A. FIELD EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORMS
1. NONE (A PLAYER AND TEAM MAY WEAR WHAT THEY WANT).

B. PLAYER POSITIONS
1. A TEAM CONSISTS OF 6 PLAYERS - 3 FRONT ROW PLAYERS AND 3 BACK ROW PLAYERS.

2. A TEAM MAY BEGIN AND END A GAME WITH 2 PLAYERS, ONE MUST BE A WOMAN.

3. 2 WOMEN MUST BE ON THE COURT WITH ANY SIX PERSON TEAM. THE NUMBER OF WOMEN ON THE COURT MAY EXCEED 2 AT ANY TIME. (A TEAM MAY START A GAME WITH ONLY TWO PLAYERS (ONE GIRL)-- SUBS WILL BE ALLOWED AS ADDITIONAL PLAYERS ARRIVE.)

4. INDIVIDUALS ARE LIMITED TO BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR, MALE FOR MALE AND FEMALE FOR FEMALE. (IF A TEAM STARTS 3 WOMEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, ONE MALE PLAYER MAY SUB FOR ONE OF THE FEMALE PLAYERS.

5. AT THE TIME THE BALL IS CONTACTED ON THE SERVE, ALL PLAYERS MUST BE IN SERVING ORDER AND WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COURT (PLAYERS FOOT MAY TOUCH THE LINE BUT MAY NOT TOUCH OUTSIDE THE LINE.

6. AFTER THE SERVICE, PLAYERS MAY EXCHANGE POSITIONS. HOWEVER, BACK-ROW PLAYERS MAY NOT SPIKE OR BLOCK A BALL TOTALLY ABOVE THE NET, UNLESS THAT PLAYER'S LAST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND IS BEHIND THE 10 FOOT LINE. THE BACK ROW SETTER MAY NOT SET OR HIT THE BALL OVER IF ALL OF THE BALL IS ABOVE THE NET. THE SETTER MAY SET A BALL TOTALLY ABOVE THE NET AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT CROSS THE NET.

C. SUBSTITUTES
1. A SUBSTITUTE MAY ENTER THE GAME ANY TIME THE BALL IS DEAD.

2. A SUBSTITUTE MUST CHECK IN WITH THE OFFICIAL PRIOR TO ENTERING THE GAME. WHEN THE PLAYER RE-ENTERS THE GAME HE OR SHE MUST RE-ENTER FOR THE SAME PLAYER/POSITION THAT THEY REPLACED.

3. A TEAM HAS TOTAL OF 15 SUBSTITUTIONS, PER GAME.

D. TIME PERIODS, SCORE, TIE GAMES
1. A GAME CONSISTS OF 25 RALLEY POINTS; COURT. ALL THIRD GAMES WILL BE PRO SCORING TO 15. (MATCH BEST 2 OF 3 GAMES.)

2. A TEAM MUST WIN BY 2 POINTS (NO CAP).

3. NO TIME LIMIT PER GAME OR MATCHES. (ALL TEAMS WILL PLAY PRO SCORING FOR A THIRD GAME. PRO SCORING IS A POINT PER SERVE, BUT YOU MUST SERVE AND SCORE YOUR GAME POINT. A TEAM THAT SIDES OUT ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT OF GAME POINT RECEIVES ONE MORE POINT, THEN SIDE OUT SCORING GOES INTO AFFECT FOR BOTH TEAMS.
(CHECK WITH YOUR REFEREE FOR CLARIFICATION.)

4. TWO TIME-OUTS PER GAME. (TIME OUTS ARE ONE MINUTE). TWO SAND TIME-OUTS PER GAME (20 SECONDS).

5. NO MORE THAN TWO TIME OUTS MAY BE USED CONSECUTIVELY (FULL OR SAND).

6. ONE MINUTE SIDE CHANGE EVERY 20 POINTS FOR GAMES TO 25. EVERY 10 POINTS TO GAMES TO 15.

E. FORFEITURE
1. ANY TEAM NOT READY TO BEGIN PLAY AT THE SCHEDULED TIME SHALL FORFEIT A POINT PER MINUTE. THE FIRST GAME WILL END AT 15 MINUTES. THE SECOND GAME AND MATCH IS FORFEITED AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES.

2. FORFEITED GAMES WILL BE SCORED 25-0.

3. TIME OUTS MAY NOT BE USED UNLESS A LEGAL TEAM IS ON THE COURT. (EXAMPLE: A TEAM HAS 4 PLAYERS BUT NO FEMALE -- THEY MAY NOT USE TIME OUTS TO SAVE POINTS.)

F. PLAYING THE GAME
1. REFEREE WILL "COIN TOSS" WITH A CAPTAIN FROM EACH TEAM, FOR CHOICE OF SIDE, SERVE OR RECIEVE FOR THE FIRST AND THIRD GAME.

