I think we will try and find somewhere in between the traditional style of stoppages and the mpfl system. try and get the best of both worlds.

I was wrong on the scale of our big board it is 1/2" = 1 yard. So the miggle bases we have seem to be 2 yards long.

All I have to say is taping the field for painting is an unholy pain in the butt :rtfl: not to mention time consuming!

Once the green is on after taping and some gloss it will be ready to show! We've been taking pictures throughout the process.

But another question for Dimitri.. Are you still enjoying using the passing sticks? I've been practicing with the TTQB a bit but it isn't pretty :D I'm thinking the sticks will be a good way to introduce new people to the game while showing them the TTQB as well.

for more easy painting, I saw some coaches making this way :

1 paint the hole board in white

2 with diferent masking tape widths, make your field marks.

3 paint all the board in green

4 remove the masking tape, it's done thmbsp$


I love passing sticks. On big boards, it's a real challenge. You need to improve your tweaking skills to make anything else than short passes.

Personaly my passing sticks are at the same scale than my board. Some other coaches use tudor 620 scale for their sticks even if they play on big boards. It makes the passes easier. You have to see what you'll prefer yourself, not one better than the other.

TTQB ? It's fun to use. But I prefer passing sticks.

We are using stripe tape after painting the field white first. If I had to do it again I'd likely use masking tape.

The stripe tape is excellent quality but it's a pain in the butt to use. especially for the hash marks.

I was planning to make the passing sticks to scale for that board. so it will be very tricky for long passes.

Seeing the board scale, maybe too tricky even for medium range passes :D

It will sure take some trial and error. the field is 60" long

huge board
 

Maybe you should start with smaller sticks, and make them longer when you'll improve your tweaking skills thmbsp$

On my 42" board with scale passing sticks, long passes are already really tricky, even with my decent tweaking.

Perhaps instead of 6,12, and 18. I could make a set 4,8, and 12 yards long as a start.

If you want I can measure my own sticks and give you the size, metric system of course :D

Well of course! It's always fun to confuse the Americans :rtfl:

measuring stick : 34.8cms
blue stick : 15.6cms
red stick : 5.4cms
white stick : 10.4cms

You can go for 35cms, 15.5cms, 5.5cms, and 10.5cms, I think.

thmbsp$