BEARPONG can be played almost anywhere! Just make sure that when you set
the game up, you do so in a safe environment for those who will be
participating!
THIS MAIN SET OF RULES IS PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE. IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
SET OF SPECIFIC RULES FROM “OTHER GAMES” THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE FUN TO
APPLY, THEN PLEASE CUSTOMIZE THE RULES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT! JUST MAKE
SURE ALL TEAMS AGREE ON WHICH RULES WILL BE APPLIED.
GAME RULES
1. BEARPONG is played with 1 or 2 person teams, 12 BEARPONG buckets and 2
BEARPONG balls.
2. Each team is to set up a triangle of 6 BEARPONG buckets opposite of
one another.
3. Distance between sets of buckets can be determined by the skill of
the players involved, available space, and/or depending on the wind
conditions if outdoors. 10 Feet should be the minimum distance allowed
between each of the front BEARPONG buckets. If that gets too
easy…….Simply back the triangles up!
4. The object of the game is to either throw or bounce the ball into the
other teams BEARPONG buckets and eliminate all of the other teams
buckets before they eliminate all of yours. Players should stand behind
their last cup while throwing or bouncing the ball.
5. Throwing the ball into a BEARPONG bucket eliminates that particular
bucket and it shall be removed from the triangle. (If the ball goes in
then bounces out, it does not count!)
6. Bouncing the ball into the BEARPONG bucket eliminates the bucket the
ball went into and one other of the shooters choice.
DEFENSE: On bounce shots, the opposing team may catch, swat,
scissor-kick, head bunt or do anything else with their bodies to safely
prevent the ball from going into the BEARPONG buckets after the shot
hits the ground. This same defense may also be played if the shot
bounces off the rim of the BEARPONG bucket. Careful, if it bounces in
off of you , it COUNTS! **While playing defense, if you knock any of
your own BEARPONG buckets over in the process, they are taken away just
as if the other team had made a shot in them.
7. A team must shoot both BEARPONG balls before the other team shoots
and each player on the team must take a turn.
8. If a team makes both of their shots, they get both of the BEARPONG
balls back for another turn.
9. As the BEARPONG buckets get taken away, each team can request one
re-positioning of the remaining buckets per game. This request must be
made at the beginning of their turn and they may choose one of the
following formations:
10. If a BEARPONG bucket is knocked over by a shot, then the bucket is
stood up, put back in its original position and is not taken away.
11. When a team's final BEARPONG bucket has been made, each player on
that team will get a chance to shoot until he/she misses. If they
succeed in making it in all of the opponents remaining buckets the game
will go into a 3 bucket overtime round beginning in the BEAR SNOUT
formation.
12. If the other team can not force the game into overtime and all of
their BEARPONG buckets have been eliminated, YOUR TEAM WINS!!!!
THIS GAME IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED WITH ALCOHOL or by children under
the age of 5 without adult supervision
