Luziyca wrote:The Vaktovian Empire wrote:Well, since we're not allowed to invent actual sports early, I introduce to you my newest and greatest creation (Basically something I came up within a seconds time, and refined within a few minutes). I present to you the sport that will be started cooperatively with Russian and French Leagues, and will hopefully spread to become a European-dominant sport and be the second biggest sport in this AH RP next to Baseball. I give you; Longball!!!
So, the jist of the sport and its regulations/ rules are below. These are the rules according to the joint- Cooperative Longball Athletic Conference or CLAC, jointly between French and Russian teams.LONGBALL
Rules, Regulations, and a Guide to the Formal Playing of the Game.
A handbook for coaches, an absolute necessity for players
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Overview
2. Rules
3. Regulations
4. Equipment
Overview
Longball is a sport invented by French and Russian sports enthusiasts. First recommended in November 30th, 1835, in Lyon, France, during a joint-athletic competition and training camp between Russian and French athletes, Longball's formal founder is a man by the name of Siegfrield Steinman, a French Belgian from Rennes. The sport was later refined by Russian and French athletes Gregory Zimbolf, Alexander Karishnov, and Edward Hebber. Longball consists of aspects of both offense and defense play styles. The team on offense consists of a squadron entirely made of players with Longsticks. The Offense lineup and Defense lineup match up, and the normal amount of players is 11 players. The defensive lineup consists of both Longstick men, and Defensive Guards. Defensive Guards purely use their hands and are tasked with tackling offensive runners. In essence, the sport happens in terms of possession, with one team on offense and one team on defense. The offensive team gets 5 downs to get 10 yards on the field. They can accomplish this by running with the ball in their stick, passing it, or ground-passing it. Running means the player who yells: "Randon!" (Ran-Don) who starts with the ball when that person initiates the play has to either run with it themselves or pass it off to another runner by dropping it or short-passing it to the runner. The passing play involves someone throwing the ball up in the air towards the person past or on the 10 yard mark or further, or depending on if they're just trying to advance the ball, before the 10 yard mark. Ground-passing involves bounding the ball off the ground by throwing it, since the ball is a white bouncy ball, it can bounce off the ground and into another Longstick. The rules for the offense is that no players are guards, as its a strictly defensive position. Because of this, these players must hold their sticks. If they wish to block or tackle a defensive player to avoid the person with the ball to be tackled, then they must do it while holding the stick. Because of such, is why Longstick men wear the standard helmet and padding gear. The way a down works and how the defense stops the play is a few ways: The defense tackles the person with the ball: (either a guard or a sticksmen), a person on the defensive team hits the ball and it falls on the ground before being caught by an offensive player's stick. Or, the defensive player's stick touches the ball, but hits it to the ground, or catches the ball, which is an interception, and then automatically results in a moving play for the defense and they transition to the offense. Defensive players can have any number of guards to sticksmen ratio. It is better to equal this number out though, depending on the scouting and speed of the offensive team. Defensive teams must stop players from making more than 10 yards within 5 downs, or else it is an automatic first down against. The offense has the opportunity of throwing the ball (with the stick) or punting to the defensive team instead of allowing them to pick up where they left off on an incomplete 5th down. The way a goal is made is if the offensive player catches, runs or ground-catches the ball while standing in the end-zone. After a goal is made, teams are allowed to go for a Field Goal (Different from a goal, where the player attempts to throw the ball (With a Longstick) into the Field Goal Net, from 17 yards away. Or they can run it from the 20 yard line and attempt for a 2-point conversion. Goals are 4 points, FG's are 1 point, Conversions are 2 points. No offensive player can hold the ball at all unless with their stick. If they touch the ball with their hand, it's an automatic 5th down, and/or disqualification of the player from the game depending on the call and agreement of the officials.
