The official website of Hungary Dodgeball.
Schools are continuously reaching out to us for help in acquiring dodgeballs and naturally we are happy to help – after all, this is one of the reasons why we launched our national youth prgoramme in August.
55 balls have been made and posted so far, with 40 balls coming next time. As a result, another 12 schools can offer our great sport, and with authentic equipment, no less! ❤️🖤💚
We’re up to speed even without masks, though some folk are still in a lower gear. We won’t able to get together for a while now, but as soon as we may and it’s safe, we’ll be back.
One of the unique traits of the sport is that there are not only female and male, but mixed teams too, therefore, our training sessions are also for all genders. The Dodgeball battles take place on a court split in half, with a neutral zone & without jailings, with 6-6 players.
You need to prepare for a true adrenaline bomb, you can be a predator and prey at the same time, all while having to pay attention to five flying, bouncing special cloth balls, having to aim properly and having to keep tactics in mind!
Some say handball and football goalkeepers are crazy. Well, here, everyone is a little crazy, as all the people on the court can be hit by the balls – which, incidentally, only weigh 250 grams.
As it’s not a contact sport, there are no serious injuries from uncontrolled collisions. Therefore, everyone can play the game in their own pace, regardless of their age.
Our HQ is in Újpest, where you can find the second-ever painted Dodgeball court of the continent, and where we train on Monday and Thursday evenings. Due to the recent COVID measures, we also had to move temporarily and then the compulsory break has started, but as soon as it’s safe, we will go return and continue our sessions.
During the first training I was quite nervous, but I soon realised that I don’t have to worry. The trainings are not dead serious, the community is supportive, and they don’t judge you if you fumble a bit, can’t throw the ball that well or just don’t know the rules enough yet.
If you are ‘good friends’ with balls, but you don’t mind if you’re also going to be a target during the game and you’d like to try out Dodgeball, we can’t wait to see you at the Budapest Pirates Dodgeball Club training!
Whether you’re coming because you like trying out new things, you want some change, or because you miss sports, the ball, the atmosphere of changing rooms or you want to do some exercises with good company, it doesn’t matter! After we re-open, come and join one of our trainings and try out this brand-new team sport!
You can find more information about the Club at our Intro page about the beginnings and how we’ve come this far.
We are all concerned about what is happening in the world. We must adhere to the regulations that health organizations and authorities have put in place to stop the epidemic; this is the only way we can effectively fight the coronavirus. Therefore, we indefinitely suspend our sports activities and put our trainings on hold.
Take care of yourselves, take care of each other!
Azonnali has included us in an article, straight from the frontlines no less! Many thanks!
At first I was a bit afraid of the whole thing – there’s a reason why I’m not too familiar with the world of gyms and courts, but I realised quite quickly that stressing over it is pointless:
No one’s out for my blood, the community is supportive and no one would judge you if you are a little clumsy and don’t throw too well or simply just don’t know the rules well enough yet.
Azonnali.hu
Apropos of the rules! I was really surprised when I realised just how complex & tactical of a game Dodgeball can be; from deciding to who throws whom and when, getting eliminated and returning to the court to how the plays really change as more and more players get sent to the sidelines.
You can read the full article at the link below:
Although it’s a little hard to believe, but with the benefit of the doubt, we believe that we will have Dodgeball matches and tournaments eventually. So, before we’d conquer the continent, we ardently keep on with our sessions on Monday and Thursday evenings in our new hall.
We have worked a lot to re-launch and we’d like to thank everyone who took part. It was amazing to see the gym get filled with Dodgeball athletes again. Our latest session was all the more exciting thanks to the newly painted Dodgeball court and a guys vs. girls match. For more footage and information about our Autumn session, visit Budapest Dodgeball’s Facebook page.
This title turned out quite timely. We’ve been long watiting for the chance for Dodgeball to appear on index.hu, our 5-ball competitive dodgeball which we worked so much for, but an unfortunate turn of Fate made it a bittersweet event. But life must go on and so shall we. Thank you index.hu!
Most likely everyone has tried dodgeball as a child, but in its competitively fine-tuned version the rush of adrenaline is even more intense: you can be prey or predator at any moment while having to pay attention to 5 balls zooming all around or taking aim.
We’d like to thank Hungary’s most popular news site for this farewell gift. Wish you all the best, index.hu.
It really shows how incredibly popular this sport is in Britain that 29 (!) members of the world champion university dodgeball team got on buses in the scorching heat to travel across the city, in full gear no less, to play with us.
It was a fantastic evening! To commemorate it, the Sheffield University Dodgeball team has surprised us with a keepsake. Thank you very much!
If we weren’t in the situation in which we are, we would be having a great training session tonight and would be preparing for our next tournament due in two weeks. But regardless of how things have turned out, we weren’t idling around and took a step forward, leaving cones & tape behind: we now have a painted court on our Budapest Pirates headquarters.
How did it turn out? Quite pretty from a distance. It was a lot of work, the phases of which you can see below. No doubt it will turn out perfect next time.
We hope you’ll be able to try it out as soon as possible!
