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Welcome: If you like to play dodgeball and
live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area then
you've come to the right place. We play
dodgeball about twice a month at the Dunford Recreation
Center in Mesquite, Texas. We'd love to see you at our next
game. Our dodgeball games are co-ed and all ages are
welcome. Scroll down for more information.
Dodgeball rules... |
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See Story:
Dodgeball Play by Play |
 Dodgeball
Game 75
Who: You and your friends, or your enemies
When: Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Where: Mesquite, Texas - Dunford Community Center (near 30 and LBJ
about a mile down the road from Trophy Nissan) 1015 Green Canyon Dr,
Mesquite Texas 75150 MAP
Time: 3PM - 5PM
Bring: Athletic wear and a sportsmanlike
attitude.
Cost: $8 |
Future Game Dates
Spring 2008
(All Games from 3PM - 5PM)
Saturday May 3
Saturday May 17
Saturday May 31 |
Information About
Dodgeball Games
Arrive a few minutes early so that we can organize and
start playing on time. If you are planning to play, please contact Commissioner of Dodgeball Robert
Taylor (email:
themoviecritic79@yahoo.com) and
let him know how many people you will be bringing (if any).
Standard dodgeball rules apply. Get hit by a ball and you are out. Catch a
ball and the person who threw it is out. When
the game starts, players rush to the center line to secure balls for their
team, but players must check back to the wall before throwing at the
opposing team. |
 A
Smacking Good Time
A photographer and a
reporter from the Dallas Morning News attended the games for a news story.
The photographer even "embedded" himself for a couple of games, and was a
big hit! Click here for the Dallas Morning
News story! Photo:
Bobby Taylor of Mesquite, the remaining player on his team, protects
himself from a barrage of balls during a pickup game of dodgeball at
the Dunford Community Center in Mesquite. He was battling three
opponents. (Click photo to enlarge) |
 Ball
Room Blitz...
...That's
what Mesquite News reporter Daren Watkins had to say about Dodgeball II,
played August 4th, 2004. The Mesquite News story "Ball Room Blitz - Movie
spawns interest in dodgeball -- the bygone junior high P.E. class
competition" appeared in the August 5th, 2004 edition. The article was on
the front page as the centerpiece story! See below for the complete
text of the story and click
here to see scanned image from newspaper (large graphics file). |
Ball Room Blitz - Movie spawns interest in dodgeball -- the bygone junior
high P.E. class competition
This story appeared in the August 4th, 2004 edition of the Mesquite News
Star
The Star Wars series created an army of stormtrooper/jedi knight wannabes,
dressing the part and going to conventions.
The movie "Swingers" created an interest in the big band swing music of
the 20s.
And, recently the movie "Dodgeball - A True Underdog's Story" has the
country playing a bygone junior high physical education elimination game.
The interest appeared in Mesquite recently as Wednesday night, a group of
dodgeball enthusiasts gathered at Dunford Community Center to play.
But unlike the movie - where the team from Globo Gym tried to embarrass
and humiliate the team from Average Joe's - the dodgeball games at Dunford
are simply for fun and relaxation.
Postal worker Tom Wakefield saw the movie and remembered playing the game
as a young man.
So, he decided to create an Internet forum looking for people who might be
interested in playing.
"The movie provided the impetus," he said. "I posted a little page on the
Web asking if people would be interested in playing. I didn't even
register it with the search engines, but still people found me and wanted
to play."
Last week, Wakefield said about 20 people showed up to play.
And play they did ... almost immediately.
"Everyone got there and started talking about choosing up sides," he said.
"But before any of that could happen, we rolled 12 balls on the floor and
everyone went to a side and we just started playing. It was the most fun
I've had since the fifth grade."
The movie prompted a general interest in dodgeball - a game involving
combatants trying to hit their opponents with red, rubber balls to
eliminate them from the game.
The game takes varying forms, but the general premise remains the game -
the team whose last member is eliminated loses the round.
However, the thrower can be eliminated if the person he or she is trying
to hit catches the ball.
The game's detractors say it is nothing more than an attempt for stronger
players to prey on weaker ones.
Still, Wakefield said it shouldn't have been eliminated from P.E.
programs.
"It takes skill, strategy and intelligence," he said. "And, I play
racquetball and I'm in pretty good shape. But it [dodgeball] is a pretty
good work out. There were people saying they were very sore because they
were using muscles they hadn't used in a long time with all of the
stopping and starting."
A restaurant/club in Addison has actually formed dodgeball leagues with
teams, schedules and everything.
Wakefield said he's really not concerned with structured league play
because of the costs involved and the liability waivers that would have to
be established.
"If you get into leagues, then it's $35 a team or something and uniforms
and insurance and whatever," he said. "We just want to keep it fun and
unstructured. Besides, the Addison league is at a bar and that's certainly
no place to take kids. If you want to play in a league, go to Addison. If
you want to play and have fun, we can do it this way."
There is a risk involved in playing dodgeball - some players throw harder
than others. But Wakefield said the injury risk is not that great - at
least from the flying dodgeballs.
"I think in our games, players would be more likely to sprain an ankle or
something than they would be likely to get hurt by the balls."
Wakefield was even a little reluctant to talk about the dodgeball and
Dunford for fear it might begin to grow out of control.
He said he has two nationally recognized Web sites, but he has been amazed
at the responses from the simple dallasdodgeball.com forum.
"I had someone drive all the way over from Arlington to play," he said.
"It really has been amazing." |
Contact Information
Owner and Webmaster (Tom
Wakefield):
militarynetwork@gmail.com
Commissioner of Dodgeball (Robert
Taylor):
themoviecritic79@yahoo.com |
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