NEW 4’s RULE Summer 2018!! You can not Volley or Set a ball over the net. Any ball that is volleyed and travels over the net is a dead ball and the point is awarded to the other team. Any questions please contact Katie Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm.
| SPIKE’S “Competitive” 4’s “B-Level”-League Rules | ||
| Note | Do the following rules override anything that may be told to you by a SPIKE’S staff member? | Yes |
| Note | Is it the players responsibility to read all rules carefully and follow such rules? | Yes |
| Note | Captains are responsible for recording and verifying scores on scoresheets | Yes |
| Note | Any player who participates in a reckless manor runs the risk of suspension from game by Spike’s staff if the staff believe | Yes |
| they could cause injury/damage to themselves/someone else/or the facility, one warning may or may not be given | ||
| Blocking | Can a player block a serve? | No |
| Attacking | Can a player attack a serve? | No |
| Blocking | 1)Can a player break his wrists when contacting a ball on a block | No |
| Blocking | 2)On defense, can a defender reach over the net and contact a ball before the attacker? | No |
| Blocking | Note: While blocking, your arms can move anyway they want as long as you follow 1, and 2 above | |
| Default | Number of players needed to avoid default | 3 |
| Default | For coed leagues, can we play with 3 females and 1 male. | Yes |
| Default | For coed leagues, can we play with 3 males and 1 female? | No |
| Default | For coed leagues, can we play with 2 males and 1 female? | Yes |
| Lifts | Do players call “lifts” tight? | Yes |
| Net Infrac. | Can a player reach over the net and touch a ball on the other teams side of the net? | No |
| Net Infrac. | Can A Player Go under or Touch the Net During Play? | No |
| Passing | Can a player “pass” a ball that is not hard driven using an “open hand” pass? | Yes |
| Players | Maximum number of players on the court | 4 |
| Eligibility | If you play in the “A” leagues are you generally an “A” player? | Yes* |
| * But league organizer can override this if player in question is not truly an “A” player. (Anyone can join an “A” league) | ||
| Playoffs | How many games must a player play for our team during the regular season before they are eligible for playoffs? | 6 |
| Rosters | Do all players’ names and signatures have to appear on the team roster | Yes |
| Rosters | Must they appear on the roster from the beginning of the season | No* |
| * You can add players throughout the regular season but must have them on your roster before they play with you. | ||
| Screening | Can you screen? | No |
| Screening | If you ask a player to move because he/she is screening, do they have to move? | Yes |
| Serving | Does a serve hitting/touching the net and landing fair count for the serving team? | Yes |
| Serving | Are jump serves allowed and are servers allowed one ball toss only? | Yes |
| Serving | Servers rotate after 5 serves | No |
| Serving | Players must maintain service rotation, but players do not have to rotate position | Yes |
| Serving | You may serve anywhere along the back line within the sidelines | Yes |
| Setting | Can a player “set” a ball using an “open hand” pass that is not hard driven? | Yes |
| Setting | Does the defense have to play a set that travels over net and will land inbounds? | NO |
| Any ball that is volleyed and travels over the net is a dead ball and the point is awarded to the other team | ||
| Setting | Do players call “sets” tight? | * |
| *-Not as tight as “A” leagues but obvious double hits must be called. | ||
| Volley/Setting | Can you jump in the air and set a ball while your feet are off the ground? | Yes |
| Jump Set | If you jump in the air,set a ball and the ball goes over the net,is that allowed? | No |
| Volleys | Can You Volley a Serve or a ball crossing the net that is not hard driven? | Yes |
| NEW 2018 Volleys | Can you volley or set a ball over the net | No |
| *ANY BALL that is set and travels over the net is dead and the point goes to the other team. | ||
| *It does not matter when the volley happens. | ||
| Volleys | For balls volleyed that do not cross the net, squareness to shoulders and planting feet are not relevant | |
| Spares | Can a player or spare play in the same night for another team whether it is in our league or a different league? | No |
| Spares | Can our spares play on our team and on a different team that plays on a different night? | Yes |
| Spares | Do we have to sign all spares at the beginning of the season? | No |
| Spares | Can we add a spare to our roster just before game time? | Yes |
| Subbing in players | Some players play with an extra player that subs in. A Legal substitution during a game is as follows. | |
| during the game. | 1) Two players sub in and out for each other for an entire game. The remaining 3 players are on for the entire game. | |
| 2) The whole team subs in and out individually after the serve. | ||
| In the event of an injury substitution, the injured player cannot return for the remainder of the existing game. | ||
| No extra players | If there is no one to sub in, an injured player can return to the game in their same rotation when they are able. | |
| No extra players | They can only take themselves out of the game once. The 2nd time will result in the person sitting for the rest of the game. | |
| Antennas | The wooden dowels on the nets act as the antenna. If a ball hits the wooden dowel (antenna) or travels outside the imaginary | |
| line created by the wooden dowel (antenna) the ball is out of bounds. | ||
| Tipping | Tipping Allowed? | No |
| The Buzzer | Once the buzzer sounds, if a ball is in play finish the play. If one team is winning at the end of that play they are the winner of the game | |
| If the score is tied after that play, one more serve (and only 1 more serve) is required to determine a winner because there can be no tie games. | ||