official sizes & distances
Bottle Bash Pole Height, Court Distance & Setup Specs
Bottle Bash, also called Polish horseshoes, sets two poles about 20 feet apart, each topped with a bottle. Here is the layout to scale, with the pole height and how teams line up.
| Pole distance | About 20 ft apart (common); step back to 30 or 40 ft as players get better |
|---|---|
| Pole height | Roughly 4 ft tall, with a few inches anchored in the ground |
| Bottle | An empty bottle balanced on top of each pole, knocked off for points |
| Disc | One flying disc; teams alternate throwing and defending their bottle |
| Players | 4 (2 vs 2); a team stands by each pole |
There is no single official distance, so pick a gap and keep it. Twenty feet suits a casual game; serious players slide out to 30 or 40 feet for a harder throw and catch.
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Now that the court is marked, here is everything else for bottle bash, the full rules, the gear we recommend, and the master chart of every game's distance.