Dodgeball round 2 - Out of control

Tonight was our second game of Dodgeball. It was WAY different than last week, that's for sure. Last week, we played a team that was also full of rookies (as we are), so we learned the rules together and had a good, friendly yet competitive game. This week, we played a team that had obviously played before, and I think they felt it was their job to take it to us. Not only did they throw the ball harder than anyone I've yet seen, they didn't ever hold back. For example, in one round, Mel was the last player left against two male players. These two players, however, did not throw strategically to take her out gently. Rather, they both threw it as hard as they could and hit her in multiple spots - completely unnecessary. The ref actually stopped the game to point out that the teams shouldn't be doing this, to make sure it didn't happen again. He stopped them a few other times to make them play clean too - once because one player kept throwing high fast balls at the extra players sitting on the bench. It's kindof scary in there with a team like that - balls are flying everywhere, really quickly, and you are definately not safe when you are on the bench for that round.

The other problem with the team was that they wouldn't play honest - if they were hit and it wasn't really obvious or we didn't yell at them after they were hit, they would just stay on the court. Annoying! So we had to hound them each time they were hit, to make sure they stayed honest and went off when they should.

We still managed ot have fun, but not as much fun as last week with the other team - and it's not just because we won last week. The score tonight was 15-9 for them. Not that bad, but not like last week, that's for sure! We can only improve from here.