Dodgeball at Anderson: How it began

The league was formed in the spring of 2005 by Mr. Servis after a suggestion from then senior, Kevin Zidron. He suggested that Anderson students needed something to do to pass the time until graduation. We had no idea how successful the league would be, how much it would really cost to run, etc. We bought a set of dodgeballs and got a group of kids over to Maddux Elementary to play a little. The idea was to determine how to set up the court and how long matches would last. Court setup and game times have stayed consistent from the beginning. Maddux Elementary was chosen because it was determined that they in fact have, the perfect gym for our style of dodgeball.

Our style was determined by scouring the internet and stealing rules from everywhere we could find them. For the most part, they are the standard rules you find in most P.E. classes with a few changes. 6 people per side, at least one girl. Balls start in the middle, players start on the wall. I wasn't sure what size ball to use, so in my first purchase, I tried two sizes, the 8.5" white ball and the 7" stinger. Because we had 4 white and 2 stingers, we messed around with how to arrange the balls on the starting line. We decided to add our personal touch by moving the two Stingers to the free throw lines. We also dropped the rule that you had to take the balls back at the beginning, creating mayhem and chaos from the whistle, Anderson style.

The format of the game has remained unchanged thus far. We play matches made up of best-of-7 game series. The first team to 4 games wins the match. Games have a 5 minute time limit. The rules are somewhere else on this site, so I'm not going through them all.