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FIVB/USAV rules apply except for the following items:
(note - a rule book will be available at the courts for people to look at)

All leagues:

  • games will be presided over by a single referee so no separate official scorekeeping will be done (therefore there are no special equipment rules, i.e. no special jerseys or numbers on jerseys)

  • 3 games per night - 27 point cap in all games

  • unlimited substitutions are allowed, no rules on who can be subs

  • no libero players

Co-ed:

  • cannot have more men than women on the court except when a team unexpectedly ends up with uneven numbers; then, if the opposing team captain approves, this rule will be waived. In this situation the team captain must write an explanation on the back of the referee’s score sheet before play starts explaining what they know about why the person(s) is missing
    Note: regular USAV co-ed rules require 6 players, with alternating male/female players. There is no allowance for less than 6 players. Because we are not in strict USAV competition though, we are trying to accommodate for some unexpected situations in our league without penalizing players. We are trying to allow for less than 6 and still trying to have the teams respect the USAV and league rules. If teams try to take advantage of this league allowance then we can go back to strict rules and teams will forfeit games if they do not have 3 males and 3 females available to play or we can use the "ghost" rule.

  • we have dropped the female hit rule.

4’s:

  • no playing the ball into the opponents court with an overhand pass. We feel this is frequently too difficult to call if it's perpendicular to the shoulders or not so we are not allowing it at all.

  • we will play the indoor rule instead of the outdoor 4’s rule about touching the opponents court (beyond the center line);  no part of the body can touch the opponents court except a foot or hand as long as some part of the penetrating foot or hand remains either in contact with or directly above the center line.