Offensive/ Defensive strategies in dodgeball

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I have a few stratagies that were either successfully tried on us or we succefully used on another team.
1. If your outmatched just stall for time (if there is a time)get a few people out and stand in the back and just dodge and keep the ball on your sides.
2.It may seem kinda obvious but if you hide the ball behind your back and move to the front and just stand there. The other team may completley forget about you and give you a nice easy target.
3.If you have a ball in your hands and you want to block something thrown real fast fall down on one knee and hold the ball at chest level. You can easly get up and move and the ball will probably go for your head or above. I have only found the only weakness to that is for more then one person throwing at once.
4.Suicide-simply jump over the line and throw in midair the farther you go over the easier the shot. You get out but a real good player will take someone with him.
5.Kamikaze-Have on person get on all fours and jump on his back and then jump over the line and you should have a better shot from higher angle.
6.Charlie-Throw one ball into the air while another throws at the person distracted. Real simple.
7.Beta-Two people from the corners throw at the opposite corners (look at the person right in front of you before throwiing).
8.Ambush-Have one person get up on top of the line in the corner and just wait there with the ball until the other team forgets about him if you stay still they seem to forget easily.
9.Regeneration suicide-(For games with the 30 second rule only) if you have two players left and they are outnumbered by one or more have the weaker player to throw weakly at the opponent so they catch it or hard at point blank to force them to catch it. When he is out then the last player just dodge and block until the regeneration rule comes into effect.

I play dodgeball about every other day, and in most games, we either win or I'm the last one left. This is really basic, but it helps. I simply stay up when I've got a ball, and stay back otherwise. I'm pretty sure everyone knows this, yet I still see people gettign out in the beggining all the time. Just a little heads up to be careful.
I have a bunch of good dodgeing and blocking techniques.
1) If you are one of the last ones left and the other team tries to get you out by getting everyone to throw at you at once, just run to the side. Everyone will be throwing in the same 2 seconds, so they probably wont have enough time to sight their throws, and you should be okay. THis works for a while, until people start throwing after everyone else does.
2) When you are backed up in a corner and someone is getting ready to whip a bunch of balls out at you, there is a very easy way to stay in.
Get back as far as you can, make sure you have 2 balls, and curl up in a ball close to a wall. Dont get too close, though. You may have to resort to dodging. Hold your dodgeballs out infront of your chest, with your arms slightly bent. If head shots count, hold one ball by your head, on top of the other. If they don't cound, hold the top of the balls an inch below your chin (arms still fairly outstretched). The balls will block anything that comes at your torso, and whoever throws at you would have to throw really low to hit your feet. This technique works 19 out of 20 times for me. I use it all the time.
3) Getting ammo can be very easy. THis tehnique is very obvious, but it works. if there are a few balls sitting up by the midline and both teams are pretty backed up against a wall, fake a few throws while running to get the balls. No one will do anything about you; they will only be worried about staying in. This works best towwards the end of a game, when everyone is nervous and jumpy.
Please reply!

Several Strategies...personal favroites of course...these can be used in most dodgeball variants...but a couple can not be...

Shotgun(whoever suggested that was ingenius): If you are weaker but have good aim...run up to the line as an opposing teamate is close to the line and simply throw the ball from close range.

Sacrifice: If an awesome player on the other team has a ball, have one player get kinda close to the line and look fairly defenseless but just enough to get the awesome opposing player to charge the line to peg him(have him try to catch the ball...works better with less talented players but can be good if the opposing player is better than both of you); while the opposing player is charging the line come up from either an angle or the back of the pack and peg him.

Keep 'em Coming: Have one player stand in the back gathering balls for the other players...the more output, the more hits...however, remember the balls do have to comeback eventually.

Peek-a-Boo: Run up from the back row, and either jump over your teammate or around your teammate, and hurl the ball at the opposing team. I prefer jumpig up as my teammate moves out the way, or angling my body so that I do not run into my teammate yet still have the same effect, and throwing it.

