Volley 4's Basic Outline of Play - YOUTH:
· Volleyball Canada's general rules of play apply with some minor modifications.
· Rules may be customized to suit program needs.
· Teams consist of 4 players and can have up to 6 players registered as a team.
· Each team can have a limited or unlimited substitution, as outlined by each program. Youth should have unlimited substitutions but each player complete a rotation and serve before being substituted out or players rotate in after each service loss.
· Everyone plays.
· Court size is 7x14m divided in two sides by a net. Regular court is 9x18m.
Age Gender Net Height Court Size
14 & Under Girls 210 cm 7x14m
Boys/Mixed 220 cm 7x14m
16 & Under Girls 220 cm 7x14m
Boys/Mixed 230 cm 7x14m
· Regular indoor volleyball to be used.
· Refereeing is done by the players themselves during league. Off-court teams to provide minor official duties. Referees can be used in tournaments.
· To stimulate long rally-play, only major technical faults will be called. Only in attacking, the ball must be played exactly as according to the rule of "short contact" as outlined in a current Volleyball Canada Rule Book.
· Play
a) Rock, paper, scissors determines who serves first.
b) In league play, games can be single round robin, or other format. The number of sets is determined by the organizer. (1, 2 or 3 sets).
c) In tournaments, a match will consist of the best 2 out of 3 games.
d) Games are rally scoring to a set number of points such as 11, 15, or 21. Teams must win by two. Third games to go to 2/3’s regular game score, plus 1 point, and must win set by two points. (ie:15 = 10+1=11).
e) Teams switch sides after each game. On the third game, teams switch after one team reaches 1/2 point mark rounded up. (ie:11*2=6)
f) A maximum of four players from each team are allowed on the court during play.
g) Teams may begin the match with minimum of three players, however each time the missing person would be serving, the team then forfeits service and a point. Normal rotations then occur.
h) Co-ed teams to have 2 female and 2 males on the court. If they do not have two of each sex, they may start with 3; however, the number of one sex on the court may never exceed the other sex by more than one.
· On winning the service, a new player must serve according to a pre-set serving-order as registered on the score sheet.
· A rally starts by a service (the ball is hit by hand towards the opponents’ side) from behind the end-line (or closer to the net if agreed before the match).
· The team is entitled to a maximum of three hits for returning the ball. Block contacts are not counted. One player cannot play the ball 2 times consecutively.
· The ball can be played with any part of the body. The ball can be touched or hit but can not be caught in any way.
· Players' substitutions are allowed when the ball is out of play. Players rotating in will do so only after team service loss.
· A match consists of rally-point (each rally scores one point) sets to determined points. In case of a draw, a deciding set to determined points should be played (win should be by two point’s difference without limitation).
· (Optional Outdoor) Teams switch court sides during the set, when the leading team reaches 1/2 points and also between sets. In the deciding set, teams change court sides when the leading team reaches ½ points of set, rounded up.
· One time-out (30 sec.) is allowed per set, per team. Sportsmanship time-out for injury is allowed.
· Net touch is not sanctioned if it does not interfere with the game.
· Interference with players of the opponent team (touching, holding, pushing, trash talking, etc.) is not allowed.
· Any fault that is sanctioned, the opponent team scores a point and gains the right to serve, or continues to serve.