Hat Dodgeball

Game Type:

Sport

Players:

5-10 per side

Field:

Gymnasium

Equipment needed:

Half a dozen playground balls, an even number of hats

Time:

10-20 min

Rules:

Hat Dodgeball is the same as dodgeball except for the inclusion of hats. 

All the hats are laid out on the midline. Players collectively decide what values the hats have. Each hat must have its own unique attribute. Each team takes turns picking a hat until all hats are evenly distributed to each team.

Hat Attributes:

Players can make up whatever attributes they want but standard attributes include:

• Can’t get out by having ball caught by opposing player
• Get two lives
• Can go to the other side of the court to grab a ball
• Catch a ball and bring two people back onto the court

The supervisor can overrule any attribute created that would lead to too powerful of a hat.

If a player with a hat gets out they give it to another player on their team. If that player already has a hat, i.e. they can choose which hat to wear but cannot wear both hats.

If playing multiple games, hats must be rotated throughout a team so all players can play with a hat at some point.