Hot Potato: This has not been tried, but here it is. If you can get a teammate nearby and you have a ball in your hand. You can try one of two things. Toss the ball to them as you charge the line, and have them nail someone that is unsuspecting, or drop the ball as you charg the line, and have a teammate run up behind you, pick it up, and let it fly.

Red Barron: Start in the back of the court in a corner, charge the line while cutting (upside down parabola). Hurl the ball into the opposing teams forces, and run back. Depending on the formation of the other team, you will want to adapt which side to come from and where to throw the ball. Remember, running at an angle and throwing limits where you can throw the ball and the eye-hand coordination bside depth needs to be mastered first.

Division(only works with large numbers of people): Accumulate the balls, or at least the majority of them. Once this is done, have 4 people with balls line up in two lines of two in the back center of the court. Everyone else with balls stay towards the sides of the court. Have the 4 charge the line from the back in the center, and hurl the balls down the center line of the opposing forces. The other team will break into two factions. Have everyone else sparatically start launching balls at the the two seperate yet cluttered factions. The mobility of the other team will have decreased and presented much opportunity. Picture below:

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what are the exact rules for a "suicide" move?

suicide... you have to do it perfectly or it will all fall apart. 1st: jump at a 90 degree angle, if not, you will get out. 2: Always look both ways before jumping. 3: make sure you have a ball in hand. 4: make sure ref isn't paying attention. if he is, hit him with a ball. that will show him. hit him in the face, and the next below the waist. 5: have fun! But remember, if you stink at this move, just join the dark lord team. and you will gain true knowledge about dodgeball.

Ok Kevin if you are on ur own independent team w/ other people hold a dodgeball practice let the people know that u are a team and that is what teams do, also on offense in pre-game ( b4 the match starts ) give the oppenents numbers Like 1-4 make the better people like 1 & 2 then u call out the number and your team throws at that one particualr person ( dont forgert aim for the knees or lower) your team is more likely to get get out it it is 1 on 1 dodgeball (each person throwing at another individual person only as a team) if you have any more questions my e-mail address is aaron_armstrong2010@yahoo.com Thanks!

Does anyone know of any tournaments with a cash prize in either California, Nevada or Oregon? Also if anyone would like to challenge my dodgeball team, that lives in the Sacramento, CA area please reply.

I've noticed that usually the ball has movemet toward the thrower's
left, target's right. So if the want to catch it if you are the target, move right, if you want to dodge it, move left. it works most of the time.-Crocco

Hello - We just started playing and I have appreciated the tips you have already provided. Do you have anymore? Specifically - we have bad aim and we want to put spin on the ball. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks. Amanda

Now, I am sure everybody who has ever played dodgeball knows the tactics of both simul-throws and the throwing a ball in the air to distract techniques. I have found an effective strategy is to combine the two into a much more effective manuever that, when executed properly, can only be countered, or even avoided, by someone with amazing agility and reflexes. The difference is that this requires three teammates. Have two teammates execute a simulthrow. Try to make the person need to actually dive out of the way. Then, before they can recover, have the third person hit them. Try to time it so that the third ball connects as the target is at the point where they just are landing/stopping, as this is the point where they are least likely to be paying attention. Other than that, pretty much just make sure your team chemistry is good, so that if a ball deflects off of you, someone else is ready to try and catch it. Actually, you could even assign partners to watch out for eachother in this or similar manners.

I have found that have your weaker throw more at the beginning and your stronger throwers and the middle, i believe this works because then the opposing teams strong throwers tire out throwing at your weaker throwers, therefore your strong throwers can take out their tired defensive people at the end, instead of having to risk having your weaker throwers try to catch one so you can get your strong throwers back in

My team the Bruisers won the Winter League d-ball tournament at a club in Richmond Virginia. We've found a few plans for success...a few work great others...a little sketch

The most important tactic...I called it "Angles". Basically I just yell out "Angle" and my team knows what to do. It requires two balls by your team...basically two players stand on opposite ends of the court as close to the half court line as possible. When a player on the opposing team goes to hit one of the players the one on the opposite end has a perfect angle to hit the opposing attacker, THE KEY IS TO HIT HIM WHILE HE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS THROWING MOTION so he is basically defenseless, it works wonders bc the player he's attacking can usually block the other mans attack with his ball.