Rules
-No disorderly or inappropriate conduct towards officials or said player will be penalized, team will be penalized, or disqualified. No enhancing performance contraptions or medications. No illegal drugs (Depending on said team. If game is at home, and in that country drugs are illegal those drugs [As long as they do not enhance performance] are allowed to be used by either team. If in a country with laws against said drugs, it is a no. Home-field rules for this rule
-No cheating, any said cheating will result in officials' judgement
-Any other regular sports rule for general sports applies
-All equipment subject to inspection by the CLAC
-All coaches must follow their handbooks given to them
-No illegal plays or intentional plays that involve players trying to injure the player they tackled more than just tackling them to end the play.
-No fighting allowed.
-Fans are subject to removal by officials if said officials try to remove fans from smaller, crowd-controllable games.
-Rules must be given for all players and coaches to read.
-If any other rule is up for question, ask a CLAC Representative
Regulations
-FG's are from 17 yards away
-Conversions at 20 yard line
-No offensive player touches ball with hand at any time
-FG's 1 point, Goal 4 points, Conversion 2 points
-Maximum Roster for teams (With lineup players and subs) is 25 players.
-Rectangular field 120 yards long by 53.33 yards wide
-Field Goal Posts at end
-End zone 10 yards long by 53⅓
-Only 11 players in at any one time.
-Field Goal Posts are to be exactly 53 feet 4 inches apart, and crossbar 10 feet above playing field. Side vertical posts are to be 30 feet tall.
-All sticks are to be the same, except for Long-Receivers, who may use the Large Longball Sticks.
-All Guards must wear Guard Helmets and Gear.
-All players drink water only.
-All players eat regulation foods only during game times.
-Each team is allowed to and must have a visiting and home locker room in the underbellies of the stadium. All teams must come prepared with athletic trainers, coaches, additional staff, and warm-up trainers, as well as medics and such. For serious, critical injuries, State, Province, Town, City, or National level Law Enforcement or Medical staff will be employed for both injuries and said issues with security and crowd-control.
Equipment
-Mandatory Sticksmen Equipment
(Required)
-Longball Stick (For Long-Receivers, Large Longball Sticks)
-Standard Helmet
-Padding in Upper Chest area and shoulder pads.
-Longball Cleats
(Optional)
-Padding in arms, legs, shoes, neck area, hands.
-Gloves for catching (Defensive gloves when on defense, which are made bigger and bolder to swat balls to the ground)
Sitcksmen
-Mandatory Guard Equipment
(Required)
-Guard Helmet
-Padding in Upper Chest are and shoulder pads, stomach pad, hip pads, and back pelvis pads.
-Longball Cleats
(Optional)
-Guard Gloves (Even larger than Defensive Gloves for Sticksmen. Can swat a ball very easily, and are like a Hockey-Goalie Glove.
-Knee, Leg, Shoe, Neck Area, and Hand pads or braces/skin guards.
Guard
(In Winter and Fall, all positions are required to wear long pants, and long sleeves, and in Summer and Spring, these are optional.)
Longball Field Goal Post
Guyana and Crimea will have longball.
In China (and its colonies), association football will catch on, but baseball will only arrive in the 1850s (from Japanese merchants) and become one of the top sports alongside association football and chowgan/polo. Chowgan would become popular in Kenya, to such a point that despite difficulties, games of chowgan/polo were very popular.
Nice, 6 teams so far. I'm thinking a 2 League CLAC with 2 teams from each League making it into the Playoffs. Of course, there would be League Tournaments and such, but for the Championship title, only 4 teams would be in it, best to 5 with 7 game handicap for both semis and finals, until we get more teams to make proper brackets.
ALSO GUYS: GET THEM ROSTERS READY!!! Don't make stat sheets yet, but get 11-25 player rosters for your nations done. I already have figured out how my rosters will work, so I'm somewhat good. Glad to see confidence in Longball.
I know, JK, I'm kidding. Put the wedding off as long as you wish, as you never gave us a direct date in OOC or the invitations. Lachapelle and Nicholas are still drunk most likely, so they don't need to meet yet anyway. By chance btw Uni, would the Dutch play Longball?
in the IC.