2. THE SECOND GAME, THE LOSER OF THE FIRST COIN TOSS HAS CHOICE OF SERVE, OR COURT SIDE.

3. TEAMS CHANGE COURT SIDE AFTER EACH 10 POINTS FOR GAMES TO 25 AND 5 POINTS FOR GAMES TO 15.

4. A BALL:
a. IS IN-BOUNDS IF IT TOUCHES THE LINE OR IF THE BALL MAKES THE LINE MOVE.
b. IS OUT-OF-BOUNDS IF IT LANDS COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE LINES OR TOUCHES ANY OBJECT OUTSIDE THE COURT (POLES, ECT.). THE CABLE IS PART OF THE COURT!
c. MAY BE PLAYED WITH ANY PART OF THE BODY.
d. HIT SIMULTANEOUSLY BY TWO TEAMMATES COUNTS AS ONE HIT, AND EITHER PLAYER MAY MAKE THE NEXT HIT.
e. MAY BE DOUBLE HIT ON BLOCKS AND ATTACKED BALLS (ATTACKED--THE ACT OF HITTING THE BALL INTO THE OPPONENT'S COURT, WITH ONE HAND/ARM, FROM ABOVE THE PLAYERS HEAD. (NOT A SERVE OR OPEN HAND DINK!) YOU MAY DOUBLE AN OPEN HAND DINK. THE BALL MAY NOT COME TO
A REST.
f. DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CONTACTED BY A WOMAN. IF THE OFFICIAL SEES THAT MALE DOMINATION IS OCCURRING, A YELLOW CARD IS ISSUED AND THEN, IF CONTINUED, A RED CARD!

5. SPIKES
a. PLAYERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ATTACK THE BALL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE NET.
b. A SPIKE MUST BE CLEARLY CONTACTED; THE PLAYER MAY NOT PALM OR THROW THE BALL.
c. POWER DINKS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

6. CENTERLINE
1. A PLAYER MAY GO UNDER THE NET AS LONG AS CONTACT OR INTERFERENCE DOES NOT OCCUR (POINT OR SIDE OUT IS AWARDED).

2. A PLAYER MAY NOT INTERFERE OR ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE WITH A PLAYER TRYING TO PLAY A BALL UNDER THE NET.

3. A PLAYER MAY NOT PLACE HIS/HER HAND OR BODY ON HIS SIDE OF THE NET WITH THE INTENT TO PREVENT THE BALL FROM REBOUNDING OUT OF THE NET. IT IS LEGAL IF THE BALL HITS INTO THE PLAYER WITHOUT THE PLAYER TRYING TO PREVENT THE BALL FROM REBOUNDING OUT OF THE NET.

4. CLOTHING IS NOT A NET, PROVIDED THE REFEREE IS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT ONLY THE SHIRT OR HAT WAS IN THE NET.

5. THE COMPLEX DIRECTOR WILL DETERMINES THE PLAYING AREA.

7. SERVING
1. THE BALL MAY BE SERVED FROM ANY POINT BEHIND THE END LINES AND BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE SIDELINES. THE SERVER MAY NOT STEP ON, UNDER, OR TOUCH THE END LINES IN ANY WAY, OR TOUCH THE PLAYING SURFACE UNTIL THE BALL IS CONTACTED. HE MAY NOT MOVE THE END LINES FORWARD DURING SERVICE, THEREBY REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE COURT. HOWEVER, HE MAY BREAK THE IMAGINARY PLANE OF THE END LINES AND OR SIDELINE, AND CONTACT THE BALL WHILE HIS BODY IS IN THE AIR PROVIDED THAT THE LAST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND WAS WITHIN THE LEGAL SERVICE AREA.

2. THE PLAYER MUST WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL'S SIGNAL BEFORE SERVING. (ONE WARNING, THEN SIDE OUT.)

3. AFTER THE OFFICIAL SIGNALS THE PLAYER TO SERVE, THE PLAYER HAS 5 SECONDS TO TOSS THE BALL FOR SERVE. (THE PLAYER MAY ASK THE OFFICIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO DRY OR CLEAN THE BALL.)
d. A PLAYER BLOCKING OR SPIKING A SERVE IS PROHIBITED.

4. ALL POINTS SCORED WHEN A SERVER SERVES OUT OF TURN ARE KEPT. LINE UP SHOULD BE REESTABLISHED AND A SIDE OUT GIVEN. EACH TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING ORDER, AS IS THE REFEREE.

5. THE SERVE IS THE ACT OF PUTTING THE BALL INTO PLAY BY A PLAYER WHO HITS THE BALL WITH HIS/HER HAND (OPEN OR CLOSED) OR ARM. (NOT HANDS, NOT ARMS, NOT FOOT, AND THE SERVER MUST TOSS THE BALL THAT HE SERVES.)

