I have thought of this many times before, but when I played dodgeball in gym today, I actually felt like writing about it. Let’s see if I can do it!
I believe that any randomized gym class could easily win a match of dodgeball if they broke each person into “jobs,” each with a special ability with only one thing to worry about. I will create a fake gym class based off of my own to demonstrate.
Most people in a gym class know each other and know how well each person can throw, how motivated they are, etc. With this knowledge, they could break the class down into a well-balanced team. With the unmotivated and unskilled people in the back tapping balls towards the athletic and competitive people near the front, ball-fetchers delivering balls to the throwers, and tall people waiting for balls to catch. Everyone has a specific job and can help the team out.
Fake Gym Class: Personality and Physcial Traits – Jobs
Andy: great athlete, competitive, great aim, hard-hitter, strong – thrower, stands at the front
Brittany: good at volleyball, tall, skinny, ditsy, competitive – catcher, waits for a high ball to easily catch, occasionally throws
Carl: skinny, unathletic, unmotivated, bad aim – fetcher, retrieves balls and hands them to the throwers
Danielle: competitive, good at soccer, bad aim, a little overweight – fetcher, retrieves balls and hands them to the throwers, occasionally throws
Emily: unmotivated, weak, great dodger – kicker, stands at the back, lightly taps the balls towards the throwers near the front
Fran: unmotivated, great aim, bad dodger, short – kicker, stands at the back, lightly taps the balls towards the throwers near the front, occasionally throws
George: overweight, unhealthy, bad dodger, hard-hitter – thrower, stands near the middle
Heather: bad aim, competitive, bad dodger, good catcher, short – thrower/catcher, stands near the middle
Ivan: skinny, tall, good catcher, great aim, competitive – thrower, stands at the front
John: great athlete, great aim, competitive, short – thrower, stands at the front
Kristen: great dodger, unmotivated, good aim – mixed
Lauren: weak, unmotivated, short, bad aim – kicker, stands at the back, lightly taps the balls towards the throwers near the front
Matt: great aim, hard-hitter, bad dodger, competitive, good at baseball – thrower, stands near the middle
Nicole: bad aim, competitive, short, great dodger – fetcher, retrieves balls and hands them to the throwers, occasionally throws
Oliver: skinny, bad aim, tall, unmotivated – catcher, waits for a high ball to easily catch
Paul: good aim, good dodger, competitive – thrower, stands at the front
Quinton: good at basketball, tall, skinny, great aim, hard-hitter, great dodger – thrower, stands at the front
Ryan: unmotivated, bad aim, bad catcher, great dodger – fetcher, retrieves balls and hands them to the throwers
Sarah: tall, skinny, great aim, unmotivated – mixed
Trevor: great aim, stong, great dodger, competitive – thrower, stands at the front
Uniqua: unmotivated, good aim, hard-hitter, short – thrower, stands at the front
Veronica: tall, skinny, great catcher, bad aim, competitive – catcher, waits for a low ball to easily catch
Whitney: good at volleyball, skinny, great aim, competitive – thrower, stands at the front
Xavier: bad aim, bad dodger, short, unmotivated – kicker, stands at the back, lightly taps the balls towards the throwers near the front
Yvette: great aim, hard-hitter, a little overweight, competitive – thrower, stands near the middle
Zach: skinny, great dodger, competitive – mixed
So there’s my dodgeball strategy. Whenever I play dodgeball, I am always a fetcher who occasionally throws. I wish that I could get a whole class to try out this strategy and see if it works though…
