Lasso Ball rules...

Due to a terrible plumbing problem in our house, I wasn't able to make the boleadoras this afternoon. But I did finalize the rules of the game (Lasso Ball).

1. Players kick a rugby ball around
2. Players try to snare the ball in their boleadoras
3. The team who first snares the ball must attack, the other, defend
4. The team who wraps the snared ball around a 7' end post wins a point
5. Then the game restarts

Strategy can be divided into 4 main plays:

1. Low balls
2. High balls
3. Far balls
4. Near balls

Equipment consists of 2 boleadoras per player. Each 'bolas' for short, can be made of simple cheap rope and lashed on sandbags (2 round and 1 grip-sized). In that sense, it is a pretty cheap sport to aspire to and a lot of fun. The football may be any old cheap ball lying around that's not too light.

Fouls:

1. A boleadoras may not be thrown at a player at or over knee level
2. A boleadoras may not be thrown at a ball at or under head level
3. Lasso Ball is not a contact sport. No player contact is allowed within reason
4. Players may not handle the football (rugby ball)