I pity kids today for having such weak adults in charge of their days.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a weak, pathetic, limp-wristed, virtue-signalling snowflake.
Dominance IS a victory.
EVERY ONE gets a turn in thr barrel......
I was a huge fan of playing dodge-ball. And my favorite part was being the target. I had a reputation for being almost impossible to hit. And I was tall for my age.
Adults “protecting” the weak and meek from the reality that humans develop different physical abilities. Next, they should ban the Olympics, the NFL, the World Series and the World cup.
Loved dodgeball. We had a rule no headshots. Any headshot accidental or otherwise - you were out.
Smear the Queer is even better.
I loved to play as well. We used a soccer ball sized ball and as you said we would love winging it full force. I never remember even one time when the game was stopped due to injury.
The worst thing ever happened was a kid got plunked in the mouth or nose. They left the game and the teacher handed them a tissue. The game went on
This was way back in the 1953-54 era in Northern NJ.
No, what these "researchers" are pushing is equality as they define it. Eliminating competition so that everybody gets an equal reward.
Meanwhile, our enemies are cultivating the spirit of competition and victory in the minds of their own children. Someday, it's going to come down to "us" vs "them", and "us" isn't going to know how to compete. Our collapse will be epic.
This, of course, is what "researchers" want.
We used to play serious dodgeball at my Catholic high school.
Many of the students went on to Notre Dame and other good universities, and many successful people attended the reunions for 50 years.
I don’t know how we survived without trauma from dodgeball.
“Dodgeball is a sport of violence, exclusion, and degradation.”
and...
“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.”
and...
“The five D’s: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge.”
Patches O’Houlihan
My God, Dodgeball is bad...
Do Americans play something called British Bull Dog? I hated that game in elementary school.
Its a great game, its where a Geek can knock out a Jock. It was great when I was in 4th grade. Never saw it as unfair, no one ever got hurt or complained other than “It never touched me”. We used a maroon colored bouncy rubber ball about the size of a volley ball. Not many cry babies in my generation.
Everyone’s got a dodgeball (we called it bombardment) war story. Mine was in 8th grade, we were playing the 7th graders. Threw a ball at one guy so hard that when he jumped up to try to catch it, it caught him in the chest and threw him into the breaker box for the gym lights, which went out and plunged the gym into darkness. I got a standing ovation for that one.
I do remember some of the more “girly girls” not liking dodgeball. But I grew up in farm country where the majority of girls grew up doing farm chores and could lay a smack down on you as bad as any of the boys. Weak, they were not.
There’s a game being played on Reddit’s The Donald right now. Go to Google.com, type in “Is ______ racist?” and whatever you put in the blank part, it’s going to be racist. Dodgeball for sure is racist.
So far, I have determined that knitting, air, space, English, the Violin, Christianity, poop and internet searches are all racist. I can’t find anything that isn’t.
I was captain of the 6th grade champion team. It was THE game to play. Strategy, tactics, psychological warfare, skill, luck, deceit and a generous helping of athletic prowess made it a game to be respected.