I was about to comment with something similar. Basically plastic rods that stick out from each side of the neck/shoulders. Then cloth stretches from those rods down to the legs, where they could peg into the leg holes on the back of the minifig legs (maybe have a single plastic piece that the cloth goes to, and that pegs in). The rods could use that piece you linked to connect to the neck.
I’m not familiar with system, so I’m not sure if this sort of thing is possible, or efficient to accomplish the intended design.
If this could work, it would free up their arms for holding the ball, though I’d be fine with just saying it’s held by their wind stream.
Considering that the Matoran are capable of freely manipulating the elements, realism isn’t too important. That being said, the boards could be altered so that they can more easy hover, like a disk–
Wait, what if the boards are in the shape of disks? Better balance, longer air time, you could even have little handles on the side for emergency support!
Geedang.
What if the disks they ride on… are the balls?
It could work like this:
All players get wingsuits, and 1 is given a disk to ride on. They can pass the disk and try to get to the other side without their opponents knocking the disk out from under their feet.
Too quidditch-y?
We have officially come full circle, I believe. I love it.
IMO, all riders should ride a disk, which has to pass thorough a goal to score a point. It makes things more interesting to have to worry about each player individually. I would say that adding a snitch equivalent makes it too close to quidditch, and also detracts from the main point of recklessly throwing ones self through a hoop.
I like the discs, but what happens when they score? Do they have to glide around, looking for their disc? What if the opponents grab it?
Basically, I’m not too sure about a disc for every player. If they’re usuing their wind to float on the disc, you could just have most of the players gliding on their own.
In my head, they fly through the goal with their disk. They just scoop around and return to the field of play after scoring. Though that makes me think there should be a designated reentry point.
I just don’t see a need to have them plow into the goal with the object. It takes away the point of even having an object, let alone one that’s designed for throwing.
But if they are using their wind to be in the air with the disc, then the concept of balancing on it seems pointless to the rest of the game. And saying the discs are what keeps them in the air, instead of their wind wouldn’t make sense.
If the object is a disc, I think it should be thrown into the goal, not carried. It would make more sense with a ball, but even then, their bodies are basically serving the same purpose.