Time management is also key. In the league playoffs my team was having an off night but we had to figure out a way to win being the #1 seed. IF your games have a clock...get an advantage(3 players to 2 players 4 players to 3 players etc). After that, get all the balls on your side...my league required the other team to have one ball. So after we had all the balls we would roll one back to the other team...we would simply block their throw and roll another one back...preventing them from hitting us or being able to make a catch...it was cheap and later on we ended up paying for it in the spring league when teams did it to us...now the league has taken away the clock for that purpose...

Another tip...never throw at anyone on the back line. It is too easy for the opponent to dodge and worse to catch. It's worthless.

Don't just dodge balls that are easy to catch but at the same time don't try to catch balls that are easy to dodge but impossible to catch....this sounds obvious but people make these mistakes al l the time, learn to distinquish.

Have fun, we goofed around during the winter league and dominating...this season we've been arguing and fighting so much and we've lost more games then we should have...in dodgeball you play better if you're not tense and serious...

thats all ive got for now

ryan

First of all, welcome to Dodgeball! Next, I don't know if your playin' under affiliated rules or just school/city recreation league. A few pointers I can offer are:
1) Decide how ya wanna play (offensive/defensive)
1a) Offensive play - Everybody going hog wild on the court (I've seen it work)
1b) By the rules - Pay attention to number of players on each side in conjunction with amount of time left, position of players -Do we all stand on the back line? Do we put 2 of our best dodgers/catchers up a lil' closer to optimize use of the court?
2) Remember 1 thing - dodgeball is a fairly new competitive sport, there are no 40 year experts. New ideas and strategies are evolving everyday. Don't be discouraged, It takes time for a team to come together.
3) feel free to e-mail me to discuss further options/questions: UNCBAD@hotmail.com

We have been running a league for about 2 months now and there are a few tactics that seem to work well. We play with 6 balls so these may not work with everyone.

Defensive - If you are low on balls - eg you have one - that player runs around blocking the throws of the other team and deflecting to your team members. They are kinda a guard. Its a risky tactic and the blocker has to be really good at it but if they are a good blocker its a great way to recover balls. I've found people should always use this tactic though - if you have a ball protect your team mates by blocking balls thrown at them.

Offensivly - The roll the ball over the center a foot works awesome. A couple of people throwing at a targets feet normally pays off. Someone moving into the centre line to tempt the other team to throw thier balls away then your team throws all thier balls at the opposing team's member who just threw away thier ball.

catch dont throw so much...were big kids now and can catch anything

In the majority of dodgeball leagues, you have to be behind a certain point after the opening break before you can throw. Again in the average league, only the person throwing needs to be behind the line, not the whole team. Get your cannons to stand behind that line on the break, and have the quick players who get to the balls first pass back to the cannons already behind the line for an easy kill. Your targets are either running back, or bent down at center grabbing for a ball. You have the easiest targets your gonna have all game. The strategy works well on paper, but sadly our team never was able to use it due to a lack of practice. Any stories of success posted here would be awesome.

One strategy I thought of was when your team has control of all the balls, have one team member start doing flips and cartwheels or something out of this world and the team your playing against won't help to look over at him for a brief minute and you could maybe gain a cheap shot from this technique.

Well in my opinion
if your going for the unified team, maybe have like team specfics like one is the team player who tries to keep all the balls on your side, other two are catchers, and the others can whip it, also designate a team leader, who could be the person going 1 on 20 to lead the team to the middle of the court every time, i dunno its just the way my team plays.
_zac "airojeda"

Specifically some suggestions about how to play against a team with considerably better arms. There are some kids in our league that play on the local university baseball team and they have CANNONS. To top if off, they are younger and quicker. I'm sure we're pretty much screwed...LOL... but any thoughts on a strategy would be great.