Co-Ed Young Adult Leagues – Volleyball

About our Volleyball League

Our indoor volleyball league is a recreational league.

Players and Roster Changes

• All players must fill out a league waiver
• A team consists of 6 players but may start with a minimum of 4 players
• A team must have at least two women on the court at all times
• Teams may play with 1 female but can then only play with 5 total players
• A team cannot play without any females
• There is no maximum number of females that can be on the court
• Roster limit is 10 players
• All roster changes must be approved by the league coordinator; please email [email protected]
• Captain of the team will email the league coordinator; providing the person’s contact information and when they will be playing
• They will be required to sign a league waiver before playing

Attire

• It is highly recommended that players NOT wear jewelry (i.e. chains, rings and earrings)
• Players must wear athletic shoes

Pre-game

• If a team doesn’t have enough players at game start time, they will forfeit the first game of the match
• After 10 minutes if they don’t have enough players then they forfeit the match
• At the beginning of the game, a coin is tossed with the winning team choosing: either to serve or receive first ball OR which side they want to start on (winning team can’t decide both)
• The team losing the toss takes the remaining choice

Length of Matches and Games

• Best two-out-of-three games decides the match winner
• If a team wins the first two games of the match, they may still play the third for fun if time allows
• Rally Scoring Format is used for all games
• First two games are to 25; third game is to 15
• Must win by 2 in all games
• Caps of 27 and 17
• Each team gets one time out of 30 seconds duration per game
• Intermissions between games will be a maximum of 1-minute

Hit Characteristics

• The ball may touch any part of the body (kicking IS allowed)
• The ball must be hit, not caught, or thrown

Faults 

• Four hits – a team hits the ball 4 times before returning it
• Assisted hit – taking support of teammate or any structure/object in order to reach the ball
• Held ball – player does not hit the ball (unless when in defense of a hard-driven ball or when simultaneous contact by two opponents over the net leads to a momentary held ball)
• Double Contact – a player hits the ball twice in succession or the ball touches two different parts of his/her body
• Back row spiking or blocking in front of the attack line

Other Playing Rules 

• Ball may contact any part of the body during a block
• Blocking does NOT constitute a team contact, and any player may make the second contact of the ball after the block
• The blocking team will have 3 contacts after the blocking contact
• Any player can block
• Players, including their clothing, cannot touch the net during play
• It is NOT a fault if a ball driven into the net causes the net to touch the player
• If a serve hits the net and goes over, it is in play (“let serve rule”)
• Players may not block or attack-hit a serve when the ball is entirely above the top of the net
• If any foreign object enters the court during play, the ball becomes dead; replay the point
• The league coordinator shall call violations involving unsportsmanlike conduct
• A ball may be played out of the net
• A player may go outside the court to play the ball
• Balls in the rafters are dead balls
• The team that hit the ball will give the other team a point
• Balls may NOT be played off of the side walls and/or curtain

Substitutions 

• Teams can only utilize a continuous rotation
• Rotation order must stay the same throughout the game but can be changed between games in the same match
• Players must start in their rotational positions but may switch right after the serve

Miscellaneous 

• Profanity and unsportsmanlike conduct can result in ejection and/or disqualification from future matches
• Refunds will NOT be issued for ejections or suspensions for unsportsmanlike conduct