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May 12, 2008

T.E.A.M. VOLLEYBALL RULES

The net will be six feet, six inches ( 6’6” ) high at the center.

The team serving the ball is the service team. The team receiving the serve is the receiving team.

A coin toss will determine the service team. The teams will alternate serve and courts each game thereafter, Rally Point Scoring: either team can score a point whether they are serving or not. A point will always be scored during any stoppage of play unless it is a re-service.

The service line will be fifteen feet (for both 5th & 6th) from the net, and extends across the court. A server may serve anywhere behind this line. A server may serve up to three (3) successful serves in a row and then must rotate.

A serve may hit the net provided it goes over.

A serve is illegal if:

1. A player serves out of order. - Point for other team on all three.
2. A server touches or crosses the serving line when the ball is hit.
3. A serve before the official blows the whistle is:

a. 1st offense - warning
b. 2nd offense - in the same game by the same player will be a side out

After every change of service, the serving team’s roster must rotate on a continuous basis.

Players will rotate in at the upper left-hand comer of the court.

The ball may be hit no more than three (3) times before it is returned to the opponent’s court

A player may not hit the ball two (2) times in a row.

A block does not count as a hit.

A player may leave the court to play the ball

A bonus point will be awarded to each team that successfully uses three (3) bits to pass the ball over the net

A maximum of one point, per team, per service volley.

If the ball hits the ceiling as it crosses the net, it is a side out and a point. However, the ball will still be in play if it hits the ceiling on your side and your team still has a hit left. A ball that passes through a ceiling support, but does not touch it, is in play.

Basketball backboards and ropes:

  • which have been raised to the ceiling become part of the ceiling and follow the ceiling rule.
  • that protrude from the wall will be played as either out of bounds (point / side out) or a dead ball and the volley replayed. The coaches and referees will agree before the match how they will be played.

It is illegal, and will be a side out and a point when,

    1. A player touches the net with any part of the body. Hair is not illegal
    2. A player steps over the centerline into the opponent’s court. The foot must be entirely over the line, stepping on the line is not illegal.
    3. player makes contact with both hands clasped together above the shoulders.
    4. A player hits the ball, with an open hand below the shoulders
    5. A player blocks a serve.

A game is completed when one team scores 25 points. A team must win by two (2) points. A match will be forty five (45) minutes, during this time teams will 1. play as many games as possible. If time ends during a game, the game is ended at that point. Each team is allowed one (1) time out per game. Time out, will be limited to one (1) minute No time outs after the forty (40) minute point of the match.
Rev. Jan 2006