Help ban the evils of Dodge ball before it's too late

[Pretender]

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<< In a recent article titled &quot;The Physical Education Hall of Shame&quot; and published in a teaching journal, Neil Williams, a physical education professor at Eastern Connecticut University, criticized the merits of dodge ball, which also is called sniper, bombardment and war ball.

&quot;Generally speaking, the game is a litigation waiting to happen,&quot; he wrote.

In the game, kids split into teams and throw the ball at the other side. If you're hit by the ball, you're out.

The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, which represents more than 18,000 gym teachers and physical education professors, no longer advocates dodge ball.

Paula Keyes Kun, a spokeswoman for the Virginia-based education association, said dodge ball does not belong in gym classes any more than comic books belong in English classes.



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Cindy Meyer, a physical educator at Onaway Elementary School in Shaker Heights, described the activity as &quot;totally inappropriate ? the kind of game we need to get out of the schools.&quot;

&quot;It devalues a person. You don't throw things at people,&quot; she told the paper.

Meyer, a gym teacher for 28 years, said some schools have tried to use softer balls and allow players who are hit to stay in the game.

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If we cannot completely rid ourselves of guns, lets at least save our kids from dodgeball. It's the least we can do for the sanity of our children!

 

[JohnnyKnoxville]

And while you're at it lets get rid of Ford ball too...

 

[Alienwho]

Dodge ball was fun back in the days.

 

[Moonbeam]

This was going round a month or so ago. If you tell fish there's too much water in their culture they will think you are mad. What water? The same with violence. It's so much a part of life that only 'advanced humans' will be able to detect it in its various guises. Since the whole acculturation trip of American society is to be insensatively tough, the only typical responce to the dodgeball question has to be gales of laughter. For an American, getting caught with your violence down around your knees, is the most terrifying experience there is.

 

[SavageDubz]

Dodgeball was the best game to play back in the day during P.E. Nothin like knockin the crap outta some kid who hasn't played a sport in his life.

 

[Blayze]

Dodgeball/Battleball was the greatest!

we used to get like 2 classes together in the gym with 20+ balls and go nuts!

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Billy Madison (Movie)

 

[Pretender]

<< This was going round a month or so ago. If you tell fish there's too much water in their culture they will think you are mad. What water? The same with violence. It's so much a part of life that only 'advanced humans' will be able to detect it in its various guises. Since the whole acculturation trip of American society is to be insensatively tough, the only typical responce to the dodgeball question has to be gales of laughter. For an American, getting caught with your violence down around your knees, is the most terrifying experience there is. >>

Once again your logic is impeccably demented (either that or I'm too tired to be trusted with a keyboard and can't think clearly). First, lets start with the fish metaphor. I firmly believe that the more water a fish has, the better. If the fish had merely a puddle to swim in, its range of motion would be rather limited, and it would be confined to stay within the puddle, and die when said puddle dried up. In an ocean of water, however, the fish could explore parts of it and would be 'more free' compared to the first fish.

How you try to compare this to violence is beyond me. Are you saying we need more violence?

Anyway, either your logic got lost, or I lost myself in it, so I'm going to stop here and mention that dodgeball isn't meant to represent war, nor encourage columbine shootings, nor attacking people weaker than you. It is meant for competition, remember, one of those things that children used to be able to do? I find it repulsive that competition is no longer allowed because 'everyone is equal' and 'no one is better than anyone else'. As mentioned on the forums where I found this article, I think that children should learn at an early age that some people win and some people lose in life, it's a much better lesson to learn when you're young and over a stupid game, than when you grow up and enter the real world.

 

[Redwingsguy]

Dodge ball was the best! we used to play so many varieties back in latch key! with sand baggies, and pins.

 

[lowfatbaconboy]

i kicked ass at dodge ball

soon we will all be living in padded rooms and padded cubicles listening to elevator music and watching static on tv so as not to warp our fragile little minds

edit: im i made a typo
edit # 2: um i made a typo !

 

[Emos]

Dodge Ball(Battle Ball) was absolutely my favorite sport to play! Since I was the runt of my class at the time some of the 'jocks' tried to get a bead on me first for their amusement. They found out real quick that a small fast-moving target is hard to hit! Plus we sometimes played with the 'if your ball gets caught you're out' rules...I got the majority of my &quot;kills&quot; that way.

 

[vi edit]

If you want to get rid of a harmful game, why don't we knock off &quot;Smear the Queer&quot;.

 

[HansHurt]

Damn, it's about time....I always hated those lag kills.

 

[TripleJ]

You think Dodge Ball is bad! You obviously haven't played Dodge Medicine Ball.

Dodge Ball is damn fun.

 

[TheKidd]

This reminds me of this stupid kids board game I once saw that was similar to Chutes and Ladders except that everyone who was playing arrived at the end at the same time! It was the dumbest thing I have ever seen. Competition is a critical part of life, and without competition you can't appreciate the feeling of success.

 

[Kntx]

Dodge ball rocks!!!!

King's Court rocks!!!!

British bulldog rocks!!!! (British bulldog got banned at my elementary school at some point, so we came up with a new game called &quot;Scotty Dog&quot

Kill the carrier rocks!!!!

Redass with &quot;Asswhip&quot; rocks!!!!

Redass with &quot;Asswhip/Suicide&quot; rocks!!!!

These games are the foundation of any elementary school gym class. So many great memories...

 

[purplehayes]

Dodge ball was a riot to play. I say we get the ATOT group together and play a game or two sometime soon.

<< You think Dodge Ball is bad! You obviously haven't played Dodge Medicine Ball. >>

^-- I'm tempted to change my sig to that. LOL--^

PH

 

[tkim]

i loved hitting the nerds! oh wait....i was hit.....oh sorry

 

[Muadib]

Dodge ball was fun. Can't these people find a better cause?

 

[LordMaul]

<< And while you're at it lets get rid of Ford ball too... >>



Yeah, its even worse than Dodge ball. WHat next? Honda ball!

 

[LordMaul]

<< If you want to get rid of a harmful game, why don't we knock off &quot;Smear the Queer&quot;. >>



ROTFLMAO!!!

Smear the Queer...

Hahahahahahahahahaha....

I find that extremely amusing.

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Dodgeball was fun, but it was always the losers who got blasted by everyone (no headhunting rule, but we did it anyway like the cruel bastards we were). As a sport though, it's stupid. They should focus more on team sports.

 

[Spoooon]

Dodge ball was a lot of fun. I suppose while we're at it, we should eliminate football, basketball, karate, and anything else with any aspect of physical violence to keep our kids safe.

Oh, that was all sarcasm. Except for the dodge ball being fun part.

 

[jeweleeann]

As a kid I thought that the game was fun but at times some of the boys were a little too rough but when that would happen the teacher would just take them out of the game. If the teachers cannot control the children then maybe they should find another game to play. Its not like there is a lack of games to play is there? My .02

 

[Tiger]

DP.