15 May 2023: No Games On Victoria Day May 22, 2023

LEAGUE RULES

Permit Rules

All volleyball participants must remain in the gym during game times. Please do not wander around the school hallways (permit rules, not ours).
Earliest entrance to the gymnasium will be 20 minutes before the first scheduled game of the night.
Northwest side of school is the designated door for entry to and exit from school. Please follow the map we made to show you how to find the gym entrance.
No alcohol consumption permitted inside school or on school property at any time. Failure to comply to this rule will result in automatic ban from league and possible additional punishment from non-league sources.
During winter time, you are required to bring additional shoes to change into before entering the gym. No wet shoes allowed in gym.

Roster Rules

It is the responsibility of players on teams to notify and coordinate with their own team members their availability for games. If you wait until the last minute to inform your teammates you will miss a game due to any circumstance, it increases the likelihood your team may have to forfeit the game.

All players must be registered to their Team Roster and play 1 REGULAR SEASON game (3 sets) to qualify for playoffs. This means you cannot bring outside players to fill in during playoffs without consent from league and opposing team.
Teams are NOT permitted to use subs from other teams during regular season AND playoffs, even in the event of an injury.
If an injury occurs DURING a game, the team can finish the game without incorporating a sub regardless of how many players are remaining on the court for that team.
"DEFAULT" rules (forcing a team to lose a game) do not apply to teams as a result of injury to its player(s) during games.

DEFAULTING GAMES

All games require a minimum of 1 girl on the court at all times.

Game Rules

SCORING

Rally scoring will be used.
There will be a point awarded on every score of the ball.
Game will be played to 25 pts.
Must win by 2 points.
All games consists of 3 sets OR 1 hour time limit. Tie games are permitted.
One member from each team should be in charge of keeping score and emailing final results to the league.

TEAM STANDINGS

Team record based on SETS won, loss, or ties.
Wins = 2 PTS., Loss = 0 PTS., and TIES = 1 PTS
Defaulted games will award the winning team 3 sets of 25-0 score.

TIE-BREAK RULES FOR STANDINGS

Head-to-head competition.
Head-to-head points +/- differential (total points scored minus total points given up during H2H play)
League points +/- differential (total points scored minus total points given up during the season)

THE SERVE

Server must serve from behind the restraining line ( end line ) until after contact.
Ball may be served underhand or overhand.
Served ball may graze the net and drop to the other side for point.
First game serve is determined by a volley, each subsequent game shall be served by the previous game loser.
Serve must be returned by a bump or setting. No attacking a serve.

ROTATION

Team will rotate each time they win the serve in a clockwise manner.
There shall be 5-6 players on each side, minimum 2 girls at all time.
League points +/- differential (total points scored minus total points given up during the season)

PLAYING THE GAME ( VOLLEY )

Maximum of three hits per side.
Player may not hit the ball twice in succession ( A block is not considered a hit ).
Ball may be played off the net during a volley and on serve.
A ball touching a boundary line is good.
A legal hit is contact with the ball by any part of the body which does not allow the ball to visibly come to a rest.
If two or more players contact the ball simultaneously, it is considered one play and the players involved may not participate in the next play.
A player must not block or attack a serve.
Switching positions will be allowed after the serve.

BASIC VIOLATIONS

Stepping on or over the line on a serve.
Failure to serve the ball over the net successfully.
Hitting the ball illegally (carrying, palming, throwing, etc. ).
Touches of the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play. If the ball is driven into the net with such force that it causes the net to contact an opposing player, no foul will be called, and the ball shall continue to be in play.
Reaching over the net, except under these conditions:
When executing a follow-through.
When blocking a ball which is in the opponents court but is being returned ( the blocker must not contact the ball until after the opponent who is attempting to return the ball makes contact). Except to block the third play.
Reaches under the net ( if it interferes with the ball or opposing player ).
Failure to serve in the correct order.
Blocks or spikes from a position which is clearly not behind the 10-foot line while in a back row position.

THE COURT

Courts are 18 m x 9mi (29'6" x 59'). Courts also include an attack area designated by a line 3 m (9'10") back from the center line. Lines on the court are 5cm (2" wide). The height of the net will be set at 8'.