Field: 120yds x 80yds

Equipment: Two ash poles per player approximately 3ft in length
(Optional) Leather helmet

The Start: A leather ball is placed in the center of the field. A signal is given for both teams to advance from their goal lines and take control of the ball.

Game Play: Once the ball is in play, it is advanced toward the opposing team's goal line. When the ball crosses a goal line the opposing team scores (if you carry the ball across your own goal, your opponent scores). If the ball is carried out of bounds or makes contact with the ground it becomes a "dead" ball. You may never pass toward your opponent's goal, all passes must be lateral or backward.

Dead Ball: A dead ball must be started at the point that it touched the ground or where it was pushed out of bounds (plays that go out of bounds are brought to the lateral center of the field). The ball is started from the ground and a lateral or backward pass is made. Players cannot cross the lateral position of the ball until the ball is put in to play.

After three successive dead balls, the opposing team takes control of the ball and advances it from the point that it last left play.

Scoring: When a ball crosses a goal line, the the goal's opposing team gains one point. The ball is then started again (as in the start of the first play) one quarter the length of the field from the goal that was crossed.

Penalty: Players committing a foul (what few there are) are warned the first time, then must sit out until the next complete turnover the second (the remainder of their down and all of their opponent's or vice versa), and are removed from the game permanently on the third penalty.