Volleyball Rules
C.F.C.A.L Volleyball Rules
Court: The playing area is 60’ x 30’ with a dividing line marking each team’s area as 30’ x
30’.
Posts (Standard and Net Height): Posts and standards are to be totally outside
the sidelines. The height of the net will be 7’4 ½”. It is required
that posts and the referee stand are covered with padding in order for a match
to take place.
Sideout: When the receiving team wins the rally, it gains the right to serve and rotates
clockwise. In rally scoring, a point is awarded.
Substitutions: A player in the starting line-up may leave a game and re-enter, but only to
his/her previous position in the line-up. A substitute may enter into the game
in the position of a teammate of the starting line-up but then in only that
position throughout that game. Girls sub for girls and boys sub for boys when
the substitution takes place in the serving position. There are 18
substitutions allowed in a game.
Procedure of Substitution: The coach will call for a substitution during a
dead ball. The referee will acknowledge. The players trading places stand
facing each other at the sideline with one palm together with the other player.
The referee will record the change, and then the substitute will take his/her
position.
Uniforms: All players will be required to wear a jersey or shirt with a readily
identifiable number on it. If using a libero, their shirt must be a distinctly
different color than the rest of the players on the team. A different libero
can be designated in each game but must have a different shirt also. Any
visible undergarment must be the same color as the main color of the uniform
top.
Number & Gender of Players: Both junior varsity and varsity teams will consist of a
co-ed team with six players on the court (THREE of which must be girls). All
remaining players must sit on the bench during the game.
Game Rules:
Court: The playing area is 60’ x 30’ with a dividing line marking each team’s area as 30’ x
30’.
Posts (Standard and Net Height): Posts and standards are to be totally outside
the sidelines. The height of the net will be 7’4 ½”. It is required
that posts and the referee stand are covered with padding in order for a match
to take place.
Sideout: When the receiving team wins the rally, it gains the right to serve and rotates
clockwise. In rally scoring, a point is awarded.
Substitutions: A player in the starting line-up may leave a game and re-enter, but only to
his/her previous position in the line-up. A substitute may enter into the game
in the position of a teammate of the starting line-up but then in only that
position throughout that game. Girls sub for girls and boys sub for boys when
the substitution takes place in the serving position. There are 18
substitutions allowed in a game.
Procedure of Substitution: The coach will call for a substitution during a
dead ball. The referee will acknowledge. The players trading places stand
facing each other at the sideline with one palm together with the other player.
The referee will record the change, and then the substitute will take his/her
position.
Uniforms: All players will be required to wear a jersey or shirt with a readily
identifiable number on it. If using a libero, their shirt must be a distinctly
different color than the rest of the players on the team. A different libero
can be designated in each game but must have a different shirt also. Any
visible undergarment must be the same color as the main color of the uniform
top.
Number & Gender of Players: Both junior varsity and varsity teams will consist of a
co-ed team with six players on the court (THREE of which must be girls). All
remaining players must sit on the bench during the game.
Game Rules:
- The ball must be served by the right back from behind the designated line
and may be hit in any manner with one hand. The Elementary & (some) JV players will have
the option to serve at a line 10’ closer to the net. The Varsity players will serve behind the end line and may not step on or
over it before contact. - The match will be determined by a coin toss. Game 2 will be started by the team that did not serve first in the
1st game after switching sides of the court. The home team will
choose their bench before the pregame. - When the game begins and the receiving team earns the sideout point, the team must rotate before their first
server begins serving. - SERVING - - When serving, a player may toss the ball and not attempt a serve or make contact with the ball if the server deems the toss as a bad toss. The ball must fall back to the ground before a second toss is made. In the event of a bad toss, a second toss is allowed and must be followed by a completed service attempt. There are no second serves.
- It is a foul for players to touch the net during play. Loose hair is not considered a foul.
- A served ball may not be attacked or blocked.
- The ball may be played only three times by one team in a volley, and a player may not play it twice in succession,
but may play it twice if it is played by a teammate in between. A block is not
considered as one of the three allowable hits. - If a ball touches a player or a player touches a ball he is considered to have played the ball.
- When two opponents simultaneously hit the ball out of bounds or touch the net at the same time, the point is
replayed due to the double foul. - Balls may be played with any part of the body.
- A ball being spiked must be in the plain of the net, but you may follow through over the net (but not touching the
net). - Rally scoring:
- 2 out of 3 games
- 25 point games (no
cap) - 15 point deciding game (no
cap) - Included – let serve then play
on - 2 time outs per game, 60 seconds
in length
- A player may touch the floor across the center-line with 1 or both feet/hands/provided a part of feet/hands
remain on or above the center-line. Contacting the floor across the center-line
with any other body part is illegal. - A back row player may not participate in a block, attack the ball that is above the height of the net
while in front of the attack line or when leaving the floor in front of the
attack line. - All non-playing members and assistant coach shall be seated on the bench throughout the match. The head
coach may stand and coach in the libero replacement zone if 6 feet or more away
from the sideline. If yellow carded, then the head coach must sit the remainder
of the match. (Exception: When coach stands to ask for substitute or time-out,
during a time-out, or coach compliments their team’s play.) - At the end of the game, players should move to their benches when the R1 signals end of game.
- Multiple contacts (more than one contact by a player during one attempt to play the ball) are permitted only on
any first team hit whether or not the ball is touched by the block. - No jewelry may be worn during the match or warm ups.
The volleyball officials need an adult able to keep a score sheet. Rotation rule will be used, so the team that
receives the first serve will rotate before it serves for the first time. A
libero tracker must be provided by the home team if either team has a libero.
Correct rotation is clockwise. Please remind officials before the game that if subbing the server, it must be
for the same gender in CFCAL. Game balls must be official weight and size and
may be three colors as long as one of the colors is white.
Payment for officials is: $20 per team (If you have a JV and Varsity, it will $20 for each game so a total of $40)