City of Brea Community Center 714.990.7101 To: Volleyball Managers From: Billy Hutchinson, Adult Sports Specialist Phone #: 714.990.7171 Email: BillyH@cityofbrea.net Subject: Winter 2019 Adult Coed Volleyball League Class #7802 In this packet you will find the league application, roster forms, league rules and regulations, along with important dates. League entry fee is $300 plus a $20 forfeit fee. Each team is responsible for weekly official s fees of $10 cash. League fees and page 5 of the registration packet are both due at time of registration. Complete team rosters are due at or before the Evaluation game. League play is on Tuesday nights at the Brea Community Center. Game start times range between 6:00-9:00pm depending on number of teams in the league. League play may consist of 10 or 11 games depending on the number of divisions in the league. League officials reserve the right to move teams to another league based on level of play. Priority registration will begin October 23, 2018 for teams previously in the league. Open registration will begin November 6, 2018 and continue until the league fills. Evaluation night is November 27, 2018. League play will begin December 4, 2018 Be sure your team is not excluded by your failure to register early as registration is on first-come, first-served basis and will be based on the league entry priorities. Two Easy Ways to Register: Mail your complete registration to: Come by the Community Center: Mail-In or Walk-In City of Brea, Attn: Billy Hutchinson 1 Civic Center Circle Brea, CA 92821-5732 695 East Madison Way, Brea Monday-Friday, 6am-10pm Saturday, 7am-4:30pm Sunday, 7am-4:30pm Class #7802 1
City of Brea Adult Coed Volleyball Registration, Roster, and Sportsmanship Registration 1. League and Registration Fees: a. $300 league fee, plus $20 forfeit fee. b. Payable by cash, check, credit card, or money order written out to the City of Brea. c. $10 cash per team weekly official s fee (given to the official at start of match) 2. Rosters: a. MUST be complete with names, addresses, phone numbers and signatures of all players. 3. If you are turning in your registration packet while I am not in the office, please have the front counter write the date and time on the packet before they drop it in the safe. This is much appreciated. Roster Information 1. Rosters are limited to 11 players. 2. Rosters must include the player s name, address, zip code, phone number, age, T-shirt size, and signature. 3. Players must be a minimum of 18 years of age. 4. Members of high school, community college, or college teams should check with their school/coach to research their eligibility status for the league. 5. Any player found playing under an assumed name or address will be suspended for the season and any games he/she participated in will be forfeited. Failure to provide proper identification will result in suspension from the game. If he/she has already participated in the game, the game will be declared a forfeit. 6. Each team will be permitted to add/drop players from their roster during the first four weeks of the season. 7. An individual player may substitute in a division above or below your teams division, but will not be allowed to play up 2 divisions or down 2 divisions. Please note, you may only be on ONE other roster than your original team. The player must be added on to the roster properly (see roster rules 1 and 6). A bronze player may sub for (1) team in the silver league. It is not permissible for a bronze player to sub in the gold division. A silver player may sub for (1) team in either the bronze or gold division. A gold player may sub for (1) team in the silver division. It is not permissible for a gold player to sub in the bronze division. 2
Sportsmanship 1. The official is in charge of the game. Any unsportsmanlike conduct by the players or fans may result in: a warning, awarding a point or side-out, suspension from the match, suspension or expulsion from the league, or immediate suspension from the facility. 2. All managers are responsible for the conduct of their players and fans. Managers must assist in keeping the game conducted in an orderly manner. 3. Anyone that is ejected from the game must leave the gym immediately. Failure to leave the gym within five minutes of ejection will result in automatic forfeit. 4. Unsportsmanlike Conduct In cases of unsportsmanlike conduct the following steps will be taken by the official: Any player displaying unsportsmanlike conduct verbal warning will be given to both player and team manager. Yellow Card A second display of unsportsmanlike conduct will result in a yellow card. Red Card - A third offense will cause the player to be ejected from the game. Please note, a single serious offense will be signaled with an immediate ejection (official s discretion) from the entire match and must immediately leave the gym. 5. Any player or coach who is ejected from a game is automatically ineligible for the team s next game. If the team manager is ejected, the match will be forfeited. All ejections will result in suspension from the next scheduled game and facility. City of Brea Adult Coed Volleyball Rules Rules are based on the National Federation of State High School Rules Book with the addition of applicable coed rules from the United States Volleyball Rules Book for rotation, contact play, and back row blocker and City League Rules or special boundary rules applicable to facilities. Team Players 1. A team shall consist of six players, three of which must be females. Teams may play a game with more than three females, but never with more than three males. Example: Two males and four females. A team may play with five players without a forfeit using any three-two combination. Example: Three males and two females, or three females and two males. 