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Tag: Beyond The Opening Rush

Beyond the Opening Rush: It’s the Exec Life (Part 2)

by adminDodge Blog, Season 20Posted on November 22, 2015No Comments

This past Friday, I had the honour of celebrating VDL’s 10-year milestone with nearly 100 execs of past and present VDL seasons, including those of CDL’s and RDL’s. Looking around …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: It’s the Exec Life (Part 1)

by adminDodge Blog, Season 20Posted on October 23, 2015No Comments

Every now and then, someone asks me what it’s like to be a VDL exec. The majority of my execing days took place behind-the-scenes, with the odd seasons when Division …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Twenty and Counting

by adminDodge Blog, Season 20Posted on September 17, 2015No Comments

Ah, another season, another opening blog. Don’t worry kids, I’m running out of things to write about so this is probably the last season you’ll have to hear me ramble …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Retirement is NOT an Option

by adminDodge Blog, Season 19Posted on April 22, 2015No Comments

After more than ten seasons of playing, dodgeball still surprises me. It’s probably more accurate to say I still discover surprises about myself through playing dodgeball. It happened to me …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Sage Words From a 40+ VDL-er

by adminDodge Blog, Season 19Posted on March 2, 2015No Comments

There was brief talk of a Masters Division for the 30+ players out there, though unfortunately it did not manifest this season. However, word on the street is there’ll be …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Valentine’s Edition

by adminDodge Blog, Season 19Posted on February 14, 2015No Comments

Let’s face it: dodgeball is kind of a Meat Market. We’re a community of active and attractive athletes who like nothing more than a night of throwing balls around and …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: First Steps on the Court

by adminDodge BlogPosted on February 2, 2015No Comments

Welcome to Season 19! For some of you, this week probably marked your first introduction to dodgeball, and I heartily congratulate you on it. For many of you returning players, …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

by adminDodge BlogPosted on December 1, 2014No Comments

Dodgeball brings out the best in people, but it also brings out the worst in us. Let’s be realistic. I might extol the wonderful aspects of dodgeball, but I’m sure …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Return of the Nerd

by adminDodge BlogPosted on November 12, 2014No Comments

Thanks to dodgeball, I rediscovered my inner nerd. Given that I did my undergrad degree in Astrophysics and English Literature, most people can probably guess that I’m a bit of …

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Beyond the Opening Rush: Paths that Crossed

by adminDodge BlogPosted on October 29, 2014No Comments

Someone once posted on the VDL Facebook group page that (and I paraphrase) VDL is like Fight Club. He recognized his waiter as someone from the league, and later that …

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