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College Dodgeball - 112 team dodgeball tournament

2007-04-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

This sound like a nice sized tournament. The tournament was held by some Princeton students.

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A school Principal playing dodgeball wrapped in bubble wrap?!

2007-04-23T19:25:00.001-07:00

Here is a video of a schools principal playing dodgeball to raise funds for his school.

I just though that this looks ridiculous so I laughed and posted it. He is even wearing a motorcycle helmet.

Take a look.

A school Principal playing dodgeball wrapped in bubble wrap?!

2007-04-23T19:25:00.000-07:00

Final rankings of the NCDA 2007

2007-04-18T00:09:00.000-07:00

Heres the final rankings of the 2006-2007 NCDA Dodgeball Season:

*Final Rankings*

1. Grand Valley State University (10-0) National and Michigan Champs
2. Ohio State University (7-2)
3. Delta College (11-4)
4. Michigan State University (8-5)
5. Kent State University (4-3)
6. Saginaw Valley State University (3-6)
7. University of Kentucky (3-5)
8. Oakland University (2-8)
9. Marshall University (0-7)
10. Bowling Green State University (0-4)
11. DePaul University (0-4)
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12. Kansas State University
13. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
14. University of Nebraska-Omaha
15. University of Virginia
16. Alma College (Michigan)

The tournament at MSU was a great success lots of talent, plenty of teamwork and lots of headshots and fun were had there. Congratulations to GVSU and all the other teams that participated."

Get your mustache ready!

2007-04-11T16:23:00.000-07:00

All right peoples. This weekend the LA guys are running a dodgeball tournament that requires players (I believe everyone that attends) to sport a mustache. So unless your shooting some serious steroids you may need to pull out a sharpie and create your own mustache. Check out this girl with a mustache she set the drawing standard for last years tournament.

I have never been to one of these events but it looks like a lot of fun. Some of our players will be there to hone in on their skills. Hopefully we will have some pictures and video to show everyone in the near future.

From another Dodgeball blog

2007-04-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

Here at the National Dodgeball Association we support dodgeball period. If anyone has something to contribute towards the sport please let us know. We will do our best to support you and your idea.

The other day I came across another dodgeball blogger and I'll post a few things that she has posted to wet everyones appetite.

Her blog title is "Sore Arm".

This doesn’t happen to me very often, but I see a LOT of guys holding their upper throwing arms in agony sometimes during and after intense games. I’m sure you’ve all experienced this at some point or another.

I spoke with my chiropractor here in Toronto yesterday and asked her for some tips I could share with you about what to do when you get a sore arm, and how to prevent it from happening. This is what Doctor Barb had to say:

“Maintaining a healthy posture is the best way to prevent injury when throwing hard. Your arm and shoulder function best when the nerves in your neck and mid back are free of interference.

There are important steps that any athlete can take to help minimize the risk of injury. Always stretch before and after exercise. It is important to include “dynamic stretching” in your routine. These stretches should mimic activities involved in subsequent exercise.

Great examples for throwing arms: READ ON

National Dodgeball Association gets a little goofy airtime

2007-04-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

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We got some air time the other day with Good Day Sacramento. It was fun but nothing even close to what dodgeball is all about.
Also I didn't think I would look so goofy on TV but...

I thought I would post the video links for all to see. In two of the links the reporter gets it in the head (courtesy of Jacky from Arenasoftball) and the face (thrown by on of our HARDEST throwers Ben). After the face shot and the cameras stopped rolling Mark (the reporter) said that his face was numb. " Shake it off" everyone said. It was great. That was funny. By the way Mark was fine and said he wants to play the real deal. We will soon see.

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NCDA College Circuit Update

2007-04-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

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This is a college update from Lo Sanders #24 from Grand Valley State University.

Sanders has been keeping us updated on the happenings in the NCDA circuit.

Here is the link to the NCDA - National College Dodgeball Association

3/25/07 Results:
Delta College at Grand Valley State University
GVSU 7 Delta 0

Saginaw Valley State University at Michigan State University
MSU 6 SVSU 1

1. Grand Valley State University (4-0)
2. Ohio State University (3-0)
3. Delta College (5-3)
4. Kent State University (2-1)
5. Michigan State University (4-3)
6. University of Kentucky (1-2)
7. DePaul University
8. Kansas State University
9. Marshall University (0-3)
10. Oakland University (0-5)
11. Saginaw Valley State University (0-2)
12. University of Nebraska-Lincoln
13. University of Nebraska-Omaha
14. University of Virginia
15. Bowling Green State University
16. Alma College (Michigan)

Heads up for the NCDA National Championship Tournament @ MSU on April 14-15.

We will have more updates on these guys in the future.

News Release out of - Saranac Lake, NY

2007-03-31T02:35:00.000-07:00

Dodgeball gets serious in Placid

By ANDY BATES, For the Enterprise

Posted on: Saturday, March 31, 2007

LAKE PLACID — The game of dodgeball may have been one of your fond playground pastimes. It may also be one you only revisit in nightmares.

Either way, the game is alive and well in Lake Placid, and not just at the playground or in gym class.

Go to the racquetball court at the Golden Arrow on a Tuesday or Thursday night, and you’re bound to see some intense action — grown men and women hurling small but dense rubber-coated foam balls from end to end, wailing legs and midsections.

These aren’t random pick-up games, they’re league games — with teams, rules and royalties.

Nick Zarcone, who works at the Golden Arrow, started the dodgeball league this winter after moving here from the Rochester area.

“I was in a dodgeball league one night a week, and there were 20 or 30 teams,” Zarcone said. “The winner got to go the national dodgeball championship. I didn’t know many people when I moved here, so I thought (starting a dodgeball league) might be a good way to meet people, too.”

So far, interest has caught on, he said. There are currently five teams duking it out each week.

The game begins with each team’s players (a minimum of four per team) standing at the back wall of the court. Once the whistle blows, it’s a rush to center court where four balls wait.

From there, it’s pretty much chaos. There are five, five-minute games per match, and the object, in case you stayed away from the dodgeball court in your school days, is to hit as many other opposing players as possible, hence eliminating them from the game. If you catch at ball thrown by an opposing player, the player that threw the ball is eliminated.

Each team has to have members of both sexes to participate, and head shots are fair game, Zarcone said, since they don’t use those red rubber four-square balls that used to rule the dodgeball landscape.

Once the matches are over and the night’s winning team is declared, it’s off to Roomers Night Club to dull the pain, with the winning team receiving a full bottle of that night’s shot special.

Any members from the other teams also receive two domestic bottles of beer or well drinks for participating.

But, above all else, the one thing Zarcone said everybody can count on receiving is a good workout.

“It’s pretty intense, physically,” he said, “even though you might not think it.”

So far, it looks like the team fielded by the Hilton could take the first championship, though the Soulshine Bagel team is formidable, Zarcone said.

He said he hopes to broaden the playing field by starting another league once this one ends in April.

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