Matches will be 3-minutes long each. If both teams have players standing after the three-minute time limit, the team with the most number of players wins that game. If each team has the same number of players remaining, the game will continue to a sudden death overtime. At this point, both teams will start with two balls and players will not be allowed back in the game.
Each game begins with five players competing on a side. Four players are needed to begin and continue play. Substitutions may only be made prior to the beginning of each game. We strongly encourage sides to make co-ed teams.
Prior to beginning a game, five dodgeballs are placed evenly along the division line. All players take a position behind their end line. Following a whistle by the official, teams may approach the division line to retrieve the balls. Each/every ball retrieved at the opening rush must be taken behind the team’s free-throw line extended (the attack line) before it may be legally thrown at an opponent.
The object of the game is to eliminate all opposing players by getting them “out”. An “out” is scored when:
Hitting an opponent with a live thrown ball below the shoulders. Catching a thrown ball by your opponent (the last member of the catching team eliminated can return). Causing an opponent to drop a held ball as a result of contact by a thrown ball.
A player may block a thrown ball with a ball being held, provided the ball is not dropped as a result of the contact with the thrown ball.
Each game begins with five players competing on a side. Four players are needed to begin and continue play. Substitutions may only be made prior to the beginning of each game. We strongly encourage sides to make co-ed teams.
Prior to beginning a game, five dodgeballs are placed evenly along the division line. All players take a position behind their end line. Following a whistle by the official, teams may approach the division line to retrieve the balls. Each/every ball retrieved at the opening rush must be taken behind the team’s free-throw line extended (the attack line) before it may be legally thrown at an opponent.
The object of the game is to eliminate all opposing players by getting them “out”. An “out” is scored when:
Hitting an opponent with a live thrown ball below the shoulders. Catching a thrown ball by your opponent (the last member of the catching team eliminated can return). Causing an opponent to drop a held ball as a result of contact by a thrown ball.
A player may block a thrown ball with a ball being held, provided the ball is not dropped as a result of the contact with the thrown ball.