Game Overview - Rounds

1. The six balls are divided equally for the first Round only. Each team takes three and the skaters move to the appropriate zones for their initial skating position.
2. The Fielder may not start with a ball on the first Round.
3. Three of the four Dodgers (Base and/or Wing) will each hold one ball a piece per team.
4. At the start of every Round all The Wing and Base Dodgers all start in their respective Base zones.
5. The Referee will signal the start of the Round with two short whistles (Tweet Tweet).
   
6. As soon as the Round starts the Wing Dodger is free to move in either the Base or the Wing zones until they are Out.
7. Each team tries to be the first team to send three of the opponent Dodgers Out.
8. As soon as one Team has only one Dodger remaining, the Referee will signal the end of the Round with four short whistles (tweet tweet tweet tweet).
9. As soon as the Round ends the 15 second count down begins for the Rotation phase.

 Details - Special Cases - Exceptions

At the start of the second Round it is not necessary that the six balls are equally divided. One team may control all, some or none of the balls. The Fielders from both teams may still be in the process of gathering balls before and after the Round starts. What is key is that the Dodgers be inside their Base zone before the 15 seconds elapses. Otherwise, they will receive a Delay of game penalty or an Out of Bounds Penalty.

If after a Round one team has reached a score of five points, the two teams will swap sides of the court. The swap only takes place once and the teams continue playing on the opposite sides from where they started, until completion of the game.