Bouncing...It's part of the game.

One major point (to defend SCBP rules):

Bounces are allowed. We encourage players to make cups, either by throwing or by bouncing. If someone has a fantastic teammate who is a great bouncer - they are most definitely welcome to put that skill on display. The caveat is that we view all shots equal. A thrown shot is worth one cup; a bounce shot is worth one cup.

The rule under debate is whether bounces should be worth 2 cups, and allowing the necessary defense to go along with that rule. I'd like to hear a good debate about this.

Another point to the OP - not everyone plays 2 cups for a bounce. A lot do, but hardly all inclusive. Some people play only bounces (for one cup). By allowing defense on bounces, we would be neglecting this part of the beer pong population.

The entire debate regarding bouncing usually seems to revolve around a weak tosser. The fact of the matter is beer pong/Beirut is supposed to be a skill game, bouncing the ball places the ball at a lower trajectory and slows the velocity of the ball, this makes it easier to make by softening the landing and also adds another non skill component of having the defender (whom has most likely been drinking before during and in between matches...as they should be!) to have to swap a low level ball near their beers. And there is nothing that hurts me more than to see good beer that could have been consumed spilled and rendered undrinkable.

The sport is akin to shooting free throws in a hostile environment. Keeping your composure with the opposing team making foul gestures and rowdy fans yelling in your ear. Its the feeling of being in the zone and blocking out all distractions around you. Its about seeing a finely organized triangular rack in front of you and the sweet feeling of a perfect release and hearing the "Whap" when the ball hits the top of the beer.

Bouncing takes away from the skill, it doesn't add to it. It does add an element, as does a crying baby sitting next to you on a 5 hour flight, but it sure doesn't make the experience any better or more enjoyable for that matter. Bouncing is a rule, albeit a rule for the weak, and although widely accepted, in most circles it is not widely approved and in most cases frowned upon. If this is in the rule books it should count as NO MORE than 1 cup as it is much easier to make and by no means should ANYONE be given an extra cup for a shot that takes less skill.

Representing Pacific Palisades/Santa Monica/West LA

JB

is for people who can't shoot. The object of Beer Pong is to throw the ball in the cup, not bounce the ball down the table like a little girl. Go try another sport, bowling maybe?

SCBP has, and always will, allow bouncing. Some call it bush league, but I've seen bouncers that are every bit as accurate as throwers. A good bounce shot takes skill.

Unfortunately we're not debating the skill bouncers, but the slop bouncers that want to get rewarded an extra cup for wildly skimming the ball across the table while their partner distracts the opponent. WTF??? But if it's as much of a "skill" shot as you say it is, by all means, keep doing it... especially if you're playing against me. Just don't expect an extra cup for the effort.

is what your doing when you bounce. you cant make nothin, desparate, need a comeback....lets try this.....bounce!! its fun when you have alot of 30 packs at a buddies house, i play bounce worth 2 cups with friends, not at a bar in tournament style. like stated earlier, 2 close to the beer, easier shot, lets stick to the rules, theyre makin this stuff happen. 1 cup is fine with me

Depending on house rules (depend on rules bounce allows or not) your beer pong balls bounce off the pong table and into the cup. If bouncing is allowed, you get an extra cup for each shot you bounce in. But, your opponent will be allowed to block the shot once the ball bounces, so you have to be confirm that they are clumsy or not looking when you shoot the ball. Sometimes, bouncing is against the house rules, so be sure you find out. If the pong ball bounces more than one times than you removed more cups. So if you sink two bounces, than you remove three cups and if you bounce the pong ball three times before sinking, you can remove four cups. I think its better if we allow it.