Overview of Buce
Buce is a fast-paced, skill-based team sport played with a hacky sack and two bins as goals. The objective is to keep the sack in the air, passing and juggling with teammates to score points by getting it into the opposing team’s bin. Players can use any part of their body except their hands and arms to control the sack. The game is dynamic, with a no-go circle around the bin to prevent goal interference and a double-point line rewarding long-range shots. If the sack touches the ground, possession switches, and play resets with a serve. Buce is a test of precision, agility, and teamwork, making it both exciting to play and watch.
Rules of Buce
1. Objective of the Game
Buce is a team-based sport played with two goals (bins) at the end of each field. The aim of the game is to score points by getting the hacky sack into your team’s bin. The team with the most points by the end of the match wins.
Players control the sack by juggling, passing, and shooting it while keeping it airborne. They can use any part of their body except their arms and hands. If the sack touches the ground, play stops, and possession is given to the opposing team for a serve.
2. Scoring and the Circle Around the Bin
A sack that enters the bin earns the attacking team 2 points (a “Buce”).
If the sack hits the bin but does not go in, the attacking team earns 1 point.
If the sack touches the ground inside the scoring area but rolls into the bin without interference, 1 point is awarded.
Own goals count as points for the opposing team.
A no-go circle with a radius of 1.8m sits around each bin, preventing players from crowding around the bin too closely. Stepping into this area and affecting play results in a turnover.
A double-point line, at twice the radius of the no-go circle, rewards longer shots:
A successful shot from outside this line doubles the points (4 points for a Buce, 2 points for a bin hit).
Players must have both feet entirely outside the line for the points to count as double.
3. Serving and Possession Changes
Serving happens in several situations, including:
• At the start of each half
• When the sack touches the ground
• When a goal is scored
• When the sack goes out of bounds
• After a foul or rule violation
Serves must be played from the hands to another part of the server’s body before passing. No points can be scored directly from a serve. The defending team can attempt to block a serve once it has been struck. To avoid being blocked, the server may move backward.
There is a distance limit to how long someone can serve the hacky sack. The distance is typically 1/4 the total length of the field.
Because a server may need to take backwards steps to serve over someone blocking the serve, the distance limit begins at the point of the serving spot, not where the server eventually serves the sack.
4. Contact and Fouls
Buce is a low-contact sport. While incidental foot-on-foot contact is allowed, dangerous play (such as shoving or reckless kicks) results in a penalty. Shoulder-to-shoulder contact is permitted as long as it does not forcibly displace an opponent.
Repeated fouls, stepping into the no-go area, or blocking serves improperly may result in escalating penalties at the referee’s discretion.