New Hampshire School District Bans Dodgeball

They thought of the children!

If there is bullying going on, I'd rather they do something to teach those who are bullied how to stand up for and defend themselves instead of trying to shelter them from bullies.

If there is bullying going on, I'd rather they do something to teach those who are bullied how to stand up for and defend themselves instead of trying to shelter them from bullies.

 

BMD004

And the wussification of kids continues. :roll:

Dodgeball was always the best game for gym class.PonchoTaco

I never really played the actual dodgeball in school.  In middle school we had this variation of it in which we threw these soft spongy balls that had like no force...So the losers just stood all the way in the back because it was impossible for the ball to reach that far with any type of impact.  

Now summer camp...man those were some good times.  We played dodgeball daily I think :lol:

When it was time to go up against the rival camp we lost in every event except the massive dodgeball game.

Dodgeball has been banned here for years.

the teachers just found creative ways for us to still play it. tweaking the rules a bit, adding different objectives. but in the end, it was still essentially good old dodgeball.

konvikt_17

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they need to replace it with boxing.

if kids learn it is not some world ending unbearable pain to get punched they would not be sweating bullys in the first place.

 

Riverwolf007

that is the blow off valve for aggression.

schools criminalized school yard scuffles and we have seen what the result was.

a system where if you stand up for yourself you get in trouble with the law.

had i not grown up in a time when you could punch a guy in the face or punch a guy in the face that was picking on my friends who knows what would have happened.

maybe i too would have gone batshyt crazy at the unfairness of it all and shot up the place.

you can't live in an environment where you are terrorized endlessly and have no way out and it not have negative consequences.

It's the same reason why gamers commit less violent crimes than the general population; shooting people/beating people up/blowing things up, lets people vent so they don't act out irl.

Why not play kickball instead? It's a much funner game...jeremiah06

Dodgeball should never be banned.

if you dont like it, stand there and let a ball hit you, then go sit on the sidelines.

easy.

konvikt_17

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Dodgeball should never be banned.

if you dont like it, stand there and let a ball hit you, then go sit on the sidelines.

easy.

BlindBluMonstah

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Dodgeball should never be banned.

if you dont like it, stand there and let a ball hit you, then go sit on the sidelines.

easy.

Yagr_Zero

We definitely have a country full of pussies.

[QUOTE="Diablo-B"][QUOTE="Riverwolf007"]

they need to replace it with boxing.

if kids learn it is not some world ending unbearable pain to get punched they would not be sweating bullys in the first place.

 

Riverwolf007

that is the blow off valve for aggression.

schools criminalized school yard scuffles and we have seen what the result was.

a system where if you stand up for yourself you get in trouble with the law.

had i not grown up in a time when you could punch a guy in the face or punch a guy in the face that was picking on my friends who knows what would have happened.

maybe i too would have gone batshyt crazy at the unfairness of it all and shot up the place.

you can't live in an environment where you are terrorized endlessly and have no way out and it not have negative consequences.

That mentality only works for a small number of people dude. Some people can't bring themselves to hurt other people even in defence. I was pretty much one of them at school... things have changed now but at the time it just wasn't in my nature to fight.

One of the biggest d***heads I ever knew at school however was a boxer. All it did was make him a more confident d***head who could dodge a punch.