Wild West Warriors Coed Dodgeball Tournament Rules

WARRIORS TOURNAMENT DODGEBALL RULES

GENERAL RULES:

  1. Have fun and play with good sportsmanship!  We expect all of our Urban Rec participants to have a “Fun First” attitude about this unique sporting opportunity.  There is an emphasis on the players knowing the rules and managing their own actions on the court.  Sportsmanship, fun and being social are number one at Urban Rec and we hope to see that exhibited by all of our participants!
  2. To be eligible to play in the league all participants must have signed an online waiver with Urban Rec. Players that do not sign an online waiver will not be issued membership keytags and are not permitted to participate. Team captains that do not fill out the online team roster will have their team removed from the schedule until they do so and all players have signed the waiver. Team captains are responsible for ensuring that all participants for their team are eligible to participate.

DODGEBALL RULES

Match/Game Play

  1. Each team will start the game with 5 players lined up along the back edge of the playing zone on their side of the court. There must be a minimum of 2 players of each gender on the court when the match starts. If a team has only 1 member of a gender then they must play one person short.
  2. Prior to your match starting, teams must designate what side of the court eliminated players will go to once players are out.
  3. Each game is a maximum of 5 minutes, although games may end more quickly.  A game is over when all of the players on one team have been eliminated.  Matches consist of as many games as can be played in the time available.
  4. The game begins with either the Event Coordinator blowing the whistle or yelling “DODGEBALL!”
  5. Once the game has begun teams run to retrieve one of the 3 balls on their side of the center line. Players pick up the ball and then run back and touch the wall. A Player may knock the balls on their own side back to their teammates, but the balls must touch the wall to be ‘activated’ before they can be thrown.  Players can now begin to throw balls at the opposing team.
  6. There will be two lines of cones in the center of the court. Each team is allowed to go up to the line furthest away from them to throw the ball.
  7. All games are SELF OFFICIATED.  Players are responsible for calling their own outs.  If the ball hits a player, he/she should be honest and call themselves out and walk off the court promptly.  We ask that Team Captains ensure that their teams are honest in calling their own eliminations and fouls.
  8. The Event Coordinator’s job is not to officiate but if teams are not being honest or there is a safety issue the EC may step in and make necessary calls.  If this occurs, the EC’s decision is final and no dispute is permitted.

  1. When eliminated players must immediately put up their hand and call “Out!” and move PROMPTLY off the court to sit/stand at the designated wall- NO DALLYING off the court. 
  2. To eliminate a player they must be hit with a ball BELOW THE SHOULDERS.  If the ball bounces before it hits the opposing player that player is NOT ELIMINATED.
  3. A player is also eliminated if a member of the opposing team catches the ball thrown at them in the air before it hits the ground.  The team that catches this ball also gets to have one of their eliminated players return to the court.
  4. A player who is re-entering the game from a caught ball must touch the back wall before they are considered back in play (Example: they cannot throw a ball at an opponent, or be hit with a ball and be eliminated again before they have touched the back wall). If all remaining teammates are eliminated before the player re-entering has tagged back in, the game will end and thus the player cannot re-enter.
  5. If a ball is thrown and strikes multiple opposing players before hitting the ground/wall/etc. all of the players the ball struck are out.  If the ball strikes a player and then is caught by that player’s teammate, the initial player struck is still out as is the thrower. 
  6. A player is eliminated if they drop a ball at any time or a ball is knocked out of their hands.
  7. A player may not pass a ball directly to another player on their own team.
  8. A player may not have more than one dodgeball in their hand at one time.
  9. Once a ball hits the ground, wall, or any apparatus in the rink the ball is considered dead and cannot either eliminate a player who is hit or be caught to eliminate a player from the other team.
  10. If a person is hit directly in the head (barring the exception in the next rule), the person hit is not eliminated.  However the person who threw the ball, whether intentional or not is eliminated. - DO NOT THROW AT ANYONE’S HEAD.
  11. IF A PLAYER IS HIT IN THE HEAD AS A RESULT OF DUCKING OR DEFLECTION – THE PERSON HIT IS ELIMINATED AND THE THROWER RECEIVES NO PENALTY.
  12. Players that are eliminated are able to return if a teammate catches a ball as mentioned previously. Players must return in the order in which they were eliminated – first off is first back on. Once a player has moved off the court and touched the wall, they are then eligible to come back into the game if one of their teammates catch a ball.  If the player is still in the act of leaving the court (i.e. has not touched the wall in the designated area where players go when they are eliminated) when a ball is caught, he/she is NOT eligible to come back into the game.
  13. Ten second rule – no player can hold a ball for more than 10 seconds.  If they do so, then they are eliminated. ALL BALLS MUST BE THROWN FORWARD AND PAST THE DEAD ZONE.
  14. Players must throw the ball forward. If a player throws a ball and hits their own player (friendly fire) their own player is out.
  15. If a player has possession of the ball and drops the ball to catch another ball being thrown at them they are eliminated; the ball must be thrown with a forward motion and must cross center.
  16. No kicking the ball
  17. When one player is left standing on either side, all players on both sides must actively continue to play the game. However the impetus will be on the side that has more balls, regardless of number of players,  to actively continue the play. If there is the same number of balls on each side then it will be based on the side that has more players to initiate play.  
  18. When there is 1 player remaining on both sides players may cross over the center line to attack.
  19. When there is 1 player remaining vs a team with 2 or more players that one person can cross over the center line to attack. In order to avoid the potential for people colliding the 1 player cannot pick up any balls that are on the other teams side, however they may use the ball in their hand to knock balls back onto their side of the court for later use. If they choose to cross over and attack they must then retreat to their side to collect another ball. The only time they can pick up a ball on the other teams’ side is if all the balls are on that side. Players that initiate physical contact will be eliminated. No physical contact is allowed. You may not swat a ball out of players hand.  Aggressive behaviour will not be tolerated.  When one player is left on both teams (1 versus 1), those players can pick up a dodgeball from any location on the court including their opponent’s half.

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