club sport DODGEBALL RULES  Revised 05/06

PLAYERS:

Teams play with 3 men and 3 women. No more than 3 men can be on the court, women can play in place of men. Substitute players are not allowed during a match but may be used for your next match. ALL players must sign the tournament roster/waiver to be eligible.

PLAY:
a) To start the game each team has 2 dodgeballs strategically placed 8’ from the center line of the court and 1 more ball 4’ from the center line.
b) If a player is hit by a “fly ball”, before it hits the sand and after being thrown by a player on the opposing team that player is out.
c) If a player catches a “fly ball”, the thrower is out. ALSO: The other team returns an eliminated player to their team. Players come back into the game in the order they were eliminated.
d) A player who is hit in the head (if they did not duck) is not out. The thrower is out. If the player hit in the head did duck, no consequence.
e) A ball deflected by a held ball, whether caught or not, does not result in player elimination.
f) A ball rebounding off a “catch” attempt may be caught before touching the sand (nothing else) by any in bounds player on the “hit” players team. Result: the thrower is out. Out-of-Bounds: (Defined as: Our Fences to the right and left and netting behind) Catching a ball out-of-bounds does not count. (Besides, you’ll have to run through a fence or netting backstop… please don’t!) If a ball is deflected off one player and he/she or a teammate catches it out-or-bounds, the first player is still out because the catch does not count.
g) A ball rebounding off a fence, net backstop, pole, etc. does not eliminate a player.

AREA OF ELIMINATED PLAYERS:

a) Eliminated players on each court will form lines on one side of the court next to the fence in the center of the court. Keep in order of being eliminated with the first person eliminated standing by center line on the fence sideline. Re-enter on a “caught” ball in same order eliminated. b) The Officials will be near the center of the court.
c) Eliminated players MAY NOT throw a ball back to their team; they may not throw a ball at the other team or hold onto a ball.
d) Any balls going into the other court should be returned (note color of dodgeballs on your court).

Match Time allotted: Unlimited (new rule)
 

Win your matches by:
1. “Terminating” all the competition.

Teams will be advanced to the finals following these tiebreakers:

The number of teams making it to the playoffs will depend on the overall number of teams...
1. Best record in your division

2. Head to head play

3. Fewest total combined opponents remaining at the end of preliminary matches

4. Most total combined players remaining in preliminary matches

5. Coinflip

Abusive and profane language will not be tolerated and is grounds for immediate disqualification. Any player or fan is encouraged to rout for their own team but routing against teams or use of disparaging language is discouraged and could result in penalties of players or dismissals of fans. Any fans of teams may be asked to leave by Club Sport staff. Refusal to leave could result in forfeiture of games.

 It’s safe!! Small foam balls are used in our Dodgeball Tournaments!!