Drydock Blitzball

Drydock Blitzball Rules

Only 4-5 players from each team will be actively playing.
- Three to move about the field
- One goalie
- One or two players on the sidelines to swap out for tired or injured players
Teams must have a Captain and Co. Captain.
Geeky team names encouraged.
Team name must be PG

Players may attempt to block, catch, or get in the way of another player’s shot or pass.
Players may not hit, kick, trip or attempt to hurt other players.
Players may try to swat the ball from another player’s hands
Players may not attempt to wrestle the ball away from another player.

Each team will have 1 timeout per game lasting only 1 minute.
A game consists of two 5 minute play periods with 3 minutes of recovery time at half time.

Teams will start on opposite sides of the field.
Who has the ball first will be determined by rock, paper, scissors.
Players may run with the ball or pass it to another player to move up and down the field.
- Players may catch the ball with two hands, but may only carry with one.
Players may NOT kick the ball.

If a player attempts a pass and the ball goes off the playing field;
- It is treated as an incomplete pass and returned to the player.
- The player must pass the ball back into play from the point it left the field.
If the pass is blocked and bounces off a player from the opposite team and then out of play, it still goes back to the player who attempted the pass.
If a player runs out of bounds with the ball still in their possession:
- The player must pass it back into play from the point it left the field.
If two (or more) players are attempting to gain control of the ball and it goes out of bounds without knowing who last had touched the ball; the ball and players must go to the center of the playing field for a toss-up (like basketball).

Each successful goal is worth one point.
Ball must be thrown into the goal from 6 feet (or farther) of the goal to count.
After scoring the opposite team gets the ball. (even with an accidental score).