COMPETITIVE
LEAGUE RULES
Format
- First night is seeding, followed by pool play with one week of playoffs.
- Teams will be re-ranked each week, moving up and down between pools.
- Each week your team will play two matches, each being 2 sets.
- Teams play 2 rally point sets. All sets are to 25, win by two, cap at 30.
- Every set is worth 1 point in the standings. Winning both sets rewards 3 points instead of 2.
- Winning teams must record their scores at the score tent / table.
- 4 players – A complete team. Subs are optional, not required. A minimum of 1 of each gender is required.
- 3 players – Team may compete with no penalty. A minimum of 1 of each Gender is required.
- Less than 3 players – Team is considered incomplete and will lose the first game 0-21. If after 10 minutes the team is still incomplete, they will be considered a complete default and lose the second game 0-21.
- No new players may be picked up in playoffs. Players must have played at least once during the current regular session.
- Captains are responsible for informing their team of all policies and procedures.
- Captains are responsible for confirming that correct scores are recorded. If no score is recorded, the match will be considered a tie (21-0, 0-21).
- Teams are responsible for refereeing themselves. Please be honest.
- A service order must be established and maintained.
- No open hand tipping.
- The ball may be contacted no more than three times in succession by a team. The block does not count as a contact.
- While crossing the net, the ball may touch the net, even during the service action.
- The ball must cross over the net between the antennae to remain in play.
- A player may not contact the net with any part of his/her body or clothing. Incidental contact of hair is not a fault.
- It is not a fault when the force of an opponent’s contact of the ball hitting the net causes a player to contact the net.
- It is not a fault when a player has incidental contact with posts, support cables, or referee stands.
- A ball may not be carried or allowed to come to rest in a player’s hands.
- Multiple contacts with the ball are allowed on the first contact if they occur during one attempt to play the ball.
- The ball may be contacted with any part of the body; however, service must take place with the hand or arm.