Rules and Regulations

Cardinals Volleyball League

Jersey City, New Jersey

Coed Volleyball Rules/Regulations

All scheduled games are final

These Rules apply to 6 vs 6 COED

Vball Council Volleyball Rules will govern play, unless otherwise noted.

Team Captain Responsibilities

a) Read, review, and understand all rules and regulations. Ensure all players on your team

understand all rules and regulations.

b) Represent yourself and your teammates before, during, and after all games.

c) Ensure yourself and teammate display appropriate behavior at all games.

d) Ensure all players, including yourself, are eligible to participate.

e) All players must read, understand, and sign the Waiver form

f) Ensure that the team captain is the only person to address an official on matters of rule

interpretations or information.

Regulations - Players

a) Only currently registered players are allowed to participate in the

Cardinals volleyball league.

b) All players must read, understand, and sign the Waiver form.

c) NO participant may be listed or play on more than one team in the same sport.

d) Once a player signs up with a team, he/she is committed to that team for the duration

of the season.

e) Additions are not permitted during the season tournament.

Regulations – Equipment

a) Cardinals volleyball league will provide the official game ball for all contests.

b) Equipment representing possible hazards to all participants in a game will not be

permitted to be worn during a game. Hand, finger, wrist, forearm, or elbow guard, cast

or brace made of hard and unyielding leather, plastic, pliable plastic, plaster, metal, or

any other hard substance, even though covered with soft padding, shall always be

considered illegal. Knee braces shall be permitted if padded and so long as no metal is

exposed. Players may not wear jewelry or another other accessories of any kind.

Failure to remove any of this equipment when asked to do so, will result in that player

being suspended from further play until the equipment is removed.

c) Necklaces, bracelets, watches, rings, earrings, hats, etc. are prohibited. Glasses must

have shatterproof lenses and made of a durable material.

d) Flat rubber-soled court shoes are required No Street Shoes Allowed. Black-soled and

open-toed shoes are not permitted.

Regulations – Players, Forfeitures

a) All games will begin promptly.

b) A team with Six(6) players.

i) Must have a maximum of 4 males and minimum 2 female players (for intermediate

division) on the court at all times. Note that for 2011, the amateur/leisure division

will require a minimum of 3 female players and a maximum of 3 male players.

ii) There is no maximum limit for female players on the court at all times.

c) A team with five (5) players.

i) Must have a maximum of 4 males and minimum of 1 female player (for intermediate division)

or 2 female players (for amateur/leisure division) on the court at all times.

ii) There is no maximum limit for female players on the court at all times.

d) A team with four (4) players.

i) Must have a maximum of 3 males and 1 minimum female player on the court at all times.

ii) There is no maximum limit for female players

e) Any player that is bleeding must be removed from the game until bleeding is stopped.

Regulations – Game Control

a) In order to have game control it is crucial that only the team captain be allowed to

question rule interpretations made by game officials and staff.

b) It is an automatic yellow card for any player (including those on the bench) to

disrespectfully address an official, attempt to influence an official’s decision, use

profanity, or bait an opponent. The player or players who receive the yellow card will

sit out for the rest of the game in play.

c) Any player who receives two yellow cards will be ejected from the game and must

speak with Father Ralph to evaluate whether they will be eligible participate again.

d) Any player called for unsportsmanlike conduct or actions (not limited to fighting,

threatening to fight or verbal abuse, etc.) will be ejected from the game and the

opponent is awarded 1 point and service.

e) Any player ejected from the game must leave the gym within (1) minute or the game is

forfeited.

f) Show of sportsmanship : All teams must shake hands after each game.

game.

