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mark broman (Mbroman)
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Registered: 2-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 9:54 am: |       |
why is dodgeball so bad? if it is taught correctly, what's the problem? |
Karl Larson (Klarson3)
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Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 1:56 pm: | |
The only way dodgeball could be considered appropriate is if the game is structured in such a way that all players are active in the game at all times, with the physical educator teaching strategy and tactics with individual players throughout the match. Any other set up means someone is not learning or not actie during the game, which does not mesh with the goals and standards of physical education programs. Good luck. |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
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Post Number: 74
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 5:09 am: | |
Karl show me many games that keep all kids
active the whole time. Ever watch a softball
game? Kids love it but like baseball its pretty
sedentary. Even soccer for goalies and defenders way back from the ball can be boring. Some games lend themselves to inactive times. The rare times I do dball kids are either dodging or throwing but never OUT of the game. |
Karl Larson (Klarson3)
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 3-2007
| | Posted on Friday, March 09, 2007 - 5:51 am: | |
I think I am more concerned with the random nature of the activity. There is no planning, no preparation, no design for skill development, no set of goals or objectives...its just "old school" roll out the ball PE. And yes other sports have similar issues, which is why using 11v11 soccer for an activity doesn't work. I'd break it down and have a number of 3v3 or 4v4 with specific skills. I also think softball is a waste for PE...again not purposeful. There are dozens of better ways to teach eye hand coordination, or sprinting, or catching skills other than placing 25 kids around a field for softball.
Its just my opinion. |
Seth Campbell (Sgc7560)
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Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 1:22 pm: | |
Mark , physical educators are trying to get students active in activities and sports that they can do for the rest of their lives. Dodge ball is not a sport that can do that. |
eric spielman (Spielman67)
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Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 9:13 am: | |
I believe you can incorporate certain skills into a dodgeball game in order to appeal to the new way of looking at physical education. If you were to put balls onto cones on either teams side and made it the goal to knock the balls off of the cones rather than get the entire other team out students will focus more on throwing skill and accuracy this will also allow them to read defense and be able to manipulate the defense as well as develop and implement their own form of defense to protect their goal. I am not saying dodgeball should be played all the time but I don't think it should be seen as an evil that infects physial education. |
Andrew Guerriero (Asg2448)
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Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 4:50 pm: | |
Even though dodgeball is almost every childs favorite activity to play durring gym class, it is probably the worst activity from a physical educators perspective. It is "bad" because as a physical education teacher, our job is to keep the kids physically active for as long as possible durring class. In the game of dodgeball, the purpose is to eliminate your opponents team until there aren't any more, which means that there will be a lot of kids just sitting on the sideline while everyone else is playing. |
Alec Wade Villiva (Awv8727)
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| | Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 1:40 pm: | |
If you modify the rules of traditional dodge ball it could be a very useful game in keeping kids active and also help them practice their motor skills. Say the teacher sets up rules which have students rejoin the game after doing a certain number of exercises or practicing some skill. While kids are in the game they should be focusing on the fundamentals of throwing and catching. If you remove the elimination, and play with softer or less painful balls I believe dodgeball can ber very useful to Physical Educators who don't jst "roll out the ball". |
Michelle A. Morse (Axewoman4)
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Registered: 9-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 4:54 pm: | |
In reading through these posts it is easy to see that Dodgeball is a huge point of controversy for PE teachers/classes. There seems to be a lot of personal preference on the game. I am one that is in support of the game if it is played to suppport the kids learning & participating. I agree with Eric's post whole heartedly! |
Jeff Overton (Obviousman)
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Registered: 10-2010
| | Posted on Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 11:38 am: | |
I have been teaching physical education for more than 12 years and Dodgeball is one of the greatest and most popular games in the class. The trick is to alter the rules so that kids who are 'out' have a chance to get back in through a skilled play by themselves or a teammate. The two types of Dodgeball are Circle dodgeball (all players in the circle and they go after each other inside the circle), and traditional dodgeball (teams oppose each other and try to get out without crossing the line). In the circle dodgeball game, players who are out can re-enter the game if they are able to hit someone from outside the circle. In traditional dodgeball they can re-enter if a ball is caught and is brought back in, or select an item to aim at (I use the basketball rims) an when a player is able to throw and hit that item them whole team gets back in.
The other trick for dodgeball is to alter the rules continuously to that there are different strategies for getting people out and for staying in the game. For circle dodgeball I have made up over 100 alterations to the regular rules. Some examples are 'You're safe it the ball hits the palm of your hand,' or 'If you are out and run out of the circle without getting tagged you can come back in,' or 'you can only throw the ball under you legs (like hiking a football).' For the traditional game, the most popular alteration is called 'Pandemonium' where one player on each team wears an alternate colored jersey and all players wear football flags. When one person with the alternate jersey gets out of the game, then all players drop the dodgeballs and try to eliminate they other team by playing 'Rip tag' (taking off the other teams football flags). This is the most requested game in our school.
Another trick is to use dodgeballs that are not going to damage the kids when they get hit by them. I use Rubberlite 10" from Flaghouse even though the material has been changed recently so they are a little heavier than the old versions but still about half the weight of regular playground balls.
Besides the obvious physical fitness positives from dodgeball, I am in favor of the sport because dodgeball is just like real life; If something gets thrown at you, you need to do your best to catch it or get out of the way. There is an onslaught of political correctness right now that is turning our kids into wimps with 'everybody wins' ideals that I am against. Thank God I teach at a private school where I am free to develop my class with activities that will prepare my students for real life situations. Dodgeball is the best game for that, I understand it, my students understand it, and they will be more courageous in life because on it. |
steve acree (Stephenpe)
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Post Number: 136
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Monday, October 25, 2010 - 5:10 am: | |
The bottom line is kids love the game
and movement is what is going on. Of course you use balls that don't hurt and get kids back in as soon as possible. I have a version with beach balls and they go one on one. The great thing about it is some of my least skilled have won at this activitity. I play dodge ball a few days a year and they always want lots more. Never had a kid get hurt, either. btw, mine is a public school but we are small and rural.
(Message edited by stephenpe on October 25, 2010) |
leila griggs (Lzg26)
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Registered: 2-2011
| | Posted on Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 10:31 am: | |
Interesting posts, I am for dodgeball and I believe that my students benefit from it because of the way I play. First safty is key followed by student enjoyment and I take all precautions and it is a game that is loved to be played by all.
Two teams, divide the gym in half, place all foam or yarn balls in the center. Each team has a secret person who has the rescue job. If you get hit with the ball you sit down right where that happened, but if the secret person sees you sitting, they go and tag you which brings you back up into the game. The key is to figure out who the secret person is and hit them b/c then there is no one left to rescue. If you get hit after the secret then you are out. Your team can also work together and try and make a basket at the opposite teams basketball net (from their side). If they do then everyone comes back up including the secret person. This is a great teamwork, strategy, throwing, dodging, and direction following game that my kids beg me to play it more. I use it only as a reward class, but would use it more if we had more days in the school year. |
