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What's the vibe here? Adult dodgeball? What's your deal?

What it's all about

    So here’s our deal: we’re not some big corporation trying to gouge you - our super classy motto is “hey, don’t be a jerk.” We started this as a community thing - we charge you the least, you get the most playing time, plus our reputation is having the best social scene...like people actually get to know each other instead of a bunch of pre-existing cliques. We are players too - and I dunno, we just got tired when leagues advertise “social!”… but then each pod of 5 friends just stick with themselves and no one hangs out and charging you a ton for that. Ew. Gross. No. So! You'll find a much wider group of humans here. We’ll take care of teams, t-shirts, all that annoying planning stuff. All you gotta do is signup and show up on the night you choose!

  • Lowest cost AND most playing time in NYC
  • Actually a welcoming social scene - not just team cliques
  • No aggressive dude-bros! Because, like, it's DODGEBALL. Relax.
  • Seasonal charity drive YOU choose
  • Weekly after-parties with drink specials and (optional!) team bar games
  • All about just having a good time - by all mean try hard! - but never getting angry
  • Costume theme weeks, trophies for friendliest team, best bar gamers, and champion team name engraved on The Sandlot Cup

FALL 2024 Indoor Dodgeball league registration

MOndayS in Downtown Manhattan

Dates: Sept 30th - Dec 2nd, 9 week season extravaganza. Games on October 14th and Nov 11th
Time: Up to 2 hours of game time each game night
40 minutes of League matches nightly fall between 8:00-10:00pm (sometimes your team will play on the earlier side, sometimes later)
Location: Old St Patrick’s Youth Center, 268 Mulberry St & Phebe’s

 
 
 
What's the difference between them?

What the difference between "HITS N GIGGLES" and "CLASSIC"?

    Our indoor leagues nights will always have 2 signup options: A Super Social League and a Social League. You’ll play only against your level - but both are in the same gym & bar: playing & being goofy in costume themes & then bar-partying together - so you get to meet even more people. Both social, both welcoming to any skill, just Soical option is geared more for those that want to get better and/or a little more faster pace of a game. Like, it’s definitely not socially weird to join the 'Social' division if you’re not good, and just like to sports it up a lil more!
 

For Who?: Any athletic (or lack of!) level. Maybe I’m awesome at sports, maybe I suck! But I’m the type to be cool win or lose. I wanna run around, get sweaty, meet folk. Because hell, it’s a kids game after all! Maybe I miss childhood nostalgia, or maybe just need some positive human interaction after a long day in a sometimes lonely city! Ages 21+

Signup Options*

Early Registration Ends: August 24th (Soiree Day)

Registration for Full or Company Teams Ends: August 31st

Late Registration for Solo/Small Groups: Sept 8th (You also may not get your shirt on time)

Solo/Small Group:
Early: $90 Regular: $99 Late: $115
Full Team or Company Team:
Early: $1250 Regular: $1500

Solo
- Welcoming new people is, like, kind of our thing. So don’t worry; you’re not in any weird place socially joining solo. We don’t bite!

Small Group
- 2+ players
- Max 4 returners
- Groups of 3 can all be one gender; Groups of 4 or 5 must be mixed
- Have more than 5? Find a few more for a Full Team or break into smaller groups!…no worries: we’re all in same gym and bar regardless

Company/Alumni Team (Classic Only)
- 10+ players
- No max roster size: have as many as needed to ensure min 10 present weekly
- Min 3 of each gender
- Teams offered 1 (optional!) veteran to join you. Like as a social liaison - so you’re not in your own little clique! Recommended!

Ahhhh, Mondays. Welcome back old friend. This has been NYC’s bread and butter dodgeball league for a decade. Half playing on the Hits n Giggles side and half playing on the more Go Get Em Classic (it’s a special balance between social and competitive) and ALL of us out at the bar together. As such, it’s NYC’s biggest coed league with old school playground balls (with that *ping* ). That sounds advertise-y doesn’t it? But legit, if you’ve seen other sports leagues before coming here, you’ll see what I mean. We just want a place where strangers become friends in a city that can be lonely sometimes and obviously the answer is throwing balls at each other and hanging out at a bar after!

More Details?! Season Format and Rules

Game & Season Format

  • We'll provide t-shirts, make your teams and schedule, and teach you the rules
  • We try to make all teams mostly even so it's all balanced
  • You'll walk in, and we'll make sure to introduce you around to everyone
  • Each night you'll play 2 twenty-minute matches
  • Not just faceless "us vs them!", you'll actually meet and even play WITH opposing teams too!
  • Time permitting, in the middle of each night, we'll play an extra all-gym "Recess" game - a goofy version of dodgeball for everyone at once!
  • Each night will have a costume theme, an after-game party with (optional!) bar games from beer games to trivia
  • At the end of the season, there's a Bar Championship for best bar team, and of course, the Sandlot Cup
  • The most coveted award - the Social Championship is awarded for friendliest team -

Rules in Brief

  • Balls lined up to rush for in the middle.
  • Throw em! (Without being a jerk by overthrowing at people smaller/not as good!)
  • Head safety - keep throws low!
  • Stay in bounds!
  • Out if your throw's caught, or if a throw hits you or knocks a ball out of your hand
  • The ball is live until it hits the ground - so it can be caught off a deflection...or it can hit out more than one person!
  • When out, get in line on the sideline. If a player on your team who's still in makes a catch, whoever's first in line comes back in - up to the number of players who started.
  • Play til one team's dead, rinse and repeat!
  • Your seeding in regular season determines playoff match up (and yes, everyone makes the playoffs), but honestly the biggest deal is the Social Championship!
 

*To our gender minority friends: It’s lame that our 3rd party registration doesn’t offer options for ya beyond “Man” or “Woman”. We are sorry about that. But know you are seen - and you are welcome as shit in the family here! Just let us know how you’d prefer to be identified when you signup and we got you!

 

REFUND POLICY:  No refunds generally speaking.  I mean, you can't buy an ice cream and return it because you don't like it.  We've already got shirts ordered and schedules made!  That F's us up and more importantly, the season/your team up!  On top of that - we're already the cheapest league in the city, man.  We gotsta pay the bills here! If you had a poopy time or a scheduling conflict we can maybe offer you league credit to a different one of our league options next time.  I mean, we're not gonna be a jerk - you get hit by a car and show up in a full body cast, yeah, we'll give you a refund, sign your cast, and send you tear stained get well cards.