1. You must be at least 18 years of age to play in the dodgeball tournament!

 2. A team consists of 8  players, all of whom must be wearing athletic attire. We reserve the right to disqualify any team for inappropriate attire, poor sportsmanship or conduct. All players must be listed on the official roster handed in prior to the tournament. Substitutions will ONLY be permitted in cases of injury or if an already registered team member can no longer attend the event or has to leave the event early. If a team member cannot attend or has to leave early they must send an email to GUSCOZZI4ever@gmail.com PRIOR to the event stating who will be your replacement. 

3.     A match consists of one game. Each game will last a maximum of 5 minutes. The game is over when all of one team’s players are eliminated, or if time elapses the team with the most players left wins. If, after time has expired, there is a tie, then there will be a 2 minute sudden-death period between the remaining players where the first team to have a player eliminated loses. If there is still a tie then it is double sudden death overtime in which there will be a “duel” between the two team captains.

 4.     Five balls will be used. Officials will place all five balls at the mid-court line. Players must start behind their own baseline before the start of play. Play will commence upon the sounding of the whistle or horn. Any or all members of either team may try and gain possession of any of the five balls located at the mid-court line. Once in play, the balls must be carried back to the end line, then play can begin---in other words a ball can’t be thrown until it is carried back to the end line. If a player throws a ball and hits an opposing player without first carrying ball to end line, the opposing player will not be eliminated.

 5.     A floating off-sides line will be used.  This line will be marked with cones at the end of each line.  When throwing the ball, a player must not have either foot on or across the line when throwing.  Anyone breaking the plane of the line will be deemed eliminated.

6.     A player will be eliminated when at least one of the following events occurs: (1) A player is struck below the neck by a ball thrown by their opponent (the player will still be considered eligible if the ball that struck them was caught by themselves or a teammate before it hit the ground). (2) The ball they threw was caught by someone on the opposite team. If this happens the opposite team also gets a player out of the penalty box. (3) They step out of bounds in an attempt to avoid being hit with a thrown ball. A ball is considered dead once it hits the back curtain or floor. It must be a direct hit in order to consider the person out of the game. Deflections off the floor, wall, court dividers, rafters, do not count as an out if caught. Deflections off a teammate—where the ball does not hit the ground or wall before hitting the second player do count, and both players are out.   

 7.    All players are confined to the out of bounds cones. Players may intentionally leave the playing area on their own side of the playing floor to retrieve a ball. If a player goes out of bounds to avoid getting out, the official will call them out.  If a ball is thrown into the bleachers, it must be given to the team that is on that side. 

8.     Once a player is out, they must immediately leave the playing floor and sit in their penalty box. Players who have been called out can not retrieve stray balls for their teammates, or that ball will be given to the other team. While standing in the penalty box, players must stand in the order they were eliminated in. The first player eliminated will be the first one eligible to return and so on. If players on the sideline switch their order of reinstatement and try and enter the game illegally, they will be ejected from that game and no player will be permitted to reenter the game on that play.

9.    If a player is stalling (10 seconds or more), or making no attempt to play a ball on the ground, they will be ordered to roll the ball to the other side by the official.

10.   A player may use a dodgeball as a defense mechanism and is permitted to block a ball thrown at them using the ball in their hand; however, if the player attempts to use the ball as a blocking device and drops the ball upon contact of another ball thrown by an opponent, the player will be eliminated. Also, if a player uses the ball to block a throw and deflects the ball into a teammate, the teammate is eliminated. If the teammate catches the ball that was deflected before it hits the ground, then the opponent who threw the ball will be eliminated.

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