The days are getting shorter and Thursday pickup is dwindling. As our Goaltimate kit was late in arriving last night, we played a few rounds of box, which reminds me of a rule variation y'all might like. Everybody has their own rules for how the disc is cleared after a turnover, either past a certain point/perimeter, or after X number of throws. The variation is "the fast break rule" and it works like this: you are allowed to score on the very first throw of your possession after a turnover. If that first throw is not a score (or if you opt to not even try) you then must clear as usual before you are allowed to score. One additional wrinkle: if the turnover occurs in the box, the fast break rule allows the score to be thrown from inside the box (so a player can pick up the disc lying in the box and immediately chip it to a receiver who's also in the box). No Callahan goals, but again, if a defender catches the disc in the box they can immediately throw it to a teammate also in the box for the fast break score.
Of course, if your house rules don't require a clear at all ("scrum rules", I like to call such games), this variation is meaningless.
