Trampoline Dodgeball!

In addition to my dieting and regular exercise, I'm also trying to get involved in as many active events as possible. I figure, I can do some working out while hanging out with my friends, I will lose weight and have fun in the process. It's a win-win all the way around, right?

Yesterday, some friends and I attended a trampoline dodge ball tournament at Sky Zone  in Plymouth. The court is set up a lot like regular dodge ball. There are two sides of a court, separated by a bright line. Each team starts with 6 players and 3 balls on their side, and the goal is to hit the entire opposing team with balls, not allowing them to catch the ball, until the whole team has been defeated. The big difference is that the walls and floors are made of trampolines. It is awesome. For those of you interested in the mechanics of trampoline dodge ball (sometimes called 3D dodgeball.) I've posted a picture of the court below.

He actually broke the rules by jumping over the barrier, but whatever. 

My team, pictured below, did alright. In our first tournament we won a match and lost 2 matches. We certainly didn't come out and light the world on fire, but it was our first time and we got better every match. The manager tells me they are going to try to have a tournament every month from now on, so I hope my team can be regulars and maybe get a little better.

My team is so pretty. Now we just need to be good. 

Yeah, dodge ball was fun, but the craziest stuff happened when we weren't playing the games. You see, in addition to the dodge ball courts, Skyzone also has huge floors of trampolines for general jumping shenanigans. They also have a foam cube pit one can jump into while doing crazy flips and be as safe as possible.*

*If you jump into the foam pit, be ready for a struggle getting out. It is damn near impossible. It is like quicksand.  

The whole time I was there, I was thinking "I wonder how good I would get at trampolining if I worked at a place like this. Luckily, the manager was eager to show off his skills and I got it on video. Warning: do not watch this video unless you have clean underwear nearby, you might shit yourself.

You can hear me laughing like a goon in the back ground.

For comparison sake, here is a video of me trying to do a back flip. Note, I do not succeed here, but I pulled it off a few times. The manager was very surprised a man of my size could do something like that.  

In short, keep your eyes out for new tournaments. I will try to make sure my team is there and we could use some other new people to help us feel better about ourselves.