Dodgeball Informal

Source: Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category: BALL GAMES



(Informal)


_10 to 60 players._

_Playground; gymnasium._

_Basket ball._

This game is a very popular gymnasium or playground game. An
informal mode of play is here described. For match games
between competing teams more strict athletic procedure is
necessary, and three such forms of the game follow.

The players are divided into two even groups. One group forms a circle
(this need not be marked on the ground). The larger the circle the
more sport in the game. The other group stands within the circle,
scattered promiscuously. The object of the game is for the circle men
to hit the center men with a basket ball, the center men dodging to
evade this. They may jump, stoop, or resort to any means of dodging
except leaving the ring. Any player hit on any part of his person at
once joins the circle men. The last player to remain in the center is
considered the winner. The groups as originally constituted then
change places for the next game, the center men becoming circle
players and the circle men going to the center.

There is no retaliatory play of the ball by the center players; they
merely dodge it. The ball is returned to the circle either by a toss
from a center man or by a circle man stepping in for it if it should
not roll or bound within reach. When two center men are hit by one
throw of the ball, only the first one hit leaves the center.

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