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''Sticks'' has two phases to the game. In the 1st phase, two wooden ice-cream or stirrer sticks are adjacently placed parallel on the ground leaning against a wall, supporting a horizontal half-length crosspiece. One team (the throwers) take turns attempting to strike the sticks with a ball from a fixed distance, while the other team (the catchers) try to catch the ball on the rebound off the wall before it hits the ground. If the ball is caught, the thrower is out. If not caught, the thrower goes to the back of the not-out throwers' queue awaiting another turn. The 1st phase ends when a thrower strikes the sticks. If the ball is caught after hitting the sticks, the entire throwing team is out, and the teams swap roles. If the ball is not caught after hitting the sticks, the game proceeds to the dodgeball phase, the catchers attempting to strike the throwers. There is no court. When all throwers have been struck, the teams swap roles and the game returns to the 1st phase. In the non-team version of the game, throwers caught in the 1st phase join the catching team, as do players struck in the dodgeball phase; the 1st player struck during the dodgeball phase becomes the sole initial catcher on return to the 1st phase.
''Trench'' is a variation typically played inside of a large gym (spanning two basketball courts). The dividing line is the center line of one of the basketball courts (imaginarily spread across the gym). Both teams start on a line roughly 8-10 feet away from the center, where several balls are placed. When the whistle is blown, players run to grab those balls and a game of standard dodgeball begins, with one exception. Any time a player is hit, he must go stand behind the opposing team in the trench, a designated area, usually the out of bounds portion of that side of the basketball court. If a player in the trench catches a ball from one of his teammates, he can re-enter the game and is not a valid target until he is back on his side (but he can be eliminated as soon as he steps over that center line again). Play continues until one team has wiped out the other team.
A variation of ''Trench'' is ''Capture the Flag'', which is played the same way as ''Trench'' except that each team has 8-10 flags in the back of their court (usually on the dividing line between the trench and the team's field of play). A player can attempt to steal an opposing team's flag by running across the center line, retrieving it, and returning it back to a bucket in the back of their court. While on the enemy side, a player can be eliminated only by being tagged. If a player is tagged or eliminated on his side by a ball, he must immediately drop the flag, which can either be picked up by another teammate or returned to its starting position by a member of the enemy team. No more than one flag can be picked up by a single person in one run. A team wins by either eliminating the other team or capturing all of the flags.
==Controversy==
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