General – Game Play

a) Games are to begin promptly: Forfeit time is ten (10) minutes. If a team is not

prepared to begin the first game of a match, they shall have five (5) additional minutes

before forfeiting the second game and the match.

b) Time between games of a match will be a maximum of three minutes allowed. If a

team is not ready to play at this time, a team warning will be issued. If a second

warning occurs a delay of game will be issued and loss of serve and point awarded.

c) A team will be allowed 2 30 second timeouts per set.

d) League standings shall be determined by game winners, not match winners.

e) Matches will consist of the 3 sets. All sets will be Rally Scored

to 25 points. With an 1hr time maximum limit.

f) If hands are not together when making a two-handed hit, a double hit will be called.

However, a single-handed hit will be allowed as long as the ball is not carried.

g) In case of a block, the blocker may return the ball. The block is not considered a hit by

the blocker nor is it counted as one of three hits allowed on each side.

h) Maximum of 3 team hits: Each team is allowed a maximum of three successive hits

of the ball in order to return the ball to the opponent's playing area.

i) A spike is legal only if it is hit downward with one hand.

j) A blocker may block the ball over the net ONLY if the ball is traveling towards the net

and not parallel to or away from the net.

k) Free substitution will be allowed; however, when substituting a player he/she must be

inserted to the immediate left of the server. The only exception is when substituting

for an injured player.

l) Contact of ball with body: The ball may contact any part of the body above the waist

and will count as a hit.

m) The ball may also come in contact with one foot as long as the foot is in contact

with ground.

n) Play and the service: The serving of the ball must be hit with one hand (open or

closed) or any part of the arm while the ball is directly in the hand, dropped or tossed.

i) The server has five seconds after the official's whistle to serve.

ii) If the server elects not to hit the ball after releasing it for service, he/she may

catch the ball or allow it to drop to the ground and will be allowed a re-serve.

iii) If the ball is served before the official's whistle for service, a re-serve will be

directed. A second occasion during the same match by the same team results in loss of serve and a point awarded to the other team

o) Serving faults: A point and loss of serve will be awarded if any of the following

serving faults occur:

i) Ball passes under net.

ii) Ball touches an antenna or does not pass over the net completely between the

antennas or their indefinite extensions.

iii) Foot fault -The servers foot touches the court at the moment of the serve contact, or takeoff for a jump serve.

p) Serving: The ball may touch the net and go over as long as it’s between the vertical

extensions.

q) Screening the players of the serving team must not prevent the receiving player from

watching the server or trajectory of the ball. Screening is illegal and a fault, loss of

serve and point will be awarded to the other team.

r) Positions of players at service: At the time the ball is contacted for the serve, the

placement of players must conform to the service order.

i) In the front or back row, the center player may not be as near the right sideline

as the right player nor as near the left sideline as the left player. No back row

player may be as near the net as the corresponding front row player. After the

ball is contacted, players may move from their respective position.

ii) Before the start of a new game, the serving order may be changed.

s) All serves may be returned with a two-handed, one-handed bump or a set. A served

ball cannot be spiked returned. Serves cannot be blocked.

t) Play at the net: Ball crossing the net-to be legal, the ball must cross the net entirely

between the antennas or their assumed indefinite vertical extension.

u) Player contact with net: If a player contacts the net during play, with any part of the

body or uniform, other than hair, including that portion outside the antennas, it is a

fault.

i) If the ball is driven into the net with such force that it causes the net to contact a

player, such contact is not a fault.

v) Simultaneous contact by opponents: If opponents contact the net simultaneously, it

shall constitute a double fault resulting in a play over.

w) Crossing the centerline: Contacting the opponent's playing area with any part of the

body except the feet is a fault. Touching the opponent's playing area with a foot or feet

is not a fault providing that some part of the encroaching foot or feet remains on or

above the centerline.

x) General play: A front line player may play the ball any where on the court. A back

line player may not attempt to spike the ball or block when he/she is in front of the 10'

spiking line. Also, he/she may not play a ball, which is completely above the net. If a

back row player attempts the above, it is called a foot fault and loss of serve and point

awarded to opposing team. A back row player may attempt to spike a ball as long as

he/she takes off behind the 10' line. Back row players may never participate in a

block!