Dodgeball

Game data

• Number of players: 8-20
• Age: 8+
• Duration: 5-20 min.

Material

• 1-2 balls
• a field divided into 2 or 4 fields of equal size

Rules of the game

• Players in the field may not walk with the ball.
• The ball may not be held in the hand for longer than 3 seconds.
• Balls that land outside the field of play must be retrieved by the players in the sky.

Game procedure

• Form two groups of equal strength.
• Each group chooses someone who is in the sky from the start.
• If you are only playing with one ball, you can draw lots to decide which group gets to start or throw the ball into the middle of the field.
• One group (all players, both those from the field and those from the sky) tries to shoot down the players from the other group who are still in the field.
• Whoever is hit in the field goes to the sky. (Behind the playing field on the opposite side of the field.) The player who was in the sky from the start is allowed to return to his field at the first player who enters his sky.
• The last group to have players in the field wins.

Types of game

There are different types of play.

Dodgeball with a more difficult start

If you play with older players, you can shoot the ball back and forth between the field and the sky 3 times (must be caught) before you can shoot the other group.

Piggyback escape

Normal dodgeball in which you can free yourself from the sky by taking another in the sky piggyback and running back into the field without being clapped off by the opposing group. Then both are back on the field.

Picture credits

• Cover picture: Provided by ML3000. (ml.3000 (at) hotmail.com)