Instead Of Softball Next Year

CNN:

Grown men and women are turning dodgeball into a recreational sport, with pickup games and championship tournaments.

"It's ridiculously fun. It's high-energy, you don't stop moving. There's sensory overload," said Colleen Finn.

"There's always that kid who wasn't picked for a team in the fifth grade," Finn said. "This is the perfect chance for redemption."

A few years back, the hitting that's intrinsic to the game gave dodgeball a bad reputation in school yards, and some schools talked of banning it.

But the hitting is what appeals to the grownups.

"We got a guy in the foot and took him off his feet. It was awesome," said Sean Tufts, a linebacker who played intramural dodgeball at the University of Colorado. He was recently drafted by the Carolina Panthers.

"I'm a senior now, and I have so much stress. But on Fridays I get to go throw balls at people for two hours, and the stress is gone," the 22-year-old [Olsen Ebright] said. "It's a blast."