Volleyball Rules

Volleyball Rules

Scoring
All games will be rally point- which ever side wins the rally, wins the point regardless of which team was serving.
When a team fails to serve or return the ball over the net correctly to the opponent’s side, a fault is committed.
A fault is penalized by awarding a point to the other team. If the fault was made by the serving team, they lose the serve.
Games will be played to 25, no cap, a team must win by 2 points.

Serving Faults

The referee will blow the whistle and signal loss of service and award a point to the other team when one of the following occurs on the serve:
-ball passes under the net
-ball touches markers or passes outside them
-ball touches player of serving team or any object before entering opponents’court
-ball lands outside the limits (line) in opponents’ court
-if a player serves out of order- the team loses serve and points gained during such serving and the players must resume correct positions
-the team which receives the ball for service shall rotate clockwise before serving if the player serves before the whistle it is a reserve
-the serving zone is the whole area behind the end line with the server exempt from positional faults at the moment of the serve
-servers will only have one attempt (toss) to serve the ball
-servers have 8 seconds to serve

Faults on hitting the ball during play
Contacting the ball more than three successive times on one side before the ball goes to the opponents court
Individual players may not contact the ball twice in a row (exempt- after a block)
Ball may be hit with any part of the body.
If the ball rests momentarily in the hands or arms of a player, it is considered held- a fault- except when receiving a serve
Scooping, lifting, and pushing or carrying are holding faults.
If two players (opponents) contact the ball above the net at the same time, the player on the opposite side to where the ball goes is considered to have hit the ball last- other team can contact the ball three times.
Double Fault- two opponents commit a fault simultaneously – reserve
Double Hit- when the ball contacts player again after first contact. During the first hit, the ball may touch various parts of the body consecutively, provided that the contacts occur during one action. These contacts include overhand play with fingers.
A player may not block a serve.