Volleyball Rules

General

• A team consists of 6 players (min. of four to start)
• The girl guy ratio must be within one to start the game.  (I.e. four guys, three girls). 
• Only players listed on team roster will be eligible to play with that team.
• The participation of an ineligible player will result in his/her team losing by default.
• A game is won when either team has a two-point lead with twenty- five points.  There is a cap of 30.  The winner of two out of three games determines who wins the match.  Each match will consist of 3 games no matter the score. 
• Service of the first game will be determined by a coin toss. The team that did not begin serving the first game shall begin serving the second game.
• Each team may call one one-minute timeout per game.
• Substitutions are indirect.

Advanced

Nets will be at Men’s height for all Advanced League games

Recreational

Nets will be at an intermediate height.

If there is more than one hit on a side – a female must touch the ball before it is returned.

Play

1. The serving player shall not serve until signaled to do so by the referee. Service may be either underhand or overhand with either a closed or open hand. If a players serves before the whistle is blown, the serve shall be replayed.  The ball must be thrown up and hit before it touches the ground.
2. Both feet must be completely behind the end line when the ball is served. A foot fault results in the loss of service.
3. A served ball must pass over the net within the out-of-bounds lines without contacting the net.
4. When a team is awarded the serve, they must rotate once in a clock-wise direction. A rally point system is in effect. The server will continue to serve until the referee calls a “side-out”.
5. If a player serves out of turn, side-out will be called and any points made on his/her serve previous to this discovery will be discounted.
6. After the ball is hit for the service, the players may move from their starting positions. A back-row player may only spike the ball if he is behind or jumps from behind the ten-foot line. A back-row player may not block.
7. A team is allowed three contacts of the ball (not counting a hit on a block at the net).  For rec. league, one of the hits must be a girl.  There is no gender rule in advanced league.
8. A player may not hit the ball twice consecutively unless the first contact was a block.
9. The ball must be hit cleanly. When, in the opinion of the referee, the ball visibly comes to rest at contact; a carry will be called.
10. The ball may be hit by any part of the body above and including the waist.  The ball may be played off the foot when the foot is clearly planted on the ground. 
11. The ball is out-of-bounds when it touches any surface or object outside the court (including the curtains). A ball touching the boundary line is good.
12. A player may not go into an adjoining court to play the ball (if there is a game going on), if he/she does so, the ball will be considered out-of-bounds.
13. A ball may be played if it rebounds from the net within the out-of-bounds lines.
14. A player shall not contact any part of the net or its supports while the ball is in play. If the ball is driven into the net so that it causes the net to contact an opposing player, no foul shall be called.
15. A player may touch the center line, but only his/her foot may touch the floor on the opposite side of the center-line, as long as some part of that foot still touches the center-line (or can be projected down onto the line). Any part of the player’s body may be in the air below the net and beyond the centerline if it does not interfere with an opponent.
16. When spiking the ball, a player may follow through over the net provided that he/she first contacts the ball on his/her own side of the net.
17. When blocking the ball, a player may reach across the net, but may not contact the ball there until the opponent has hit the ball to return it.
18. If a foreign object enters the court during play, the referee may stop the play and call for a play-over.