CornHole University

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The sport of cornhole. Promoting, deminstrations and Tournements.

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CornHole University Style of play varies from the original game in a couple of ways. We have placed an * next to these differences.

Singles Or Doubles Play:

Cornhole can be played as doubles or singles. In doubles play two contestants are partners against another team of two contestants; in singles play one contestant competes against another contestant.
*The first major difference in CornHole University Rules is that the standard placement of the boards is at 24‘ft apart, from front of board to front of board. This is an ammeter rule. Matches may be played at the professional level at 27‘ft also.

In doubles play, one member of each team pitches from one cornhole platform and the other members pitch from the other cornhole platform. In singles play, both contestants pitch from the same cornhole platform and walk to the other. All other rules are basically the same for doubles or singles play.

*Cornhole University matches are composed of a best of 3 games. A coin toss determines opening play. The winner of the coin toss can either choose to pitch their corn bags first or second, or pick which side of the boards they want. The opposing team calls whatever choice is left. If you pick the side of the board that you want. Then the opposing team must start on the other side of the board, but he get to choose who goes first. Your team partner will line up directly across from you. The only time you switch sides is at the end of the game when you change positions with your partner.
-Example: Your team wins the toss. You are right handed and like throwing from the left side, making your throwing hand in line with the boards. The opposing player is also right handed and is positioned on the right side of the board, putting his throwing arm to the outside of the board, we call this “outside of the lane” . A slightly different angle. You partner is right left handed and is directly across from you placing his arm in line with the boards. The opposing partner is right handed, and being directly across from his partner, puts his arm in line with the board.
When the 1st game is over you will walk over to where you partner was and throw from there.
This will now make you “outside of the lane”. This is done to make it fair for both sides.


Innings:

Every Cornhole match is broken down into innings of play. During each inning there a top and a bottom round of play.

In doubles play, the top of an inning is completed when both contestants pitching from the first cornhole platform pitch all 4 corn bags; the bottom of the inning is completed when the remaining contestants (pitching from the other cornhole platform) pitch all 4 corn bags.

In singles play, the top of an inning is completed when the first contestant pitches all 4 corn bags; the bottom of the inning is completed when the remaining contestant pitches all 4 corn bags.


Value Of The Corn Bag:

. Corn Bag In-The-Hole - A corn bag in-the-hole is a corn bag which is thrown through the hole in the cornhole platform or otherwise comes to rest inside the cornhole platform (knocked in by another player or an act of God). A corn bag in-the-hole has a value of three points.

. Corn Bag In-The-Count - A corn bag that is not in-the-hole but lands with any portion of the corn bag resting on the cornhole platform is in-the-count (sometimes called on-the-board). A corn bag in-the-count has a value of one point. For a corn bag to be in-the-count, it must not touch the ground or any other portion of the court prior to coming to rest on the cornhole platform. If a corn bag touches the ground before coming to rest on the cornhole platform, it is a foul and must be removed from the cornhole platform prior to the continuation of play.

. Corn Bag Out-Of-The-Count - A corn bag which comes to rest anywhere except in-the-count or in-the-hole is out-of-the-count and has no scoring value. A corn bag which is declared to be a foul is considered to be out-of-the-count (no matter where it comes to rest) and must be removed from the cornhole surface prior to the continuation of play.

Delivery Of Corn Bags During Play:

. In doubles play, the first side of contestants alternate pitching corn bags until they have thrown all four corn bags, then the remaining contestant (pitching from the other cornhole platform) continue to alternate in the same manner until all four corn bags are delivered and the inning completed. Delivery in singles play is handled in the same manner (but from the same platform) with each of the two contestants alternating their pitching of corn bags until all four corn bags have been pitched completing the inning.

. A contestant may deliver the corn bag from either the left or right pitchers box (see above) but, in any one inning, all corn bags must be delivered from the same pitcher’s box.

. Each individual contestant shall deliver the corn bag within 20 seconds. The time shall start when the contestant steps onto the pitcher’s box with the intention of pitching.

Pitching Rotation During The Game

The contestant who scored in the preceding inning shall pitch first in the next inning. If neither pitcher scores, the contestant who pitched second (last) in the preceding inning shall pitch first in the next inning.

Length Of The Game: *CornHole University Style

The Cornhole match shall be played until the first team of contestants reaches 21 points at the completion of an inning. *The winning team must score 21 exactly! This makes the game much more exciting and prevents complete blowout’s from occurring.