6. A SERVE MAY NOT BE RECEIVED WITH OPEN HANDS.

7. A SERVER MAY LET TO BALL DROP OR CAN CATCH THE FIRST TOSS; THE NEXT ATTEMPT MUST BE SERVED.
*i. IF THE SERVE CONTACT THE NET AND GOES OVER THE NET THE SERVE IS LEGAL.

8. BLOCK
1. THE BLOCK IS THE ATTEMPT BY A PLAYER OR PLAYERS TO INTERRUPT THE BALL BEFORE, AS, OR JUST AFTER IT CROSSES THE NET.

2. A PLAYER IS DETERMINED TO BE BLOCKING WHEN HE IS POSITIONED WITHIN AN ARM'S DISTANCE OF THE NET WITH HIS HAND OR HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD.

3. A BLOCKER MAY BLOCK ANY BALL THAT HAS PENETRATED THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET.

4. A BLOCKER MAY BLOCK A BALL ON THE OPPONENT'S SIDE OF THE COURT WHEN:
a. The attacking team has made its third contact.
b. Any time the attacking team has, in the referee's opinion, directed the ball into the opponent's court.
c. Any time the attacking team has made an unsuccessful attempt to attack the ball (i.e. a swing and a miss).
d. THE BLOCKER MAY DIRECT A BLOCKED BALL, BUT MAY THE BLOCKER CARRY NOT COME TO REST OR.
e. WHEN A BALL IS BLOCKED BACK INTO THE ATTACKING PLAYER, THE ATTACKER IS NOT SUBSEQUENTLY CONSIDERED A BLOCKER, AND HE MAY CONTACT THE BALL ONLY ONCE.
f. ANY SUSTAINED SIMULTANEOUS CONTACT OF THE BALL BY OPPOSING PLAYERS OVER THE NET IS PERMISSIBLE. (ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVES--no replay.)

5. A REPLAY OCCURS WHEN:
a. AN OBJECT ENTERS THE COURT AND THERE IS INTERFERENCE WITH PLAY.
b. A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR SERVING BEFORE THE OFFICIAL'S SIGNAL (ONE WARNING).
c. A PLAYER IS INJURED AND A TIME-OUT IS CALLED WHILE THE BALL IS IN PLAY. (IF POSSIBLE, WAIT TO CALL AN INJURY TIME OUT WHEN NEITHER TEAM HAS AN ADVANTAGE.) SAFETY OF A PLAYER IS THE FIRST PRIORITY!
d. AN INADVERTENT WHISTLE OCCURS.

G. VOLLEYBALL ETIQUETTE
1. A PLAYER MUST CALL HIS OWN NET.

2. A PLAYER MUST CALL HIS OWN TIPS AND TOUCHES.

3. PROFANITY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED (POINT AWARDED TO THE OTHER TEAM). ADDITIONAL PROFANITY WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE PLAYER.

4. A PLAYER MAY NOT OBSTRUCT THE VIEW, INTENTIONALLY OR UNINTENTIONALLY, OF A PLAYER RECEIVING THE SERVE. AT THE REQUEST OF THE PLAYER OR REFEREE, HE MUST MOVE TO GRANT A CLEAR VIEW OF THE SERVICE. TEAMS SHALL NOT USE THIS RULE WHEN THEIR VIEW IS NOT IMPAIRED (BRETZ RULE).

5. REFEREE CALLS ARE FINAL. CAPTAINS MAY NOT ARGUE A JUDGEMENT CALL, BUT MAY ASK TO HAVE A CALL CLARIFIED!!!!!!!

H. CONTINUATION
IF A VIOLATION OCCURS AFTER THE BALL HAS CONTACTED THE GROUND, BUT DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OR CONTINUATION OF THE PLAY, THE REFEREE WILL CALL THE FAULT. (I.E.. A PLAYER HITS A BALL WHICH CONTACTS THE OPPOSING TEAM COURT, AFTER WHICH HIS FORWARD MOMENTUM CARRIES HIM INTO THE NET). THE REFEREE WILL DETERMINE WHEN THE PLAY HAS ENDED.

I. ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS
1. ANYONE MAY PLAY (but only on one team per night).

2. ALL PLAYERS' NAMES MUST BE ON THE TEAM ROSTER (10 PLAYERS PER TEAM). TEAM ROSTERS ARE DUE BY THE THIRD WEEK.

3. A PLAYER MUST PARTICIPATE IN 2 FULL MATCHES TO BE ELIGIBLE IN THE PLAY-OFFS AND/OR FOR PRIZES.

4. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER MAY PLAY ON A CO-REC TEAM, YEAR ROUND.

5. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS MAY PLAY ONLY DURING THE SUMMER LEAGUE (NCAA RULE!).