Talk:Dodgeball/Archive 2

Wallball
I live in SE United States. I've played the game referred to in the variants list as fumbles but here it is invariably referred to as wallball.
 * Yes, I live and the NE US and I've heard of it. I only played it a couple of times a while ago, though, but I know I played it. It might not be what you're referring to, though. Because here we also call the game Suicide "wallball" sometimes, but not often.

Hannibal
Reversed this entry...not verifiable.

Out of School Leagues
I took out a lot of the fluff of whoever wrote this. It seemed motivated just to get his friends in a wiki and fluff up their abilities and such. I'm going to re-edit it so that it fits more in line with the description of the Lesley and Midwest dodgeball leagues above it. Please don't just use wiki to talk about how great your friends are. Cinquad

soak 'em
No mention of this name for the sport? C'mon, all you 30-year-olds!

Team Ball
When I was growing up in San Diego (in the late 60's and early 70's) we played a variant of Dodgeball that was called "Team Ball". It was played on a vollyeball court (usually asphault). Each of two teams would occupy one of the areas inside the court (separated by the center line). Each team selected a "temp", who would remain outside the court, beyond the opponent's area; thus putting the players that are on the inside of the court between opposing forces (eg, temp-A [ team-B | team-A ] temp-B ). Temps were generally the most skilled players.

The game consists of "working" the ball (throw/catch) between the temps and the inside players in order to create a good shot. If a player is hit by a ball thrown by an opponent (whether intentional or not) he/she is out and has to move to where their temp is, thus reducing the number of players inside (and increasing the number of players on the outside). If a player catches a ball thrown by an opponent (or after it hits another player on his/her side), his/her team gains posession. If the ball goes outside the court, the temps on the side it went out on could retreive it.

Temps can choose to go "in" (inside the court) at any time, though they tend to wait until the numbers inside decrease (to give them room to work). In some variants there are two temps (if there are a lot of players), and in others temps get two "lives".

The game is over when one team loses all its players from the inside. We could generally play 2-3 games during recess.

I know that, for me, team ball was a lot more fun than standard dodgeball. It was very structured, like most team sports; yet was also very simple conceptually (important for kids in elementary school). And there was the strategy of "working" the ball; trying to intercept the other teams volleys, etc. Since we played it every day I'm surprised that it is not listed here.

Pony Express
Has anyone played this? It seems like it could be considered a variant of dodgeball.