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...Rick Hanetho, a parks manager in Schomberg, Ill., started the National Amateur Dodgeball Association after noticing that local kids, given a choice, always picked the game. He says dodge ball is most loved by the geekier kids, who could never make the basketball team or cheerleader squad but still crave team sports. "It teaches incredible hand-eye coordination, quick decision making, concentration and agility," he says. "And it's just a game. This criticism is absurd, just crazy...
While it gets hounded out of more and more schools, dodge ball may be winning new fans among adults. Hanetho's league has held three championships, attracting teams from as far away as Los Angeles and Canada. At the last matchup the oldest player was 58; the most valuable was 47. And Vanity Fair in March pronounced that dodge ball is now the cool party sport. If so, Sam Cohen is at least one kid who is willing to let the adults have their fun. The Fairfax County eight-year-old liked playing dodge ball before it was banned...