The Boston Society of Bombardment

Picking a team is no easy task. A well balanced team leads to victory, but unfortunately, the opponent is trying to pick from the same talent pool. The best team building strategy is to punch the opposing captain in the nuts before he picks, then laugh as he can’t form the name. Seriously though, i am horrible at picking teams, so if anybody as any insight, it’s much appreciated.

Making a good dodgeball mixtape requires careful skill and an innate love of music. Although a difficult task, adding music to ones dodgeball games can really enhance the experience, as a fast paced, violent game can be complemented by a ear-bleeding guitar solo, or an epic one-on-one face off can be made even more pulse pounding by a bold rythm section. The louder the better. Some of my favorite dodgeball tracks:

“Welcome Home” by Coheed and Cambria
“The Wicker Man” by Iron Maiden
“Fuel” by Metallica
“untitled Hidden Track” by The Used

Please add your own….and rock on.

I refuse to play dodgeball against a woman. I have yet to see a girl play dodgeball who doesn’t hold to a ridiculous, sexist double standard that demands they be respected as competitors yet handled with kid gloves. They usually want to be able to play and throw the ball at others, but shrink back and shriek, “YOU CAN’T HIT ME, YOU CANT HIT ME!!!!!” when the attack is returned. Also, face shots, while highly prized against a male opponent, are frowned upon by the dodgeball community at large when a female is involved. This ridiculous double standard has left me no choice but to protest any dodgeball game where women are treated as equals.

As usual, all women are invited to all our dodgeball games as cheerleaders and drink servers.

It is difficult to pinpoint the #1 thing to prepare for when joining a dodgeball league. A significant complaint heard often among the players is that winter’s hibernation mode has affected their throwing abilities. The good news is that you can utilize a few week period to bring your arm and physical abilities back up to speed.

As we start to go through the step by step process, we have begun the process of defining what are the issues:

• Blowing out your arm. Players get overly excited/adrenaline and go right into the season throwing their most powerful throws during the first couple nights of dodgeball. This is a perfect tactic a couple weeks into the season once your arm is strong and can support the toughest throws. A bad arm-pull is no fun.
• Don’t Break an Arm ( ouch! ). Players have not practiced throwing against wall/net to have proper throwing form. Practice the follow through.
• Overthrowing. Since the dodgeball is large in size (kickball/four square ball), it is typical for some to assume it has increased weight. There is so many issues stemming from this problem, not to mention the ball always going to high or low.
• Teams on both sides focus more on staying in than a lively game play. This is a double whammy because not only is the game boring but every time someone takes a chance, the opposition is sitting waiting for the throw. This is not a catch game, the whole objective is to trick the opponent with a change up throw, catch the player offguard, or simply throw the dodgeball so hard they simply cannot catch it.
• Good players doing nothing. Sometimes the best players will wait near the game lines to play to attack from the side. This is all fair and fun if utilized occasionally but this is rarely the case. Typically the player that waits near or behind the game lines is not fun to play with since they get extremely upset and unpleasant.
• Lack of Team strategy ( ! ) - This is proving to be the major factor between a team of great players and a really good team unity. It is evident that teams win and lose based on fervor and momentum. This momentum is built on good power plays and multiple team mates working together to whittle down the opposition.

Down in Athens, Georgia is a rag tag group of unskilled Dodgeball players… [site]
They informed me that they could beat us with only half the players we would put up…
I responded that if we ever end up playing them and putting them to shame, they lose their right to use the word “yall” ever again.