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Rules for Intramural Sports

Co-Rec Dodgeball

The following rules were taken from the National Amateur Dodgeball Association (NADA). These rules shall govern play during the tournament; the Assistant Director-Intramural Sports and Special Events having the authority to modify said rules at his discretion.

Game Rules

  1. Each team must have 6 players to start the game (3 female, 3 male). Teams may have additional players for substitutes.
  2. During play all players must remain within the boundary lines. Players can only pass through their end-line to retrieve balls. Upon returning, players must re-enter through the end-line.
  3. The game begins with all the players lined up behind their end-line. Six balls are placed at the center-line. Players are only allowed to grab the three balls to their right of the center hash mark. Once the balls are retrieved all players must be behind their attack line before they can legally throw the ball at their opponent. After retreating back to the attack line players are allowed to throw from anywhere on their side of the court.
  4. Six balls will be used at once during the game.
  5. A player may not (or will be out):
    1. Have any part of their body contact the playing surface on or over a sideline.
    2. Exit or re-enter the field through their sideline.
    3. Leave the playing field (side-line or end-line) to avoid being hit by, or attempt to catch a ball.
    4. Have any part of their body cross over the center-line and contact the ground on their opponents’ side of the court.
  6. The team that has the most players remaining at the end of the game will be declared the winner.
  7. Players are eliminated by:
    1. Being hit by a thrown live ball below the shoulders.
    2. Throwing a ball that is caught in the air by their opponent. A live ball deflecting off player A remains live only to player A and may only be legally caught by player A.
    3. Having a ball knocked out of their hands by another ball.
    4. Stepping out of bounds or across the center-line (with the exception of retrieving a loose ball).
  8. A player who catches a live ball thrown by their opponent is allowed to bring an eliminated teammate back into the game.
  9. All throws must be below the shoulders. Hitting anyone in the head with a ball is illegal (as well as unsportsmanlike) and the participant will be declared out.