Once everyone was ready and people were divided into teams, taking care to make sure that people stayed in the same teams as the rest of their squads, Valerie gave an opening speech.  "Alright, everyone," she said, holding up one of the balls to show.  "For those who haven't done this before, this is a dodge ball.  If you hit someone on the other team with a ball, they're out.  If you catch the ball they've thrown at you, they're out and you get one of your team members back.  If you're out, stand outside the lines and get the balls for your teammates that go outside the lines."<br/><br/>It was rather simple, but she never wanted to make anyone feel embarrassed if they didn't know.  "If I think you're not paying attention, I might try throwing a ball at you also.  If I hit you, you're out, but if you catch it and prove me wrong, you get two people back."  Keeping one ball for herself, she had the rest divided up evenly among the number of teams.