In Short...

Throw an object as high and as straight as possible.

The Basics

Definitions and Acronyms

• Base

• Catcher

• CS, Catching Side

• Contact

• End

• EOL, Establishing the Offensive Line

• FOP, Field of Play

• Fumble

• Jet

• Londt

• Match

• OL, Offensive Line

• Pocket

• Release

• Result

• Round

• Run

• TAR, Toss-and-Run

• Team

• Toss

• Tosser

• TS, Tossing Side

• Zenith

Regulation & Specs

Pocket

• Total weight = 260g

• Elasticity e = TBD

Distance

• 1 Jet = 66 cm (~ 1 pace)

Playing Area (recommended i.e. not mandatory)

• Flat and regular enough to minimize tripping/sliding/falling

• Radially large enough to accommodate what the fastest person can run within 3-4 seconds

  • If space is limited, then the field-of-play can be modified to limit which direction the Offense team can run

Setup

• Place the Base somewhere on an appropriately sized field

  • The Base can be any object but shall not be larger than the Pocket

• Mark up a circle around the base with a radius between 5-7 Jets. This is the Offense-line (OL).

  • This can be changed throughout the duration of the Match, but only at the beginning of an End. (see “Re-Establishing the Offense-Line”)

• Form two teams

  • Decide which team will start on the Tossing-side (TS) and the Catching-side (CS)

Objective

• The objective is to score as many Jets in a Round as possible.

  • A Round consists of each team playing on the TS and CS once

• Jets from each Round are added together, until five Rounds have been played.

  • Five Rounds = an End

• The team with the highest number of Jets at the end of an End is the winner of that End

  • The best of five Ends wins the Match

Playing a Round

EOL - Establishing the Offense-Line (OL)

• At the start of the Match, the OL shall be set at 5-7 Jets. The team may decide depending on the quality of the terrain, skills of the players.

  • If there is a disagreement, then the Tossing-side shall make the final decision

• Before the start of each End (or at the start of the Match), the Tossing-side (TS) may decide to establish a new OL

  • This is achieved by a Toss-and-Run (TAR)

  • The Result becomes the new OL

  • The TS may decide to redo the TAR but the second time will be determinant OL regardless of its Result.

  • If a new OL is not established by future teams, the most recently established OL by any team shall always used.

Tossing (Offence) - Scoring points

• The first player on the Tossing-side prepares to Toss

  • This person is called the Tosser

  • The Tosser must be touching the Base

• The Tosser throws the Pocket into the air

  • The Pocket’s zenith must be higher than the Tosser’s standing height (*consideration)

• The Tosser Runs as far as possible until “Londt” is called by someone on the Tosser-side

  • The Tosser may not start the Run until the Pocket has been released

• The moment “Londt” is called, the Catching-side marks where the Tosser’s foot strikes the ground. This is called the Run-mark.

• The distance from the Base to the Run-mark is called “the Run”

• The distance from the Base to the Pocket is called “the Londt”

• The distance is measured in Jets (see Regulation Specs)

  • The distance is always rounded up to the next Jet

  • Jets = points

• Each person on the Tossing-side makes a Toss until everyone has had a turn

  • Jets are added from each Tosser’s Result

• Once everyone in the TS has Tossed, the TS switches to the CS

• Each person on the TS may only Toss once per Round

Catching (Defense) - Preventing points being scored

• One player from the Catching-side stands anywhere outside of the OL

  • This person is called the Catcher

  • They may not touch the OL

• The Catcher may cross over the OL only at the moment the Pocket is released

• If the Catcher catches the Pocket without letting it touch the ground, then Jets for the Tosser are denied

  • The catch must be made with the hand only. That is, if the Pocket touches any surface other than the Catcher's hand, the Pocket is considered fumbled. (*consideration: allow two hands?)

• If the Catcher fumbles the Pocket, then the Londt is ignored during the determination of the Result

• Every player on the Catching-side (CS) must attempt to catch at least once, unless there are less Tossers than Catchers

• Once everyone in the TS has Tossed, the TS switches to the CS

Guard-rails / Rules / Considerations

• The Catcher may not make contact with the Tosser

  • First time, warning and redo. Second time, Catcher is removed from the field for that Toss.

• The Tosser may not Run until the Pocket is Tossed.

  • First time warning, second time the Run is forfeit. No Result is determined

• The Catcher may not touch or cross the OL until the Pocket has been released

  • First time, warning and redo. Second time, Catcher is removed from the field for that Toss.

• When a Toss is made, the Pocket’s zenith must be higher than the Tosser’s standing height

  • First time, warning and redo. Second time, the Run is ignored from the determination of the Result

• The Tosser must make a Toss within 10 seconds after crossing over the OL

  • Otherwise, the Run is forfeit. No Result is determined.

• The Tosser shall not make contact with the Pocket after it has been released

  • Otherwise, the Run is forfeit. No Result is determined.