If you want to play dodgeball, just follow these steps. The most important thing, of course, is to practice!
Steps
Step 1. Stay behind and let your teammates take the balls if you're not very fast
If none of your team is fast, let the other team grab the balls and stay behind, trying to dodge and catch the balls on the fly. If you and your teammates have managed to get on the balls, roll the others back so that the opposing team doesn't catch them.
Step 2. When you have a ball, hold it until the best players on the opposing team have thrown theirs, then try to hit the less skilled opponents
Eliminate discreet pitchers first, for less distraction. If you are not a skilled thrower, just catch the balls that are thrown at you.
Step 3. As you prepare to throw, stay crouched on the ground and start running towards the line dividing the two sides
This will help you gain shooting power. If they throw a ball at you while running towards the center line, crouching and running towards the line will help you dodge because you will be ready to move fast and you will be a smaller target. This will make it harder for opponents to hit you in the body and often their shots will be directed towards the head and therefore easier to dodge. Also, in some versions of dodgeball, it is not allowed to hit the head!
Step 4. When throwing, don't be afraid to turn and fall from the momentum, helping with your hand to get up
Step 5. To catch a ball on the fly, wait for it, don't move towards it
Wait for it to reach chest height and when it is about 60 cm from you start raising your hands to take it. When it reaches your chest, you can block it with your hands. This is the safest method of making a grip.
Step 6. When dodging, always be ready to jump, as opponents often aim for the legs
Always try to stay standing. If you fall to the ground you will be an easy target for the opponents.
Step 7. Practice jumping, throwing and running, the basics of dodgeball
Step 8. Think of the game as a war
Imagine fighting for your life and facing your worst enemy.
Step 9. Pay attention to all directions
Step 10. Don't move if someone throws the ball towards you
In some cases, it will miss the shot and you can make a hold. The oldest trick in the world is to voluntarily throw slightly away from the target in the hope that it will dodge in that direction.
Step 11. A good strategy is to coordinate with friends and all shoot the same player from different points on the pitch
This will help you hit the target.
Step 12. Have no mercy
Eliminate the best players first, so that they cannot eliminate your teammates.
Step 13. Move fast
This means that you will never be able to rest or take breaks.
Step 14. Take two balls and throw one at the opponent's feet
After your first shot he will try to catch the ball - if he does, throw the second to take him out.
Step 15. When throwing the ball at an opponent do not aim for the upper body, as it would be easier to dodge and catch, aim for the shins
Advice
- If you are fast enough and you are not one of the best shooters on the team, run for the balls and throw them back to your teammates. Almost always, one of your teammates will make a grapple and allow you to reenter.
- Never run full speed to the balls in the beginning, unless your opponents do the same.
- If the referee eliminates you, don't protest, as you may be sent off.
- Do not think about anything that is not relevant to the game (if it is not a revenge of course).
- A good trick is to stay close to your teammates who have been knocked out on the side of the pitch, as if you've been knocked out, but keep a ball behind your back to surprise an opponent.
- Try not to keep your knees locked.
- Do not talk or interact with other people during the game; it will only serve to distract you.
- Use the lob and powerful shot method. Get close to a friend. Tell him to throw a lob across the court. The person who gets the lob will think "easy elimination. I should catch the ball on the fly". Just before your opponent can make the catch though, throw your ball hard to clear him while he's focused on the lob.
- Always stay crouched! Is very important.
- Try spinning a wheel away from the opponent. You will confuse him and you can hit him.
Warnings
- Don't run to the balls… you will be hit.
- Don't stay too close or too far from the half way line.
- When a ball is directed towards you, dodge!
