1. Determine both teams, each player/team should place (6) coconuts on their side roughly 10 feet from opponent.
  2. Each player/team should place the (6) coconuts in a triangle formation or any desired layout.
  3. To determine which player/team goes first, the first player/team to sink a ball in any of the coconuts starts.
  4. SCORING: if a player sinks a ball into a coconut shell, their opponent flips the coconut over.
  5. Player(s) must wait to throw the next turtleball until the previous ball has been removed from the coconut and the shell is flipped over. 
  6. If a ball bounces in and out of a coconut shell, the ball does not count. However, this ball is still a live ball and can be used to be knocked into a coconut shell. The ball must rest at the bottom of the shell to count.
  7. If a ball bounces in/out of a coconut shell and lands into another coconut, only one coconut is to be flipped over.
  8. If a player/team makes both shots in a row, they get (2) balls back and shoot again.
  9. Players are not allowed to block their opponent’s shots. Players must allow both turtleballs to come to a rest before picking them up. If there are any obstructions, their opponent may toss the ball again.
  10. Players may request their opponent(s) to remove any bumps/imperfections in the sand at any time for courtesy.
  11. A player/team is a winner when they flip over all their opponent’s shells.
  12. If a player/team only sinks one ball into their opponent’s final shell, the defending player/team has a “redemption round” where a player/team has a chance to shoot twice.
  13. REDEMPTION rounds are shoot until you miss. If a player makes it, they get the same ball back until they miss and the next ball is thrown. 
  14. OVERTIME occurs after a player/team successfully completes the “redemption”.
  15. Turtleball overtime requires a player to select any (3) coconuts to sink. The player/team that first flipped all of their coconuts shoots first to begin a sudden death round of Turtleball. 
  16. The team who makes all (3) coconuts first wins. You can finish the game without the other player/team getting a chance to shoot if you get balls back on your first attempt and then one of your players sinks the last coconut.
  17. Double Overtime only requires the front coconut. If Player A/Team A only sinks 1 ball, Player B/Team B gets redemption. 
  18. If player A/Team A sinks both balls, the game is complete and Player B/Team B does not get redemption. 
  19. If Player A/Team A misses both shots, and player B/Team B sinks either ball, player A/Team A does not get redemption. The game is over!
  20. Flip the shells over and play again! 

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