Dodgeball Training: Catching Tips

No matter how good of a dodgeball player you may think you are, you can always improve to be better. This is a short video regarding the simplest training method in the game of dodgeball. It's basically throwing and catching between two people, but one person focuses on throwing hard and the other person focuses on catching. The distance of throwing is roughly half the length of a volleyball court and the catcher normally would stand near the wall so the ball can be fed back faster to the thrower in case the catcher decides to dodge.

In this video, I was the catcher and my friend Jorge was the thrower. As you watch, you'll see that this isn't the best video of me catching but I think making mistakes during practice helps you learn things such as to not reach outside your catching area for dodgeballs.

When I decide to record another video like this, I'll be sure to get a better ball since this one was taped up and to actually do some better catching haha.

Song: Dj Polar Bear- Fort Minor (PBBremix) instrumental

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Dodgeball
• Catching
• Western
• Springs
• Training
• Practice
• WSDB

[acefire65]

im good at dodgeball like throwing and dodging but i cant catch for crap lol my friends say keep your hands dry and try let the ball go to your chest, but since i was a wide reseiver so i try to catch it with my hands outstretched and use the daimond like catching a football >.< so im trying to find a position for me to try catch a ball from my chest. any help with that?

[frgt10drgn]

@acefire65 - You need to break that habit first when you play dodgeball. Since your opponent is trying to hit you, you don't need to reach after every ball thrown, especially when it's thrown above 60 mph. That's how players sprain or even break fingers when they're reaching for balls. Let the thrown balls that won't hit you fly by. Catch the ones that are thrown at your torso, by standing your ground and timing your hands to grab the ball before it hits and bounces off your chest.

[0mgWtfBbq718]

I suck at dodgeball, only because I can't throw. We use those pathetic nerf balls and they're too lightweight for me to throw. I was playing dodgeball once and somebody on me team said "Give it to the guy who cant throw" later that day I threw a tennis ball at him; it hit his chest and he actually fell back on his ass from the force that I exerted with the throw.

[frgt10drgn]

@0mgWtfBbq718 - You just need the right sized dodgeball. However, you should work with an 8.5 inch diameter dodgeball to improve your throw since that ball size is more widely used in the game.

[MichaelJacksonpoop]

hey, i entered a dodge ball competition with my team, and we are gonna face probably other and stronger teams, and it will be a high chance that we will lose, any tips on making it fairer?

[frgt10drgn]

Use your team's strengths to your advantage. If you guys are good catchers, goad players into throwing at your chest. If one of your teammates has an arm, let him or her pick people off and protect him.

Double-team shots work much better than 1 cannon-arm as long as you both are really coordinated.

Teamwork goes a long way to increasing your chance to win a game.

Finally, staying alive overall will always give you a chance to win even if you're facing a stacked team.

[gazza4543]

im good at dodgeball probaly cause im a goalkeeper i usally just chuck myself to try and get i know its not the best idea but its fun considering im the first person in my school to catch a ball with my hands and feet

[SasukeIsPwnage]

@0mgWtfBbq718 Try thinking of your arm as a slingshot, instead of the kind of baseball-throw. With dodgeballs, you need to use a completely different technique. I can get someone out across the gym so hard he can't catch it, but I can't do shit with a baseball compared to that.

[Confusedfurry]

i remember a really awesome catch i did on a dodgeball game a while ago, jumped infront of a guy with the ball coming right for him, only just caught it.

[551enjoi]

I cut him

[chrisbear08]

@551enjoi Send him back to where he came xD