Introducing PARTY DODGEBALL!
Remember what it was like to play dodgeball back in gym class? Well, Party Dodgeball is everything you remember and more!
Basic Rules
10 v 10
***Host has the ability to have more people play if both teams agree***
- *If both teams have the same amount of extra players – total number of players on the court can be increased (at ref’s discretion)
- 10 v 10
- 6 males max.
- Minimum 6 players, 2 females to play
- Boundaries are court specific
- Game variations played throughout the night
- At the start of the game, when retrieving balls you must go back to your start wall and touch before throwing the ball
- If you win dodgeball for the night you get 2 points, if you win Flip Cup get 1 point
*Playoff seeding is based on TOTAL POINTS from the season*
Game Play: Matches are 35 minutes
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- Play as many games as possible – the team with the most wins will be declared the winner
- 10 foam balls used
- 7 regular sized balls
- 3 small balls which can ONLY be used by females
- A staff member is there to keep score and time
- They can make tough calls IF NECESSARY but we go by the HONOR SYSTEM!
- Headshots do count, if you appear to be headhunting regularly you may be disqualified. Keep throws low
- A player is OUT if you cross the Throwing line
- Ref MAY change the throwing line based on specific game and time playing each game
- If a player is hit – they are OUT (no matter if a teammate catches that ball after it hits the 1st person)
- Player MUST raise hand when they are out
- If a ball hits a player, the ball is DEAD and can not get anyone else out and a different person catching the ball does not result in an out.
- If the ball THEN hits another player, that player is NOT out nor can they catch the ball
- If you get hit by the ball and catch it before it hits the ground without it touching anyone else, equipment or floor that is a catch.
- NO Blocking (the ball is an extension of you) This makes everyone not hold on to the balls and creates more action and fun.
- If the opponent’s ball hits off the ball in your hand – you are OUT
- If the opponent’s ball hits off the ball in your hand and then hits another player, the player that was hit is SAFE – it becomes a dead ball
- Players can hold 2 balls max. at a time and can ONLY hold balls for 5 SECONDS at most
- Players who fail to comply may be warned by the ref and called out if the issue persists
- DEPENDING ON THE GYM- *If you make a basket your entire team returns to the game* (EXCEPT 4 quadrant and survivor)
Game Variations:
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- Greek
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- Re-entry: NO
- Played like normal dodgeball EXCEPT:
- When you are out, you go to the baseline of the OPPOSING team (you stay on the baseline until the game is over even if there is a catch)
- Players on the baseline MUST be TOUCHING the wall at all times (with hand or foot)
- Run the baseline collecting and throwing balls at the opponent
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- Traditional (most common)
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- Re-entry: YES
- Once you are hit out you go to the sideline
- Player waits in the order for someone on their team to catch the ball so they can return to play
- Once everyone on your team is OUT, the game is finished
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- 4 Quadrant
- Re-entry: NO
- Follows same rules for OUTS as normal dodgeball
- Played on a court divided into 4 equal zones (quadrants) with 2 teams (both teams split in half – same team is diagonal from each other)
- The object of the game is to eliminate EVERYBODY in another quadrant
- Once EVERYONE in a quadrant is eliminated, this quadrant becomes a FREE QUADRANT – ANY player from ANY team is allowed to go into this quadrant to gather/throw or get hit
- Pinball
- 4 Quadrant
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- Re-entry: YES
- Played like normal dodgeball EXCEPT:
- Each team has 3 plastic bowling pins at the back center of their side of the court (evenly spaced on the last line before the wall)
- The game ends when all of a team’s players are eliminated OR (more often) when all of a team’s pins are knocked over
- The balls may be used to hit players or hit pins
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- Prison Ball
- Re-entry: YES (if you catch the ball in prison ONLY)
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- Played like normal dodgeball EXCEPT:
- When a player is hit, they are put in the defined area (prison) behind the opposing team
- To get OUT of prison, you must catch a ball thrown by your teammate (in the air – cannot hit anything or bounce before)
- A player in prison (prisoner) may NOT eliminate anyone from the opposing team
- Prisoners remain behind the opposing team (in prison) until the game is over
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- Doctor Dodge
- Re-entry: YES (only by doctor)
- NEW, No one can shield or intentionally stand in front of DR or will be called permanently out of that game
- Each team declares a leader (doctor) who tries to AVOID getting hit
- When players are hit, they sit on the ground and wait for their team’s doctor to come and save them
- Seated players may NOT intentionally interfere with game play
- Live players may NOT hide behind sitting players (or use them as a shield)
- Doctor Dodge
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- When the doctor saves the sitting players, they can get up and resume play
- The game ends when one team is entirely eliminated OR when the doctor gets out (game is over if the doctor is hit)
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- Survivor
- Re-entry: NO
- Specific boundaries used
- 2 balls are used
- At the beginning of the game, ref throws the balls to initiate gameplay
- Players will then pick up the balls – they are ONLY permitted to walk 3 steps max. from the spot they picked up the ball, then throw the ball
- Players WITHOUT the ball are permitted to run as they please
- If a player is hit, they are out for the rest of the game
- If a player catches the ball, the thrower is out (even if they are on the same team)
- Once the players are reduced to a low number, they may be permitted to take more steps with the ball (at the ref’s discretion)
- The game ends ONLY when 1 person is left standing (or only people from 1 team)
*Teams without the minimum players will forfeit after 10 minutes from their designated start time
**All teams make the playoffs at the end of the season (unless you forfeit 2x)**