*NEW* Rosters & Waivers Required *NEW*

All players must be listed on the team roster AND must accept & sign the online waiver to be allowed to play.  Once listed on the roster, all players can log in to sign the waiver at link coming soon

Sportsmanship 

Being competitive on the court is applauded & encouraged in all of our leagues! It is also important to understand that there is a fine line between being competitive & being unsportsmanlike. All players and referees should treat one another with respect on the court & after the game. Everyone has to go to work tomorrow, so please keep safety & sportsmanship in mind out there!

Scoring

Regular season games consist of three games played to 19 with a cap at 21. Each game counts separately in the standings, so all three games will be played regardless of the outcome of the first two. Rally scoring is used, meaning that a point is awarded after each rally. All matches have an allotted amount of time of 40 minutes to play all three games. Warm-up time is included within the 40 minutes, so be sure to warm up as much as possible before the actual start time. If, prior to the third game time won’t allow for a complete third game, we may inform the teams that the game will be played to 15. Playoff games are double elimination winner bracters games are played to 19 witht a cap at 21. Loser Bracet game to 15 cap at 17. 

Beginning of the Game

The team listed first can choose to serve, receive, or pick a side to play on. The second team listed then picks the remaining choice. Prior to the second game, teams will switch sides and the serving team from game one will receive and vice versa. Prior to the third game, teams will switch sides again returning to the original serving team. For time saving purposes, no coin flip will be conducted before the third game.

Team Size

Coed 6’s – Each team consists of six players on the court at a time, with a maximum of three males on the court at a time. A team may play with a minimum of four players and a minimum of two females. If a team has fewer than these minimums, the game will be forfeited.

Mens/ Womens 4’s – Each team consists of four players on the court at a time. A team may play with a minimum of two players. If a team has fewer than three players, the game will be forfeited.

General Rules

• Whenever Elite Sportsplex rules don’t address an issue, USA Volleyball rules will be used as a default set of rules. Click here for USA Volleyball Rulebook.
• Each team has one timeout per game that they may choose to use (thirty seconds in length).
• Let serves (serves that contact the net and then cross to the receiving side) count as legal serves
• A double contact by the same player while making one attempt to play the ball is allowed on the first contact on a side. This applies each time the ball crosses the net to the other side.
• There are no male/female attacking rules in coed leagues
• A block does not count as one of a team’s three contacts.
• A player may not block a serve or attack a serve above the plane of the net.
• No player may touch the net during a play, unless the ball or an opposing player causes the contact with the net. Player contact with the net in a manner not directly relating to or affecting the course of play is NOT a violation.
• Players may reach over the net to block any attack or attempt to play the ball over the net. Other contacts can be played only once they cross into the plane of the net.
• If games are being played on adjacent courts, players may not cross into another court. If a player crosses into an adjacent court either before, during, or after playing a ball, he or she will be called out of bounds with the point awarded to the other team.
• Subbing is allowed in between points. All subs must be made in a consistent manner throughout a game. Traditional subbing rules will not be followed, as long as the team does not gain an unfair advantage from a type of substitution. 
• Players are responisble to look for and call the following faults:

Carry/lift, double contact, 4 contacts, foot fault (on serve), out of bounds, back row attack, net violation, center line violation, over the net (roofing)

Specific Rules

Coed 6’s – Players must rotate clockwise through each rotation. Open hand tipping is allowed. There are no restrictions on the direction you must face when setting the ball over the net.

If a 6’s team has 4 or 5 players, no ghost rule will be used. If the team has 4 players, two players must be back row players at all times, with normal rotation being used. If a team has 5 players, they rotate through the five rotations normally with three players in the front row and two in the backrow.

Mens/Women's 4’s – There are no restrictions on the amount of players allowed to attack the ball in the front row. No open hand tipping is allowed. Players may NOT set the ball over the net. Teams do not have to rotate in 4's games other than keeping the correct serving order.

Forfeits

Please try not to Forfeit!! Find Subs!!! Teams will forfeit one game every ten minutes past the designated start time that they do not have the legal amount of players. If ZERO players from a team are present after fifteen minutes, the team will forfeit all three games. All teams consenting to play a legal game with their opponents having less than the allowed minimum waive their right to a forfeit win. Teams are allowed to pick up players during the regular season in order to field a full team. Substitutes from other teams will not be allowed during playoffs unless both teams agree upon it. There are no protests once a match begins. All issues of player eligibility must be addressed with the director before the match starts.

