Dodgeball Tournament

• Ages 18 and over
• Cost-$15 per individual or $60 as a team
• Can have a free agent list
• Equipment- GVPR will provide game balls-6 rubber coated foam dodgeballs that are 8.25” in size
• They can create their own shirts or jerseys to wear and best dressed wins a prize
• We will hand out a trophy per division
• We will provide water and snacks for everyone to purchase
• “Teams will be expected to use the “Honor System” when enforcing rules. Any player legally put out should leave the court, whether the referee saw the play or not (if you’re out, you’re out).
• Rules- GVPR will provide an official (Rec Aid). “That official will have final authority on all calls and rule interpretation.”

1. The game will be played in the View’s gym and be two teams of 6 players
2. The games will be a best of 7 series and single elimination
3. All Participants must sign waiver before they can play
4. Players can play in both tournaments if they pay both fees
5. No Women are allowed to play in the Men’s Tournament
6. Win by eliminating all of the opponents within the 3 minute time limit, if neither team is eliminated at the time limit, the team with the most players remaining wins
7. All exposed jewelry judged unsafe by the referee should not be worn. Exception: medical alert bracelets and necklaces.
8. Live-Ball Definition: A ball thrown at an opposing player that has not touched the ground or walls or any other out-of-bounds obstruction
9. The object of the game is to eliminate all opposing players by getting them “out”. This is done by: Hitting an opposing player(s) with a live ball at the shoulders or below (no head or neck), or Catching a live ball
10. The game will begin by placing 6 dodgeballs on the center line. Players will take position touching their respective back lines
11. When whistle is blown, each team will sprint to the center to retrieve balls
12. Once the balls are retrieved at the center, the balls must touch the respective players back line, this can be done so by running back and touching the line or throwing it back to a teammate on the line, or a player rebounds the ball off the back wall
13. Players must remain in their respective areas- behind the center line on their side of the court
14. Players may leave the court to retrieve a dead ball, but may not cross center court. A player may reach across center court, but may not step on or across the center line
15. A player may defend himself using another dodgeball. However, a player is out if, when defending with a ball, the live ball touches any part of that player or the ball is dropped
16. Anytime a thrown ball hits any part of a player’s head, the ball is dead and that player remains in the game
17. If a player catches a live ball, the “thrower” is out and everyone hit by the thrown ball remains in.
18. If momentum carries a player out of bounds while making a catch, the player is not out as long as they had control of the ball before going out of bounds
19. The first player out from a team that another player on the team catches a ball may reenter the game. Players must reenter in the order that they were put out
20. Each team is allowed one 30-second timeout per game
21. If injury occurs, the first one out on the team will be the one to take the other person’s place
22. Co-Ed teams must have 4-men and 2-women on court at all times, if playing with 5 players, teams must have at least 1 woman on court
23. There can be all Female teams in the Co-Ed Division
24. Teams must have a minimum of 5 players to start the game/ can have a max of 10 players
25. You can only make substitutions to the lineup in between games and matches