Played: FISH Club, Ewell, Surrey Use a large enclosed space. Start with two or three throwers. Basic dodgeball rules in that players may move around anywhere within this space. Non-team version: One or two players start as the taggers/throwers. Aiming to hit below the waist or below the knee...
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Protect the President
Submitted by J. Hart Players again stand in a large circle with two people in the middle. One person in the middle is the President, the other is the Bodyguard. Those standing in the circle try to hit the president with the soft ball. The bodyguard may do anything...
Team Circle Dodge Ball
One team stand within a defined space/circle, the other team stand on the outside and have to knock out the team in the area by hitting them with the ball below the knee.
Octopus
aka 'Witches Glue Pot' Play as with dodge ball, but instead of sitting out to the side players have to sit down where they were standing when they were tagged out. From there, they can help with the tagging of any players who get close enough to be touched....
GaGa
Variation of Dodgeball suggested by Cloie92 As dodge ball (players hit below the knees by the ball are out) and ideally use a squash court, or if not available a convenient wall to play against. All players can throw the ball but cannot throw the ball directly at another...
Team Dodge Ball
Dodgeball variation Play as dodgeball, but divide into even teams (or evenly matched!*). Each team standing in one-half of a marked court (e.g. tennis, badminton, volleyball courts). Teams then take it in turns to throw a softball at the other team from their side. Players when hit below the...
Corner Ball
A team version of dodgeball. Use one or two large/ish (volleyball or football sized) balls. The softer the ball the slower it is and easier to dodge and better for young children. Older children often prefer playing with a faster, harder ball which requires more skill to dodge, such...
Butt-in-the-way
A dodgeball variant. Use one or two large/ish (volleyball or football sized) balls. The softer the ball the slower it is and easier to dodge and better for young children, but I’ve found that older children prefer playing with a faster, harder ball which requires more skill to dodge,...
All-in-Dodge Ball
aka “Ball Tag” As Dodge Ball. Play using a largish ball (volleyball or English football (soccer) sized ball works well). One or two players start as the ‘taggers’ and using the ball they have to tag the other players by hitting them below the knee with the ball. Players once...
Keep Away
Players stand in a large circle. One player is ‘It’ and is free to move around in the centre of the circle. Players pass the ball either way around the circle and try to stop the person who is ‘It’ from intercepting the ball. If this happens ‘It’ changes...