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Description

South Sudanese dodgeball.

Resources

Two soft, large balls.

Instructions

Traditional instructions below, but much shortened by playing for two 5-min halves or whatever times suit. Taken from www.scouts.org.uk/activities/share-an-international-activity/

You can use a Leader as the Dodger if you are concerned with safety or the children are nervous to dodge.

Boruboru’s a traditional South Sudanese game – it’s
similar to dodgeball. Recently it’s become very popular
around the country. There’s an official league, and
it’s particularly popular with girls who didn’t have the
opportunity to take part in sports before.

Two teams play against each other. A game usually has
four 20 minute rounds, but you can make it shorter!
In each round, the attacking team put forward two
throwers who each have one ball. The defending team
put forward one dodger. The throwers try to hit the
dodger with the ball as many times as possible in the
20 minute round.

They get one point every time they hit the dodger, but lose a point if they hit them on the head! Within each
team, people should take it in turns so no one gets too tired.

After 20 minutes, the attackers should become the defenders. After four rounds, the team with the most
points wins.

Tags

• Africa
• African
• Dodgeball
• international game
• international games
• southsudan
• sudan

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