ABOUT

Aberdeen Street, near Chicago's Little Italy/UIC neighborhood, has been our home base since 2004.

Dodgeball is the interactive medium through which we gather. Harkening back to grade school days of dodgeball and moving beyond a simple playground game, we keep this nostalgic game alive and we introduce it to the unfamiliar. This social outlet is color-blind, gender neutral, translatable across all cultures and languages, and it does not require super-human strength and athleticism. Our members of all ages come from a variety of backgrounds. These features strengthen our club, and we strive to maintain our diversity.

Our opponents have dubbed us as ninjas, and we embrace this title. Conventional dodgeball sufficed for our early years, but as new talents and abilities emerged, our group's style of play evolved and now, we encourage acrobatics, stealth, cunning strategy, and endurance -- all traits of a successful ninja.

Since 2004, our dodgeball group expanded and evolved. Our membership began with a few city colleges, expanded to include the wider Chicago area; now, we have members from the suburbs who commute to play. Our members have traveled to Las Vegas, San Francisco, Lansing, Michigan, Columbus, Ohio, and all across the metropolitan Chicago area playing dodgeball and representing the Aberdeen Street Dodgeball Ninjas. As a result of these trips, we have formed relationships with national and international groups.

Aberdeen Street Dodgeball is an all around good time. Please join us.