club sport DODGEBALL RULES  Revised 03/09

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 specific team's tournament roster/waiver to be eligible. Teams playing with players not on their roster may be subject to forfiet.

PLAY:
 

• 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.

• A ball is not dead until it hits the ground or an out of bounds net/pole. If a thrown ball hits 3 people then is caught before touching the sand, all 3 are still in and the thrower is out. Plus one player from the catching team returns.

• 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. If it hits multiple players before hitting the ground all players are out. Any attempted catch that is dropped the player is out.

• 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.

• 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.

• A ball deflected by a held ball is considered a dead ball. If it is deflected then caught or hits another player there is no consequence.

• 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 and any one hit is not 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.

• A ball rebounding off a fence, net backstop, pole, etc. and then hits a player does not eliminate a player.

• Stepping on, over, or under the mid-court line or grabbing a ball on the other side of the line will result in elimination.
   

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, but failing to throw a ball when instructed by officials will lead to elimination.
 

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!!