Indoor Rules

Chapter One — Facilities and Equipment

Rule 1 — Playing Area

Rule 2 — Net and Posts

Rule 3 — Balls

Chapter Two — Participants

Rule 4 — Teams

Rule 5 — Team Leaders

Chapter Three — Playing Format

Rule 6 — To Score and Win

Rule 7 — Structure of Play

Chapter Four — Playing Actions

Rule 8 — States of Play

Rule 9 — Playing the Ball

Rule 10 — Ball at the Net

Rule 11 — Player at the Net

Rule 12 — Service

Rule 13 — Attack Hit

Rule 14 — Block

Chapter Five — Interruptions, Delays, and Intervals

Rule 15 — Interruptions

Rule 16 — Game Delays

Rule 17 — Exceptional Game Delays

Rule 18 — Intervals and Change of Courts

Chapter Six — The Libero Player

Rule 19 — The Libero Player

Chapter Seven — Participants' Conduct

Rule 20 — Requirements of Conduct

Rule 21 — Misconduct and Its Sanctions

Chapter Eight — Referees

Rule 22 — Refereeing Team and Procedures

Rule 23 — First Referee

Rule 24 —  Second Referee

Rule 25 —  Challenge Referee

Rule 26 — Reserve Referee

Rule 27 — Scorer

Rule 28 — Assistant Scorer

Rule 29 — Line Judges

Rule 30 — Official Signals

Rule 31 — Volleyball Canada Blood Policy

Rule 32 — Volleyball Canada Concussion Policy

Diagrams

Diagram 1a: COMPETITION AREA / AIRE DE COMPÉTITION

Diagram 1b: THE PLAYING AREA / L’AIRE DE JEU

Diagram 2: THE PLAYING COURT / LE TERRAIN DE JEU

Diagram 3: DESIGN OF THE NET / CARACTÉRISTIQUES DU FILET

Diagram 4: POSITION OF PLAYERS /  POSITION DES JOUEURS

Diagram 5a: BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT COURT / BALLON TRAVERSANT LE PLAN VERTICAL DU FILET EN DIRECTION DU CAMP ADVERSE

Diagram 5b: BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT FREE ZONE / BALLON TRAVERSANT LE PLAN VERTICAL DU FILET EN DIRECTION DE LA ZONE LIBRE ADVERSE

Diagram 6: COLLECTIVE SCREEN / ÉCRAN COLLECTIF

Diagram 7: COMPLETED BLOCK / CONTRE EFFECTIF

Diagram 8: BACK ROW PLAYER’S ATTACK / ATTAQUE D’UN ARRIÈRE

Diagram 9: WARNINGS AND SANCTIONS SCALES AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES / AVERTISSEMENT ET ÉCHELLE DES SANCTIONS ET LEURS CONSÉQUENCES

Diagram 10: LOCATION OF THE REFEREEING CORPS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS EMPLACEMENT DU CORPS ARBITRAL ET DE LEURS ASSISTANTS

Diagram 11: REFEREES’ OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS / GESTES OFFICIELS DES ARBITRES

Diagram 12: LINE JUDGES’ OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS / GESTES OFFICIELS DES JUGES DE LIGNE

Diagram 13: HOW TO CHECK THE DIMENSIONS OF THE COURT /  COMMENT VÉRIFIER LES DIMENSIONS DU TERRAIN