Beer Pong Rules

There is no specific rules for beer pong. But there are a few guidelines that the majority of players stick too. So with that being said here is a little layout of  beer pong rules and guidelines.

Players

Beer pong is usually played with two teams of two players each, though it can be played with two teams of one person each, or other numbers of players. It doesn't really matter as long you have at least two people.  The players then begin the game standing at either end of the table behind their rack of cups. You may want to flip a coin to see which team starts first.

Beer Pong Tables

 The game is typically played on  a beer pong table. Allthough you may use a flat and hard water resistant surface. Beer pong tables vary in sizes such as a 6ft. table for smaller areas and all the way up to 9ft. tables. All depends on the amount of room available for the game play. The beer pongtable may be made out of wood, plastic, aluminum, ect. Just make sure the table is water resistant and smooth for proper bounce and clean up. We even carry inflatable beer pong tables as well for the pool and portable beer pong table to take with any were you go.

Equipment Needed

 Most players commonaly use 16 ounce disposable plastic cups. Like Solo cups with ridge-lines which can be used  to measure the amount of beer to be poured into the cup on each end of the table. The players assemble equilatera triangles or pyramid shapes, with a convergence point focusing on the other team. You may use either six, ten, or twelve cups. Each team usually has a separate cup of water as well, used to rinse off the ball. You defiantly want to keep the ball clean, unless you want to drink dirty beer. The balls that are typically used for the game are 38mm or 40mm beer pong balls. No different than a ping pong ball.

 

Beer Pong Game Play

Typically, players abide by a set of "house rules", which are often consistent within one university or region of the country  or may vary on a "house-by-house" basis. Number of cups, bouncing, amount of alcohol, the distance shots must be taken from, et cetera, may all vary.

In some beer pong rules, players must immediately drink any cup that has been hit. Failure to do so incurs a penalty, such as drinking more beer or losing the game.  Some rule sets allow for "re-racking" (also known as "rearranging", "consolidation", and other names), which is a rearrangement of a team's remaining cups after some have been removed. The formations, number of cups, when to rearrange and so on depend on the rule set. For example, a team with three remaining cups may ask the other team to "re-rack" their multiple targets into a single triangle formation.

Some other beer pong rules allow swatting the ball away if it bounces and if the ball spins around the cup. Other rules state that if a team makes both shots in a round, they may shoot again, sometimes called a "repo" or "rollback".  With WSOPB rules only one repo/rollback is allowed and is a single ball. If this ball is also made the three consecutive shots are referred to as a "splash-trick".

After shooting, teams may dunk the ping pong balls into cups of water in order to wash off the balls.