06/01/2026
🚨2026 VOLLEYBALL RULES 🚨
NO OUTSIDE DRINKS OR BEVERAGES WILL BE TOLERATED. If you are found to be bringing in outside food or beverages-your team will be DISQUALIFIED for the season. This is non negotiable. This is a safety risk to our business and will absolutely not be tolerated this year. While we want nothing more than for everyone to enjoy themselves and have a great time we also have rules and regulations we must abide to.
1. ABSOLUTLEY NO outside food or drink is allowed. This includes water bottles. Water and other hydrating beverages are provided at the bar. If any member of a team is caught bringing in any alcohol the whole team will be disqualified for the season. Repeated violations will result in disqualifying of the team with no refunds.
2. Four players must be present to start a match. Players may be inserted into the lineup upon arrival.
Player combinations allowed are:
6 players: 3 men and 3 women
5 players: 3 men and 2 women or 3 women and 2 men
4 players: 2 men and 2 women
*In all cases, there can never be a difference greater than one between the number of males and females per team on the court at one time.
3. Matches will be self-officiated. All participants are expected to know the rules of the sport.
4. The winning team of a pre-match volley will serve first in the first set and choose its playing side. At the conclusion of the first set, the teams will switch playing sides and the team which did not serve first in set one will serve first in set two.
5. Match format will be best 2-out-of-3 sets. Sets one and two shall be played to 25 points, rally scoring, with a cap at 30 points. Set three shall be played to 15 points, with a cap at 20. Sets must be won by two points, unless the set reaches its cap (Example: a team could win by the score of 30-29). Before the beginning of the third set, the teams will volley for the choice of team service and side of play.
6. If the first two sets are won by the same team a third set may be played for fun if time allows it. If a team wins all three sets and they record their score to the bar a free pitcher ticket will be awarded to that team. The ticket will be available to that team the following week, and a pitcher of domestic beer of their choice will be free.
7. The Serve: The server shall stand with both feet behind the rear boundary line. There are no restrictions as to how the ball may be served except that it must be clearly hit, not thrown or pushed. Side out is declared when a served ball hits the net and does not pass over. A ball that contacts the net and continues over constitutes a LEGAL serve.
8. Any player may contact the ball with any body part, above or below the waist. This includes kicking the volleyball.
9. A ball touching any part of the boundary line is in.
10. It is permissible to run out-of-bounds to play a ball.
11. Players are not permitted to scoop, hold, or throw the ball. The ball must not visibly come to rest on the player's hands, fingers, or any other part of the body.
12. A player shall not make successive contacts of the ball unless he/she has blocked a spike at the net. One person may play the ball twice during a volley but not twice in succession.
13. A ball, other than a serve, may be recovered from the net provided the player avoids contact with the net and does not catch or hold the ball.
14. Contact of the ball during blocking action does not count as one of the three team hits.
15. There ARE gender restrictions for multiple contacts of the ball. Males cannot complete all three contacts. A female must complete one of the three contacts before the ball crosses the net in any given rally. If only males contact the ball in a rally, the other team is awarded the point.
16. The ball must always be returned over the net by the third contact, unless a block is the initial contact in which case the ball must be returned by the fourth contact.
-Blocking: A successful block is accomplished when either the ball rebounds off the hands of the blocker and directly back into the opponent's court, or deflects off the hands in such a way that the blocker's team may play the ball. An attempt to block does not constitute a block unless the ball is contacted during an attempt. The team which has attempted a block shall have the right to three more contacts with the ball in order to return it to the opponent's side. When the ball, after having touched the top of the net and the opponent's block, returns to the attacker's side, the team then has the right of three more contacts in order to return the ball to the opponent's side.
17. Net Play: A player may reach under the net as long as he/she does not interfere with an opponent's attempt to play the ball. A player may reach over the net to complete a spike which was begun on the player's own side of the net. A player may never touch the net. A player may reach over the net to block, but not to interfere with the opposing team's play.
18. Blocking and spiking the ball on the serve is illegal.
19. All matches will start at their designated times. There is a 10-minute grace period until a forfeit is declared. Team Captian & bar staff will declare a contest a forfeit and have the discretion to amend the 10-minute forfeit time rule in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
