Dodgeball is a team elimination game where players throw balls to hit opponents while avoiding being hit themselves.
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Standard team-elimination dodgeball: hit opponents with live balls, avoid catches, and eliminate the opposing team.
Dodgeball is a team elimination game. Players throw balls to get opponents out, dodge incoming throws, and try to survive as a team until the other side has no active players left.
Teams start on opposite sides of a divided court. In many organized formats, play begins with an opening rush for balls. A live thrown ball that hits an opponent can eliminate that player. A clean catch can eliminate the thrower and may return a teammate, depending on the rule set. Players must stay in bounds and follow dead-ball, blocking, head-shot, and referee calls for the chosen rules. A round ends when one team eliminates all active opponents, when time expires, or when the rule set calls for sudden death or a player-count decision.
For a single elimination round, record the team that survives as the winner. For match play, record round wins or match points. If time expires, use the rule set's player-count or sudden-death procedure and note it in the match.
Log the winning team and team members. Add notes for ball type, team size, time limit, catch-return rules, and whether the match was a single round or a set of round wins.