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Michele Bryk (Mbryk77)
Junior Member
Username: Mbryk77
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Monday, February 26, 2007 - 4:11 pm: |       |
why is it that Physical education experts say that dodgeball is not a good game to use? i love dodgeball, everyone i know loves dodgeball. i think its a great activity for kids to play as long a you have good supervision and play with safe equipment that wont hurt someone i dont see what the problem is? |
Howard Weiss (Weissice)
Junior Member
Username: Weissice
Post Number: 3
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 2:51 pm: | |
According to NASPE's Appropriate Practices for Elementary School
Physical Education (2000), "in a quality physical education class
teachers involve ALL children in activities that allow them to
participate actively, both physically and mentally. Activities such as
relay races, dodgeball, and elimination tag provide limited
opportunities for everyone in the class, especially the slower, less
agile students who need the activity the most."
The students who are eliminated first in dodgeball are typically the
ones who most need to be active and practice their skills. Many times
these students are also the ones with the least amount of confidence in
their physical abilities. Being targeted because they are the "weaker"
players, and being hit by a hard-thrown ball, does not help kids to
develop confidence.
The arguments most often heard in favor of dodgeball are that it allows
for the practice of important physical skills - and kids like it.
Dodgeball does provide a means of practicing some important physical
skills - running, dodging, throwing, and catching. However, there are
many activities that allow practice of these skills without using human
targets or eliminating students from play.
Some kids may like it - the most skilled, the most confident. But
many do not! Certainly not the student who gets hit hard in the
stomach, head, or groin. And it is not appropriate to teach our
children that you win by hurting others.
In a recent article about the new GSN (games network) TV show called
"Extreme Dodgeball," there is talk of "developing and executing
extreme strategies to annihilate opponents" and the use of terms such as
"throw-to-kill ratios," and "headshots." NASPE asks, "Is this the type
of game that you want children to be exposed to?"
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Brian J McCandless (Bjm6483sruedu)
New member
Username: Bjm6483sruedu
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 11:29 am: | |
I think dodge-ball has become a “no no” because it singles kids out as being "the loser". We all have been in the situation in high school when the big strong kid wails the ball at the smaller kid. It smacks him in the face, the kid becomes humiliated and everyone laughs. I think that PE teachers should deviate from such games that single kids out. |
Bradley (Rockpride05)
Junior Member
Username: Rockpride05
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 8:57 am: | |
Instead of simply eliminating dogdeball from all pe curriculms, why cant we adapt the game, to keep it safe, and keep all of the students engaged during the duration of the game. For example, instead of having the students simply sit down when stuck with the ball, have them "freeze" and one of the teammates that is not hit can un freeze them by throwing them the ball and they catch. There are many adaptations that can be made and I feel that dadgeball could be an integral game in the PE setting. |
Frieda Wagner (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, February 11, 2008 - 2:55 pm: | |
I have been teaching Wellness(Physical Education) since 1972. Our students (6-8th gr) love dodge ball. We play a version called "Pop-up Dodgeball"
When you get "out" you sit down right where you are and watch the person that got you out and when they go down, you get to Pop back up. Another version is "Fitness Dodgeball". In this version, when you get "out" you hustle to the sideline and do your choice of 12 push-ups or 24 crunches and then you re-enter the game. It is never over and the players are usually very busy and aerobic. We use "trainer volleyballs" -- they are made of inner-tube rubber and covered with a polyester fabric cover. These balls DO NOT HURT. We find that the hardest throwers prefer to throw at each other. One way to put someone out is to catch the ball they throw before it bounces. We use 8 to 12 balls with 30 to 40 students. We also play a dodgeball game using 4 teams in 4 quadrants and a bowling pin to guard. This takes more strategy and teamwork. |
carly (Cmw8365)
Junior Member
Username: Cmw8365
Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2008
| | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 - 3:31 pm: | |
I also love the game dodgeball, but in PE class it is not a good game to use. Some kids are obviously going to be better at it, and it is more of a game to put people that are not on the "highest" skill level down. There are other places that this game could be played, but in PE class it is not the best place for it. Plus, when someone is out, they aren't doing anything to keep there heart rate up, they are just sitting there, waiting to get back into the game. |
James Adams (Peteacher32)
Junior Member
Username: Peteacher32
Post Number: 12
Registered: 7-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 10:41 am: | |
This wouldn't get rid of all of the problems in dodgeball, but it would make it better. One team on each side of the gym. If a person gets hit, that person goes and joins the other team. It would be possible for a team to win, but very difficult. Nobody ever gets out. I would use it as an every once in a while game if dodgeball didn't have such a negative reputation.
Of course you'd still have to discuss good sportsmanship, knowing when to throw the ball hard, etc. |
Eric Matthew Norris (Bignor)
Junior Member
Username: Bignor
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 12:20 pm: | |
I feel the same way you do in that dodgeball is a great activity for children to play. When I was in highschool i enjoyed it very much so. The probelm with this game now a days is kids are too soft. Not like they used to be so when they do not win they get upset and emotions are over taken. No competative sports are allowed anymore so they say. |
Kyle Kosa (Kkosa812)
Junior Member
Username: Kkosa812
Post Number: 2
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Sunday, February 21, 2010 - 10:05 am: | |
I think that modifying dodgeball is a lot better than eliminating it completely. The fact is, most kids love playing dodgeball. If the rules are modified to keep everyone moving and active during the game, I see no reason why students shouldn't be allowed to play dodgeball. I've seen a version played where one player from each team is the "doctor" and once a student gets hit and sits down, the doctor can come and tag them and they resume playing. The game also used a mat behind each team. If the mat was hit, everyone from the team that hit the mat was back in. This allowed for the slower kids who weren't comfortable with running around to guard the the mat, still playing an important role and helping out the team. |
Jason (Jpb0687)
Junior Member
Username: Jpb0687
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 1:47 pm: | |
I agree that dodgeball does not need to be eliminated completely. There are many modifications that can be made that make the gam both safer and more enjoyable for all students. I work at a summer day camp and we were thinking of new ways to play dodgeball, and we asked the kids what they thought and they were able to come up with ideas themselves that got everyone involved. Honestly a very large percentage of children love dodgeball no matter what their skill level is. |
