[Mike Harrison]

One thing to note: if at the end of the match you are knocking of an opponent's ball that they placed on their hurdle (it did not stay there the whole match), you are only descoring 4 points if you knock it off in the counterclockwise direction. This is because you are descoring the 12 point bonus but you are giving them an 8 point hurdle. So it is important to knock off the ball backwards. This is impossible for some teams because they have to cross the line and then come back (due to their design), giving them a 10 point penalty for clockwise motion, and not many matches are decided by 2 points. I agree that 12 points is a lot, but it is going to be harder for teams to knock off the ball backwards. This is key.

But this can be ignored if they placed the ball on your hurdle or the ball did not move from the beginning of the match, very important for the coach to watch this.