Overview
Dodgeball is a team sport played in schools, recreation leagues, and organized competitions. Players try to eliminate opponents by hitting them with thrown balls while simultaneously avoiding being hit themselves.
How to win
- Time-limit winner — When time expires, the team with more active players wins the round (+ variants).
- Sudden-death tiebreaker — Play a shorter round with fewer balls when all rounds end tied. (+ variants)
- Best-of series: Matches are typically played as a best-of-3, best-of-5, or best-of-7 series of rounds; Point-based: Some leagues award 1 point per round won…
- Eliminate all opponents — The last team with at least one player remaining wins.
- In organized and tournament play, games may have a time limit (commonly 5 to 10 minutes per round)
The game
- Controls play, signals the start and end, and makes final rulings on disputed calls. (+ variants)