-What happens if you go over 21? We call this “Blowing Up" If at the end of an inning you have surpassed 21, then your score returns to the score at the beginning of the inning. An example of this would be if your team has 17 points at the beginning of the inning, and you score 6 points by the end of your half of the inning then you have “Blown Up” and your score resets to 17 for the next 1/2 of the inning. Now its up to your partner to score 21, and so on.


Cancellation Scoring:

In cancellation scoring, corn bags in-the-hole and corn bags in-the-count pitched by opponents during an inning (singles play) or half of an inning (doubles play) cancel each other out. Only non canceled corn bags are counted in the score for the inning.

. Corn Bags In-The-Hole – Hole-ins cancel each other. A corn bag in-the-hole of one contestant shall cancel a corn bag in-the-hole of his competitor and those corn bags shall not score any points. Any non canceled corn bag in-the-hole scores three points.

. Corn Bags In-The-Count – Corn bags in-the-count cancel each other. A corn bag in-the-count of one contestant shall cancel a corn bags in-the-count of the opponent and those corn bags shall not score any points. Any non canceled corn bags in-the-count score one point each.

Cancellation scoring may be easily calculated as follows:

. The points of both contestants are calculated for hole-ins and in-the-count corn bags.

. The points of the lowest scoring contestant for hole-in corn bags are subtracted from the points of the highest scoring contestant for hole-in corn bags. The result is the hole-in score for the highest scoring contestant. The hole-in score for the lowest scoring contestant is zero.

. The points of the lowest scoring contestant for in-the-count corn bags are subtracted from the points of the highest scoring contestant for in-the-count corn bags. The result is the in-the-count score for the highest scoring contestant. The in-the-count score for the lowest scoring contestant is zero.

. The hole-in score for each contestant is added to the in-the-count score for each contestant to derive the recorded score for the inning.

. In this manner hole-in and in-the–count corn bags from each contestant or team of contestants are canceled out and only non canceled corn bags are counted in the score.


Example Cornhole Match:

The Cornhole match starts with contestants or teams of contestants tossing a coin to determine the order of play. The winner of the coin toss can either choose to pitch their corn bags first or second, or pick which side of the boards they want. The opposing team calls whatever choice is left.

In doubles play a member form each team pitches from one cornhole platform and the remaining contestants pitch from the other cornhole platform.

The side that plays first alternates pitching their corn bags until all four corn bags are pitched by each contestant. The contestants playing from the other cornhole platform then alternate pitching until all four corn bags are pitched by each contestant and the inning is completed.

After each side of an inning (doubles play) or each inning (singles play), the contestants examine the location of their corn bags and record the score. The points for each team and the innings played are generally recorded on a scoreboard or other device that all contestants can easily see and review for accuracy.

A corn bag in the hole (hole-in) is worth 3 points and a corn bag on the cornhole platform is worth 1 point (in-the-count or on-the-board). Play continues in this manner until a team has 21 exactly at the end of an turn.

Cancellation scoring is generally used in Official Cornhole Tournament play. This method of scoring requires that opponents hole-in corn bags and in-the-count corn bags cancel each other out and no score is recorded.

To illustrate, if the first contestant lands two corn bags in-the hole and two corn bags in-the-count and the second contestant lands two corn bags in-the-hole and two in-the-count, the score for both contestants would be zero as both corn bags in-the-hole and corn bags in-the-count cancel each other out.

To further illustrate, if the first contestant lands one corn bag in the hole and one corn bag in-the-count and the second contestant lands one corn bag in-the count, the score for the first contestant would be 3 and the score for the second contestant would be zero as the bag in-the-hole would count and the two corn bags in-the-count (one from each team) cancel each other out.

Alternatively, if the first contestant lands no corn bags in-the-hole or in-the-count and the second contestant lands two corn bags in-the count, the score for the first contestant would be 0 and the score for the second contestant would be 2 as only bags from the second contestant landed on the cornhole platform and there is no cancellation.

Lastly, if the first contestant lands one corn bag in-the-hole and none in-the-count and the second contestant lands two corn bag in-the count, the score for the first contestant would be 3 and the score for the second contestant would be 2 as only bags from the first contestant landed in-the-hole and only corn bags from the second contestant landed in-the-count and there is no cancellation.

Corn bags in-the-count may be knocked off the cornhole platform or in-the-hole by an opponent or by that contestants other corn bags. Where the corn bag ultimately lands determines the scoring.

The contestant or team of contestants that score 21 points at the end of an inning are declared the winners of the game. Remember CornHole University scoring require the score to be exactly 21.