dodgeball
Sign in to saveDodgeball is a team sport in which players on two opposing teams try to throw balls and hit opponents while avoiding being hit themselves. The objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by an opponent, or inducing an opponent to commit a violation, such as stepping outside the court.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Dodgeball
- Sport.image
- Dodgeball (cropped).jpg
- Sport.union
- World Dodgeball Association and World Dodgeball Federation
- Sport.contact
- No
- Sport.team
- 6 per side
- Sport.equipment
- Dodgeball (utility ball)
- Sport.venue
- Dodgeball court
- Sport.olympic
- No
- Sport.paralympic
- No
via Wikipedia infobox
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18 sectionsContents
- Equipment
- Court
- Matchplay
- Length of game
- Starting the game
- Gameplay
- Optional rules
- Tactics
- Competitions
- Variations
- Circle dodgeball
- Similar games in other countries
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Dodgeball is a team sport in which players on two opposing teams try to throw balls and hit opponents while avoiding being hit themselves. The objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team by hitting them with thrown balls, catching a ball thrown by an opponent, or inducing an opponent to commit a violation, such as stepping outside the court.
The sport is mostly played in schools under varying rules, and also formally as an international sport, under rules that vary among international governing bodies, such as the World Dodgeball Federation (WDBF), which runs the Dodgeball World Championship and the World Dodgeball Association (WDA). USA Dodgeball is the governing entity for dodgeball in the United States, with member leagues and clubs across the nation.