If your team forfeits a match during the season, the following rules apply:

First Offense:            Loss of three games and warning issued.

Second Offense:      Loss of three games and staff reserves the right to remove team from playoffs with no refund for games not played.

Third Offense:          Automatic removal from the league with no refund for games not played.

If you know in advance that your team will be forfeiting a match, we encourage you to call our office so we can let your opponent know that you won’t be showing up.

Waivers

In order to participate in the league, each participant must sign the team waiver. Waivers are provided and must be completed and handed in no later than the second night of play. Players not present the first week of play will still be required to sign a waiver with our staff before participating. Players must play in a minimum of one regular season games to be eligible for playoffs.

Playoff Information

All teams make the playoffs. Teams will be seeded based on the following criteria:

1)         Game record is used to determine place in standings and will be used to determine playoff seeding.

2)         If two teams are tied in game record:

a.         Head to head result(s) (matches first, then games)

b.         Least number of forfeits

c.         Overall match record

d.         Combined winning % of opponents

e.         Earliest sign up date/time

3)         If three or more teams are tied in game record:

            a.         Head to head game record versus all tied teams

            b.         Head to head match record versus all tied teams

            c.         Least number of forfeits

            d.         Combined winning % of opponents

            e.         Earliest sign up date/time

Playoffs

All leagues that have 12 or more teams will be split into a Flight A & Flight B Playoff Bracket.  At the end of the season all captains are responsible for confirming their team’s end of season team record.  Once playoff brackets are posted and playoff games are played the tournament seeding will not be changed.  If there is an incorrect score posted for your team, the captain is responsible for notifying the league office prior to the playoffs being played.

 COVID- 19 Protocols

1.  Perform a self-health check prior to leaving home which includes answering the Health Status Questions and performing a temperature check.  If you fail to answer no to all questions or have a temperature of 100.4 or higher, STAY HOME. 

2. All athletes must complete the updated COVID-19 Responsibility and Release Agreement/ Waiver before participating in any activities at our facilities. An online waiver is highly encouraged over a paper copy. The link for athletes to fill out is coming soon!

3. All athletes and coaches must check in at the table prior to entering the building.  They must have filled out our updated COVID-19 Responsibility and Release Agreement/ Waiver and sanitized their hands before starting the session. 

4. We will have a safe and fast check-in line starting at our entrance.  This is where athletes will be checked into their session, their temperature will be taken and they will be asked a few health related questions (see Health Status Questions).  If participant's temperature is 100.4 or over, they must wait 3-4 minutes and be tested again to see if reading is consistent. If their temperature reads 100.4 or over more than once, the member will be sent home. Additionally, if any athlete, coach or staff member fails to answer the health related questions correctly, they will not be allowed into the facility.  After temperature is checked, questions are answered correctly and you are cleared, we ask that you clean/sanitize your hands and head to the desicnated court.

Health Status Questions

All staff, visitors, athletes and parents must answer the daily, self-evaluation health screen questions (including recording of temperature on the sign in sheet).  The health screen questions include the following and will state that if the answer is ‘yes’ to any of the following questions, the individual will not be permitted into the facility:

1. Do you have a fever of 100.4 or above?  

2. Have you been con?rmed positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days?

3. Are you currently experiencing or have you recently experienced any COVID-19 symptoms?

4. Have you been in close contact with any individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days?

5. Have you been in close contact with any individual who has traveled internationally or domestically and are exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms within the last 14 days?

RECORD KEEPING

If a confirmed case of COVID-19 is reported, the company will determine if and how it needs to be recorded and reported.  We will work with the local health department to ensure that all necessary parties are contacted and confidentiality is maintained to the extent practical under the circumstances.  If an employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19, the company will conduct an assessment of any workplace exposure to determine if the case is work-related.  Immediate and thorough cleaning and disinfecting protocols will be enacted.

CONFIDENTIALITY / PRIVACY

Except for circumstances in which Elite Sportsplex is legally required to report workplace occurrences of communicable disease, the confidentiality of all medical conditions will be maintained in accordance with the applicable law and to the extent practical under the circumstances. When it is required, the number of persons who will be informed that an unnamed employee has tested positive will be kept to the minimum needed to comply with reporting requirements and to limit the potential for transmission to others. The company reserves the right to inform other employees and customers that an unnamed employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19 if the others might have been exposed to the virus so the others may take measures to protect their own health.