Intramural Dodgeball Rules

Dodgeball Rules

General

• 5 Players constitute a team
• Games are no longer than 5 minutes (3 games constitute a match)
  • If a game is not over within the time frame, whichever team has the most players remaining will win. If there is the same number of players from each side remaining, a 2 minute sudden death will be played with all of the players back on the court. The first team to eliminate all players from the other team or the team with the most remaining players after 2 minutes will win the match
• No substituting unless there is a timeout or injury
• The playing field is 60 ft long x 30 feet wide, divided into (2) equal sections by a center line and attack lines
• The object is to eliminate all opposing players by getting them "OUT". This may be done by:
  1. Hitting an opposing player with a LIVE thrown ball before it touches the ground. You may catch the ball if it has already hit another player and is still LIVE. If this happens, another player from the team of the player who catches the ball gets to reenter the game unless all 5 starting players are currently on the court.
  2. Hitting an opponent in the head (unless he/she tries to duck) with a LIVE throw results in the THROWER being thrown out.
  3. Definition – LIVE: A ball that has been thrown and has not touch anything, including the floor, another ball, official or other item outside of the playing field (wall, ceiling, etc.)
•  During play, all players must remain on their side of the center line. Players may leave the other boundary lines only to retrieve stray balls on their side of the center line. Players must stay in front of the end line while "dodging"
•  Games begin with 5 dodgeballs on the center line. Players then take a position behind their end line. Following a signal by the official, teams approach the centerline to retrieve balls. Once a ball is retrieved, it must be taken back to the end line before it can be thrown.
•  Each team is allowed (1) 60 second time out
•  Please use the HONOR SYSTEM as players are expected to rule whether or not a hit was legal or whether they were legally eliminated.