Opponents of the game argue that not only is throwing things at other people not behavior we want to encourage in youth, dodgeball can lead to bullying, injury, and in some cases, lawsuits.

Some school districts around the country have banned dodgeball. According to Fox News, “researchers argue that there is a ‘hidden curriculum’ of dodgeball that reinforces the oppression of those ‘perceived as weaker individuals through the exercise of violence and dominance.

Common injuries include the shoulder, ankle, and head. Ankle injury can result from jumping and quick changes in direction to avoid the ball. Shoulder injury or pain can result from repetitive throwing in dodgeball. Hits to the head or body can result in concussion.

Dodgeball, when it emerged, was said to be a “nerd’s sport.” Since players normally were not part of a team, no player had to endure the teasing that would fall upon a player accused of “causing the team to lose.” As well, the game was seen as having a light- hearted and self-defeating nature and, therefore, more …

But the game is also being targeted as unfair, exclusionary, and warlike for school-age youngsters; some schools in Maine, Maryland, New York, Virginia, Texas, Massachusetts and Utah have banned dodgeball, or its variations, including war ball, monster ball and kill ball. …

Opponents of dodgeball have argued that the game provides, for bullies, the excuse to abuse unathletic and unpopular students, by throwing the ball hard enough to cause injury. The aim of King Sting is to throw the ball at others as hard as possible.

If a player on the inside is hit from the waist down, s/he must trade places with the player who rolled or threw the ball. The player also hands off the flag to the new person in the circle. The players on the outside can only hit the inside players from the waist down.

The judges wrote: “While there are no established standards of age appropriateness for dodgeball, it is recognized as a potentially dangerous activity and has been banned by several school districts in New York and elsewhere.”

And according to a group of Canadian researchers, this harmless dodgeball game likely made you the victim of “legalized bullying.” A trio of researchers from the Canadian province of British Columbia presented their idea that dodgeball is “secretly a tool of oppression that unfairly targets some students.”

He explains from his wheelchair that the five D’s of dodgeball are: “Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge.” To make the moment memorable, he dumps out a bag of wrenches and boldly states, “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.”

A great form of anaerobic exercise: The short bursts of sprinting involved in a game of dodgeball can improve cardiovascular health by lowering blood pressure and pulse, improving circulation and burning calories.

Philip Ferguson

Today, we salute the Average Joes with some of the movie’s best quotes: “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” “Remember the 5 D’s of dodgeball: Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.”

Jarvis Landry is still the best NFL dodgeball player we’ve ever seen.

Is it a real sport? Dodgeball is played as a bit of fun in schools across the country. The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is the umbrella organisation for all Olympic and non-Olympic sports. And it officially recognised dodgeball as a sport in 2017.

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Like all sports, chess has a defined set of rules and etiquettes. The International Chess Federation serves as the governing body of the sport of chess, and it regulates all international chess competitions. Additionally, the International Olympic Committee considers chess to be a sport.

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USA Dodgeball uses all ball types across multiple tournaments held by them and their member organizations. The World Dodgeball Federation uses primarily foam for their World Championships with plans to include cloth in the coming years, as those are the two balls used most widely across the world.

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