6-on-6 Volleyball

Spring 2008
 Court
• Green lines on floor
 Players
• Players rotate clockwise
 Officials
• Referee = “Up Ref”
• Second Referee = “Down Ref”
• Line judges on opposite
corners
 Referee
• Head Official
• Responsible for ball play
• Has power to overrule
other officials
 Second
Referee
• Responsible for net play
• Should move to get best
view of play
• Should not “ball-watch”
 Line Judge
• Responsible for out of
bounds, ball contact,
and foot faults
 General Rules
• Rally Point Scoring will be used
• Games will be played up to 25
points
• You must win by 2 points
• If the lead is less than 2, the
game will continue until there
is a 2 point advantage
• The first team to win 2 out of 3
games wins the match
• A coin toss will decide first
service POINT SIGNAL
 General Rules
• 4 vs. 4 requires 3 players to
begin
• 6 vs. 6 requires 4 players to
start
• Co-Ed requires a female
player on the court at
all times END OF MATCH
SIGNAL
 Time Outs and Subs
• Teams get one time out per
game
• Give about 30 seconds

• Substitutions may enter at

any dead ball once they are
waved on by an official
SUBS SIGNAL
 Captain’s Meeting
• Should be administered by Referee

• Before every game, the officials will have a pre-game

conference with the captains

• Remind the captains of the basic rules and go over

any problem areas, such as foot faults

• Administer the coin toss and report the results to the

scorers table

• Ask if there are any questions and wish both teams

good luck
 Out of Bounds
• The Ball is out of bounds and becomes
dead when it:

• Touches the wall or ceiling

• Touches the floor

• Touches the net antennas, the net

outside the antennas, or does not pass
between the antennas when going
over the net

• Touches a non-player or one of the

referees
 Serve
• Server is the player in the back, right
position
• Ball will be hit with one hand, fist, or
arm while the ball is held or thrown by
the server
• Change from last year
• Must be completely behind the serving
area.
• Server is allowed one reserve during OK TO SERVE
their term of service
SIGNAL
• The ball may hit the net provided it
continues onto the opponents court
 Screening
• Players on the serving team can not
intentionally screen the opposing
team from seeing the serve

• Waiving arms

• Jumping

• Standing to Close to the Server

ILLEGAL
SCREEN
• Penalty — Point and Side Out SIGNAL
 Illegal Service
• A serve is illegal when the server:
• Hits the ball illegally
• Is touching the end line
• Is out of serving order
• Does not serve within 5 seconds
of whistle
• Attempts to use more than one
reserve Illegal Service
• Penalty — Point and Side Out Signal
 Service Faults
• A served ball becomes a service fault
when it:

• Touches the server’s teammates or

passes under the net

• Touches the ceiling, does not pass

through antennas, or lands out of
bounds

• When receiving team is out of position

and the ball is served illegally, the serving
team is penalized

• When the receiving team is out of Delay of Service

position and a service fault occurs, the
receiving team is penalized Signal
 Live and Dead Balls
• The ball becomes live the moment it
is legally served

• The ball is dead when:

• It is grounded
• It lands or becomes out of bounds
• Ball or PLAYER breaks the plane
of a non-playing area
Out of Bounds
• Player commits a foul
Signal
 Contacting The Ball
• Contact is any touch of the ball
by a player
• A hit is a contact that is counted
as one of the teams 3 allowable
plays before the ball is returned
to the other side
• The ball has crossed the net when
it is: completely over the net, is
partially over the net and is
contacted by an opponent, or no
part of the ball is over the net and
it is legally blocked
 Contacting The Ball

• Legal contact is a touch

of the ball by a player’s
body that does not allow
the ball to visibly come
to rest or involve
prolonged contact
• Joust — When two
opposing players make
contact with the ball
simultaneously causing
the ball to stop
 Contacting The Ball
• Multiple Contact:
• More than one contact by a
player during ONE ATTEMPT
at the ball.

• Simultaneous Contact:
Contact by teammates
simultaneously. Any player More than 3 Hits
may make the next hit. Signal
 Contacting The Ball
• Successive Contacts: Two or
more attempts at the ball by
the same player without the
ball being contacted by another
player
• Illegal

• Penalty for Illegal Contact —

Point and Side Out
 Net Play
• The ball may contact the net and play
will continue

• Players may not contact a ball that is

completely on the opponents side,
except for a legal block

• To call a foot fault, the guilty player

must have foot or hand COMPLETELY
over the line

• Net Foul — Any time a player contacts

the net, or another player, while the ball
is live, it is a penalty

• Exception — When the ball moves

the net into a player
 Blocking
• Blocking a ball that is entirely on the
opponent’s side of the net is legal as
long as the:
• Team has completed their attack
• Team directs the ball toward the
opponents side (referee’s judgment)
• Ball is falling near the net and no
member of the attacking team could
play the ball (referee’s judgment)
• A serve cannot be blocked
• The ball may be attacked as soon as it
is partially over the net (except on a
serve)
 Fouls
• Double Fouls — Occur when opposing
players commit violations at the same
time

• Double Hit — Successive or multiple

hits by one player

• Foot Fault — Player crosses completely

over the service or center line

• Penalties:

• Single Foul: Point and Side Out

• Live Ball, Double Foul: Replay

• Dead Ball, Double Foul: Both

penalties accessed Teams receive DOUBLE FOUL
points and rotate
SIGNAL
 Replays
• Replay is awarded when:
• An inadvertent official’s whistle interrupts play
• Player unintentionally serves before signaled to
• Live Ball, Double Foul occurs
• Conflicting calls that cannot be resolved
• Ball becomes dead in the net inside the antennas or an overhead
obstruction over playable area
• When a player is interfered with by any non-player in a playable area
• Foreign object enters the court (another ball or player from a different
court)
• Ball hits a backboard or supports in a vertical position AND the official
believes the ball would have been good