Dodgeball (game)

No. of participants:      6 per team
Age:                           9-40 years
Materials needed:         6 balls (soft or medium hard balls); don’t use soccer balls!
Space needed:             marked area (8m long & 5m wide) Indoor/outdoor.
Time taken:                 until there is only one team left (it usually takes 5-8 min)

Description:
       
•    Divide the field in two half’s (4m long), have a line in the middle. Put the six balls on the line next to each other (with a small space in between).

•    If a player grabbed a ball he/ she must first go back in their field before throwing the ball.

•    The players stand at the back of the field waiting. Play starts when the referee blows the whistle, followed by a scramble for the dodgeballs. (Teams should be evenly mixed – age and gender wise).

•    A player may only hold one dodgeball at a time.

•    If a player is holding a dodgeball, he is restricted to a limited range of movement. He may only take a certain amount of steps, usually starting with 2 and, as other players are eliminated, lengthened to 3, 4, etc. and eventually free to run.

•    If a player is directly hit (anywhere on his/her body), he/ she is out.

•    If a player catches a ball from a direct throw, he/ she is not out and the other player is out. Furthermore a team-mate can join in the main field again (If no team-mate is out, nothing changes).

•    Each player is allowed to be "out" twice before eliminated from the game (with each out generally marked upon the player's hand with a marker).

•    The team which has the last player on the field is the winner.

(Official dogeball rules can be found: http://www.thendl.com/theNDL-Dodgeball-101.asp)