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Prison ball continues to gain popularity on campus

What do you get when you mix 35 to 40 college students with 25 light, round and red rubber balls? A high-intensity fast-paced game known as prison ball.

Prison ball is a dodgeball based game with a few minor changes that make the game a little different.

“It’s fast paced. It’s crazy,” two-year prison ball veteran Mike Pitt said.

The balls fly on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center on the indoor soccer court. The Prison Ball Club began in 2008, and has seen steady growth since the club’s inaugural season. McGonigle estimates that an average of 35 people show up each week. Around 200 different people will show up at least once during a semester.

To start a game, two teams take the court splitting it down the middle. Basic dodgeball rules apply except for one change: If players get hit, they aren’t out of the game. Instead, they go to a jail located in the opponents goal. The way to get out of jail is to catch a ball thrown from the far side of the court by a teammate. The tweaks in the rules make it a quicker game.

“It’s more of a continuous dodgeball game,” club president Miles McGonigle said. “Generally people have more fun with it.”

Prison ball is a game in which players must be aware. They have to constantly be on the lookout for balls that end up near all areas of the body.

Read the full story at the Daily Kansan.

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