Roller vs roller

[Camilot]

Can someone please explain to me what kinda rollerhockey u'r all talking 'bout???? Cuz it seems that it's a whole lot different than what we play 'over here' ( smaller rinks w asphalt, a ball, more or less the same rules as in icehockey, 4 players and full gear....warm but needed, several divisions and national teams... )
And may I add... playing goal on ice and roller are 2 very different things (stylewise) so hands up for rollergoalies... it's a hard and warm job...

[big dog daddy]

Camilot,

We are talking different games. For the most part over here we play in local leagues, on a few different surfaces. The common one are sport court, roll on, and roller skating rinks (wood coated in clear coat). The leagues I know of all use a puck and play in an ice style rink with ice style boards. Some still use a ball or play on asphalt. That is the exception not the rule.

I highly recomend looking into the plastic floors(sport court) if they are available. It plays so much nicer, and it does not kill gear like asphalt or concrete will.

Hope this helps.

BDD

[WERNER 1]

Dito on what BDD said.

Rules: Not like ice at all.......

Concrete with a roll-on surface or sport court. ( there is a local outdoor rink that is asphalt with a roll-on coating applied to it.......It has surprisingly good traction! )

Puck not ball (at least where I've played)

4 0n 4 (already stated)

No check......well in theory

No off-sides

No icing

No blue lines, only a center redline. (elimnating 2 line passes......dang cherry pickers!!! )

Full gear for goalies is a must, well in my book anyway.........unless you like getting all bruised up.

[Numbski]

Indeed, it is warm, although I've been told that you can get a monkey suit that isn't intended to 'keep the goalie warm' like the ice ones are intended. I believe I'll be in the market for one of those soon.

I got some inline goalie pants that breathe pretty well. Perhaps in combination with an inline monkey suit my body temp will go down.

Also, ballistic nylons are supposed to be a little more breathable, which I have to admit doesn't make any sense since they are waterproof. The ones I'm looking at personally are over at http://www.paulthomsonusa.com .

I haven't seen any reviews on his stuff here, so I don't know from first hand experience, but since I don't play ice, his inline pro stuff looks AWFULLY tempting...

[WERNER 1]

After being away from roller for almost a year, I had forgoten how big a factor the heat was. It seems that I can't wait for the 3rd period to end!

If the monkey-suit you're referring to is UnderArmour, it works very well ( I use the long sleeve Heat gear, and the Turf Leggins )

As far as different types of gear adding to the cooling effect, I have found that Franklin's "AC-D" design worded very well in allowing the air to flow through the gear keeping you a heck of a lot cooler........especially their C/A. Ever since I switched to my Bauer R6, I feel 2 to 3 times hotter when playing roller!

I still keep my eyes peeled for one of those 8000 series Franklin C/A's. I'd like to modify it a bit and use it for roller. These things offered great protection, but were seriously lacking in comfort and fit.( It always rotated forwards off of my shoulders, like it was front heavy.)

[Camilot]

Thanx BDD, that clarified it ... but one of the teams have sports court... and the grip is really bad compared to asphalt.... and don't even think 'bout touching the posts... almost get electricuted (!!) from the static electricity ever tried that????

[G-Man]

The grip on SportCourt is just fine if you aren't silly enough to use wheels meant for asphalt

[leaferguy]

My roller is an indoor sports complex, complete with no a/c, huge ventilation fans that were only on for regionals, and a concession stand. It's a pretty big place, lots of teams from different states come to play here (big tournaments). Nice SportCourt rinks with regular, ice hockey boards and glass (except the glass is smaller). In-house runs two, continuous time 20 minute halves and tournaments run either that format or two 15 minute periods with time stoppage. Pucks only, although they aren't always black, which sucks...

Heat on SportCourt used to be a big problem for me before I started to train right. Lifting, loss of a lot of that excess fat, and running all help to combat it. I can go a 2 hour pickup with no breaks absolutely fine now (it was about 90 in the rink last time, no a/c). 'Course, the games for in-house are way tougher, since my A and B run back to back, and we aren't allowed to have water on the rink, so whatever is on the bench is usually gone by halftime. It's a bit harder, but what don't kill ya only makes ya stronger...

[Camilot]

Oh yes G-Man... I was silly enough to do just that.. Was late and didn't have time to change wheels... But we only lost 6-3 which is quite ok considering that they're an all-guys team (and we're ALL girls )

[Aussie_Goalie]

Well over here Roller hockey (we call it Inline hockey) it's exactly the same as ice hockey except no checking. But other than that we have ice hockey rules.

*Aussie*

[Camilot]

Guess an all-world tounament would be out of the question, since everybody would be disgussing what to play and how...
(reckons she'd better go back to bed...)

[Numbski]

I actually quite welcome off-sides and icing.

Freakin' cherry pickers.

One thing that kills me about MSG Triplex (where I play) is that they don't whistle a play dead if the puck hits the netting above the glass.

They also don't whistle the puck dead if it's resting ON the net.

What's up with that?

FYI, our league plays 3-15 min periods. Where I moved from (Colorado Springs, home of USA Hockey), we played by USA Hockey Inline's rules, and that was 2-25 minute halves.

They also only had a 1 minute halftime, which drove me nuts! They had a 2 minute halftime originally, and then only dropped it to one. Hardly long enough to skate to the bench, take of helmet and gloves, dry your face off and get a drink.

[Camilot]

ooooh.... that doesn't sound like my cup o'tea.... ( the 2 times 25 min periods) cuz if u've got a bad period, it's quite crucial with the 5 min brake, to get your act together again.... and only 2 periods.... hmmm