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Revision as of 05:30, 18 September 2009 by 69.226.229.110 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Prisonball (also known as Prison Dodgeball, Nationball, Battleball, Jail Ball, Jailbreak, Greek Dodgeball, Teamball, Crossfire,Warball, Swedish Dodgeball, Dungeon Dodge; King's Court in Canada and Queimada or Queimado in Brazil and Heaven in New Zealand) is played much like the original dodgeball game, except when a player is hit, he gets put in "prison" behind the opposing team. To get out of prison, he must hit the opposing team from behind. This puts a lot more pressure on the teams as they can be sandwiched between enemies. "Prisoners" remain behind the opposing team until the game is over or they released according to the current ruleset.
Variations
Sometimes in "prisonball," a ball thrown to a "prison," when caught, releases all the "prisoners" to their original side. Some variations make it so that prisoners can not attack opposing players, but if someone from their team on their side throws a ball and they catch it, they can come back in.
In some cases, a "buddy ball" is used and when caught, 2 people come back in. Sometimes, a player in prison is not allowed to take an active part in the game at all, but when any player is put in jail, everyone they put in jail is free. Thus, if a player does not see who hit them, they are trapped for the rest of the game.
Another variation particular for when playing on basketball courts is that if the one team throws a dodgeball and it lands in the opposing teams basketball basket, all of their prisoners are freed. There are even more variations. Prisoners only get out of prison when someone on their team catches a ball, but prisoners can still throw balls at the other team to get them out. Prisoners are released in the order that they are put into prison.
Another usually standard rule is that "caught" balls are equally considered such (for the purposes of getting taken out or put back in) whether they are thrown by active team member or prisoners. This variation of prison ball was invented in Adelaide, Australia.
Also known as Jail Ball or Jailbreak follows the same rules as normal Dodgeball, except that it incorporates the goal boxes on either end of the court; they are referred to as "jails." When a player gets out, he goes to "jail." In order for a player to get out of jail he must use a ball to get a player on the opposing team out. At this point the player is released from jail to play once more, and the other player goes to jail. This version dates back to 1979, and is also some times known as Prisoner Dodgeball.
Also played with being released from jail by catching a ball thrown from your own team from across the court, they would then get free passage to the other side, this version is w/o the ability to hit the other team while in jail.
See also
References
- Prisoner dodgeball section YMCA School Playground Partners: Dodgeball Games http://ecke.ymca.org/docs/playgroundpartners/dodgeballgames.pdf