From dodgeball to airball? Many adults when asked think the newer generations are softer, weaker, and less capable. “By age 13 70% of kids have dropped out of organized sports, and often out of physical activity altogether”says Mary Hasson . A key example of a weaker generation is dodgeball, the game has slowly lost it’s thrill over the years. In the old days they played with hardcore rubber balls, now it’s like throwing cotton balls. The Sherwood Middle School News Team watched an athletic student Kaeden Glass play dodgeball at SMS to see if it’s true. Dodgeball at SMS is every early release Wednesday. The PE teachers at SMS always think they need to explain the simple game of Dodgeball every week, over and over again. Kaeden is a top athlete
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He aimed right for Alara. The ball smashed into the wall right next to her face. He reached down and took a golden ball (yellow) and flung it at her waist. The ball was like a swooping hawk and curved up and up until it made contact with Alara’s face. They broke out laughing but Alara scurried to the back so she wouldn’t get out. Kaeden caught a ball and sent it flying at his 7th grade friend Owen, he tagged him in the foot. As Alara was standing in the back of the room (which in dodgeball at SMS is pretty much a human wall),Kaeden seized the perfect moment and slotted the people. Out of all the spots Kaeden could have hit Alara it greeted face. He ran over to make sure she was fine because he had hit her twice. Alara was perfectly fine, she told Kaeden “it didn’t even sting”. So Kaeden continued with the game. Right before the bell went off Glass fired a fastball randomly. It pounded Alara in the face at close range. It was like getting shot by a sniper at close range. The News Team checked in with Alara and she was not too shabby.
All the evidence is there that dodgeball is changing. Schools have switched from hard dodgeballs made from rubber to plush pillows shaped in a ball. The result of the pillows is that kids can drill each other in the face one foot away without any pain. On the contrary is dodgeball weakening or adapting to a newer generation. Only time will
He aimed right for Alara. The ball smashed into the wall right next to her face. He reached down and took a golden ball (yellow) and flung it at her waist. The ball was like a swooping hawk and curved up and up until it made contact with Alara’s face. They broke out laughing but Alara scurried to the back so she wouldn’t get out. Kaeden caught a ball and sent it flying at his 7th grade friend Owen, he tagged him in the foot. As Alara was standing in the back of the room (which in dodgeball at SMS is pretty much a human wall),Kaeden seized the perfect moment and slotted the people. Out of all the spots Kaeden could have hit Alara it greeted face. He ran over to make sure she was fine because he had hit her twice. Alara was perfectly fine, she told Kaeden “it didn’t even sting”. So Kaeden continued with the game. Right before the bell went off Glass fired a fastball randomly. It pounded Alara in the face at close range. It was like getting shot by a sniper at close range. The News Team checked in with Alara and she was not too shabby.
All the evidence is there that dodgeball is changing. Schools have switched from hard dodgeballs made from rubber to plush pillows shaped in a ball. The result of the pillows is that kids can drill each other in the face one foot away without any pain. On the contrary is dodgeball weakening or adapting to a newer generation. Only time will