Photograph by Leonardo Coll
Revive a childhood game and relive the rush that comes with it
By Jad Melegrito
Artful Dodger
There’s a ball hurtling towards your face. Nothing else exists in that moment and your adrenaline rages as you contemplate your next move. You’re in a fight or flight situation, faced with several options: take the hit from the ball, catch it, or dodge. Extend the whole scenario for a frenzied five minutes and that, my friend, is the game of dodgeball.
Sound familiar? When I first heard about dodgeball, I immediately thought of the game my friends and I played as kids on the street. We called it ’touchball’—a game where two teams face off, one inside a rectangular field and the other split at either side of the rectangle. It was a fast-paced game where both teams took turns getting pummeled front and back with a single ball. We used a basketball then, and my memories of the game tell me that balls flung at you hurt real bad.
For more on dodgeball, purchase this month’s issue of Men’s Health Philippines
Revive a childhood game and relive the rush that comes with it
By Jad Melegrito
Artful Dodger
There’s a ball hurtling towards your face. Nothing else exists in that moment and your adrenaline rages as you contemplate your next move. You’re in a fight or flight situation, faced with several options: take the hit from the ball, catch it, or dodge. Extend the whole scenario for a frenzied five minutes and that, my friend, is the game of dodgeball.
Sound familiar? When I first heard about dodgeball, I immediately thought of the game my friends and I played as kids on the street. We called it ’touchball’—a game where two teams face off, one inside a rectangular field and the other split at either side of the rectangle. It was a fast-paced game where both teams took turns getting pummeled front and back with a single ball. We used a basketball then, and my memories of the game tell me that balls flung at you hurt real bad.
For more on dodgeball, purchase this month’s issue of Men’s Health Philippines
