Dodge
Ball
Rules
of Play
- 6
players per team are on the court at the start of each game.
- Matches
are 24 minutes long (Two 12 minute halves).
- Teams
will play two matches each week
- The
season is eight weeks long, so each team will play 16 matches.
- Matches are
played on the SportsPlex Turf Field, which is 70'x35'.
- Six
balls are used during play.
- Prior to the match, the referees will conduct a coin toss with
both team captains to determine choice of ends.
- Players then take a position behind their endline. After a
signal by the official, teams approach the centerlines to retrieve
the balls.
- Balls must be taken back across the endlines before they can
be thrown at an opposing player. If the ball is not taken behind
the endline
before it is thrown, the throw will not count.
- Players
then attempt to eliminate members of the opposing team by hitting
them with the ball. If a player is hit with any
ball that
has not yet touched the floor, that player is “out”.
- Play continues until one team is eliminated. At that point,
the referee calls time and awards the winning team one point
for each remaining
player.
- The balls are then reset on the centerline and play resumes
when the whistle is blown.
- When time runs out (at the half and at the end of the match)
both teams are awarded points for all remaining players.
- The
team with the most points when time expires wins the match.
- Uniforms are
considered part of a player's body.
- Any
ball that touches the ceiling, nets or wall is a dead ball.
- If a defender
catches a “live” thrown ball the thrower
is out and one player then returns to the defenders side in order
of first out, first in.
- If a defender attempts to catch a live ball, but drops it, the
defender is out.
- The
defender may block a live ball with another ball. That ball is
still a live ball however, until it hits the floor,
wall, nets or
ceiling.
- If a blocking ball is dropped as a result of contact from
a live ball, then the player who drops the ball is out.
- A player may block a live ball, then throw the blocking
ball down and catch a live ball.
- A player shall not leave the playing field to avoid being
hit or in an attempt to catch a ball.
- Players who have been called out may retrieve stray
balls for their teammates.
- It is illegal for the leading team to control all
the balls for more then 5 seconds. (A violation
will result
in the
referee stopping play and the balls will be divided
evenly.)
- Headshots resulting from a high thrown ball, result
in the thrower being called out.
- A player hit in the head while ducking or dodging
is out.
- Unsportsmanlike conduct will result in immediate
ejection from the game.
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