Sun 3/4/07 - Indoor Coed Tourney 8:30a - 6pm
Hello All!!
You’ve heard about the Houston Ultimate weekend on the horizon, now
here are the details:
I would like to formally share the details about the 2nd Houston COED
Indoor Open, a one day indoor tournament in Houston on Sunday, March
4! This tournament is paired with the annual HFL (Huckin for Laura)
charity COED hat tourney (outdoor) on Saturday, March 3, 2007.
Indoor Coed Tourney details:
Date: Sun, Mar 4
Time: coed 11am-8pm (quarters begin around 5.30pm), div2 8am-11am
(finals around noon)
Cost: $150 per team if paid by February 14
Bids: 14 coed teams
Format: Pool play to elimination quarters
Gender: Offense decides 1 woman or 2 women, defense matches
Ideal team makeup: 6 guys, 3 women… 10 players max
Sign-up: Please reply to houstonindoor (at) yahoo (dot) com to
submit a bid or get more information.
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More details about the Indoor Tourney:
The indoor tourney will be held at Kicks Indoor on a synthetic grass
field similar to surfaces found in the NFL. Indoor is 5-on-5 with
timed games, stalling 8 count, lots of fast action and crafty
throws… tons of fun.
Location and Tourney Amenities:
The facility has a single field where all tourney games will take
place. Pool play games will be clustered together and there will be
some time between sets of games but don’t worry… there is good stuff
at Kicks to keep you occupied. Kicks’ unique layout also give the
ability for - heckling the current players from the observation deck
while having a brewski, watching college basketball games on TVs, or
playing in the air hockey side tourney. Other activities are also
under review - some outdoor double disc and goaltimate mini tourneys
(for free).
Tourney Party:
Sat. night there will be entertainment for all tourney participants
and friends. Live DJ, dancing, cash bar, fun for all. Location and
details tba.
Rules in Brief:
The indoor games are timed, lasting 14 or 19 minutes and will end on a
buzzer, do not complete the last point. No half, 1 quick timeout per
team per game. The next game starts 1 minute later so we will have a
new game starting every 15/20 minutes. Game play is 5-on-5, normal
subbing, recommended team size be 10 players to get max playing time.
Stall count is 8, no roller pulls; brick is midfield, 2 point line.
The games should move quickly, given the timed format, pulling team
should pull as soon as receiving team has raised their hand. The
following are all out of bounds:
- All walls, nets, ceiling, soccer goal line and space inside soccer goal
- dashed sideline as well as space between dashed sideline and wall,
except along endzone curve
- Player touching wall when making a catch
Schedule:
We’ll start early enough (~8:30a) for you to take off at a decent time
on Sunday (~3-6pm depending on finish). Early team sign ups might
guarantee you a later start time.
FAQ
q: where is the facility located?
a: Kicks Indoor is inside the loop in Houston at Shepherd and Memorial
Drives, www.kicksindoor.com
q: what kind of shoes should I wear?
a: running shoes or turf shoes with small (<3/8") cleats nubs.
q: why so expensive for short games?
a: the facility is pretty sweet (but not cheap). Players in past
indoor tourneys said they were a lot more tired than they thought they
would be. It’s taxing to play 15/20 minutes all out but is a cool
format because it leaves plenty of social time to hang with good
friends and make new ones.
Please let me know if you are interested.