1. Rules and
Regulations!
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2. Play Area
• Indoor and outdoor courts both are 18m x 9mi. Indoor courts contain
an attack area formatted by a line 3m back from the center line.
Net Height
• Height for men or co-ed is 7' 11 5/8“ and for women net height is 7' 4 1/8“.
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3. The Game!
• There is a max of 3 hits per side.
• One player can’t hit the ball more than once in a session however, a
block is not considered a hit therefore after a block fails you can dig
it out of the net.
• Ball can be played off net.
• If a ball hits a boundary line it is considered in.
• If 2 or more players hit the ball together it is considered one play and
the players can’t take part in the next play.
• Switching positions is allowed only if it is done by front line players.
Sunnydelishgirl, “Volleyball Sunset in Laguna” December 23, 2004 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative.

4. • Rally scoring is mostly used.
• A point is scored on every play
• Offense scores from a defense miss or an out of bound hit.
• Defense can score from an offense miss, serve into the net, or out an
out of bound hit.
• The game goes to 25 points and you must win by 2.

5. Serving!
• The server has to serve from behind the serve line which is the end line.
• The ball has to be clearly visible to the opponents before the serve.
• Ball can either be served underhand or overhand.
• A served ball can graze the top of the net and land on the other side.
• You cannot block a serve.
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6. Rotation!
• Each time a team wins a serve there is a rotation.
• Rotation is done in a clockwise method.
• There is 4 to 6 players on each side.
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7. • Stepping on/over the line on a serve.
• Not serving the ball over the net.
• Carrying, palming, throwing the ball.
• Touching the net with any part of the body while the ball is in play.
• Reaching over the net unless it’s to execute a follow-through or
blocking the ball when its being passed over.
• Reaching under the net.
• Not serving in the correct order.
• If a back row player (player behind the 10ft line) blocks or attacks the
ball while being in front of the 10ft line.
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8. Volleyball Lingo!
Badruddeen, “Sunset Beach Volleyball” July 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative commons Attribution No Derivative.

9. ACE
• When the ball is served and the other team
touches it no more than once.
David Spinks, “Snow Volleyball” December 20, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

10. SIDEOUT
• When the team that served the ball makes a
mistake making it the other teams ball.
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11. ROOF
• When a player jumps over the height of the
net and successfully blocks the ball.

12. STUFF
• When a player blocks the ball and the ball
goes back to the player that attacked the ball.
Mathew Cachia, “Volleyball!” September 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial.

13. DIG
• When a player saves the ball from a hard
spike.

14. KILL
• When a player attacks the ball and makes a
point from it.
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