge.

The best part is that even though it would be more fun to play with someone, it is still fun working at it alone. What a workout!

I was about to start a thread but came upon this oldie but goodie. It deserves to be put back into circulation.

[tholub]

Originally Posted by Loosemoose

Unicycle ultimate frisbee. Good for any skill level, but requires at least 1 member per team capable of picking the thing off the floor after a drop (usually a short trials uni, and someone with decent seat out stability, so they can crouch & touch the floor, will suffice). This makes for an amazing new game mechanic, as after a drop only 1 member per team can pick the thing back up again, so there's a 1 on 1 race to get there, and then a one-wheeled crouching squabble trying to get the frisbee back in play.

Loose.

It doesn't require that anyone be able to pick up the frisbee; if the frisbee is on the ground, it's a turnover anyway.

The rules we've used in a brief bit of testing is that it's allowable to throw from the ground, but you have to catch on the uni (obviously). We also made the modification that you don't have to be completely stationary after you catch it, because not everyone can idle well; our rule is that you have to throw it from the same place you caught it, or further back.

[jenmichael2000]

Originally Posted by Loosemoose

Unicycle ultimate frisbee. Good for any skill level, but requires at least 1 member per team capable of picking the thing off the floor after a drop (usually a short trials uni, and someone with decent seat out stability, so they can crouch & touch the floor, will suffice). This makes for an amazing new game mechanic, as after a drop only 1 member per team can pick the thing back up again, so there's a 1 on 1 race to get there, and then a one-wheeled crouching squabble trying to get the frisbee back in play.

Loose.

the one time I tried fencing I really stank and it was quite frustrating. An incredible workout though. As for lacross and polo, I'm not really that familiar with them, although polo seems a lot like basketball, and may work great on kokers. However, ultimate unicycle frizbee sounds like a winner. the two common team sports played on unicycle (hokey and basketball) both require a hard surface to play on. Unicycle ultimate frizbee wouldn't. It could also be played on rough terain with trials or muni's! How about a combination of ultimate and polo?

[wobbling bear]

Originally Posted by jenmichael2000

the one time I tried fencing I really stank and it was quite frustrating. An incredible workout though.

if you somewhat understand french have a look at this movie it is funny!
explanation: this is an extract from a main tv sports event and they wrote
a paper on "hybrid sports" (such as polo-cycling) so the film is a quizz "does this hybrid sport do exist?"
there you would find "uni-fencing"
(thanks Mark Z for initially posting this film)
(and thanks Glenn for the uni-fencing!)

[Jeff Groves]

Originally Posted by MrBoogiejuice

I was pondering over the weekend whether or not anyone's tried playing unicycle lacrosse?

I know Justin Kozy and use to play unicycle lacrosse when there was a decent sided club on Vancouver Island, but unfortunately most of the people who he played with stop unicycling. It sounds like it was a lot of fun though.

Jeff