2. Serving order and position on the floor must be an alternation of men and women. 3. Substitutions may only be made for a person of the same sex. Example: Male for male, female for female. 4. If a team has only five players, the ghost rule will not be enforced any time. The team with five will keep rotating serve as if they had 6 players. Game Format 1. Game time is as scheduled. 3
If less than five players are present at five minutes past game time, the first game will be forfeited. If after 15 minutes past game time five players are not present, the second game will be forfeited. If after 20 minutes past game time five players are not present, the match game will be forfeited. 2. The first two games are played to 25 points using rally point scoring. When rally scoring is used, every service results in a point. If the serving team wins the rally, it receives a point and continues to serve. If the receiving team wins the rally, it receives a point and the ball for service. A team must win by two points with a cap of 30. A match consists of three games or one hour of running time play. 3. The third game will be played with rally point scoring to 15 points. 4. Each team is allowed two 30-second timeouts. Timeouts may not be called during the last two minutes of the game. The Serve 1. The serving order and positions on the court at service shall be male and female alternated or vice-versa. 2. The first server of the game for each team is the right back position. 3. The server may serve anywhere laterally from behind the end line. 4. The serve commences with the official s whistle. A reserve shall be called and re-whistled when the server releases the ball then catches it or drops it to the floor. 5. The serve may be received with an overhead pass (setting action). Contacting the Ball 1. A team shall not have more than three contacts before the ball crosses the net. 2. When the ball is played more than once by a team, a female player shall make at least one of the contacts. 3. When the team s first contact is a block, the next contact is considered the team s first hit. 4. Legal contact is a touch of the ball by the player s body above and including the waist which does not allow the ball to visibly come to rest or involve prolonged contact with a player s body. Player Actions 1. Front row players may contact the ball from any position inside or outside the court provided the ball has not completely crossed the vertical plane of the net or the net extended. 2. Back row players, while positioned behind the attack line, may contact the ball from any position inside or outside the court above or below the top of the net. 3. A back row player, while positioned on or in front of the attack line, may not attack a ball that is completely above the height of the net. 4. When only one male player is in the front row at service, one male back row player may block. 4
No female back row player may participate in a block. 5. A ball striking an overhead obstruction above a playable area will remain in play provided that the ball stays on the side that hit it into the obstruction, and the ball is legally played by the same team. Net Play 1. A player shall not contact a ball which is completely on the opponent s side of the net unless the contact is a legal block. 2. Blocking a ball, which is entirely on the opponent s side of the net, is permitted when the opposing team has had an opportunity to complete its attack. The attack is considered complete when the: Attacking team has completed its three allowable hits. Attacking team has had the opportunity to spike the ball, or in the official s judgment, directs the ball toward the opponent s court. Ball is falling near the net and, in the official s judgment, no member of the attacking team could make a play on the ball. 3. Blocking a serve is not permitted. 4. A net foul occurs when a player contacts any part of the net. A player s hair touching the net is not a foul. 5. A player may touch the floor across the center line with one or both feet/hands provided part of the foot/hand(s) are on or above the center line. Contacting the floor across the center line with any other part of the body is illegal 5
City of Brea Winter 2019 Adult Volleyball League Entry Form Team Name: Team Manager: Address: City: Zip Code: Email Address: Phone #: Home: Work: Cell: Assistant Manager: Address: Email Address: Phone: Home: Work: Cell: Telephone numbers submitted must be where managers and assistant managers Can be reached during daytime hours of 8am-5pm Registration Fees: $300 plus $20 forfeit fee returned checks will be charged a $15 fee If your team already has a forfeit fee submitted, submit only league fee Cash Amount $ Check: Please make check payable to the City of Brea Name on check: Address: Phone #: Home Work: Cell: Check Amount $ Check # Credit Card Amount $ Type of Card: MasterCard Visa Discover Name as it Appears on Card: Card #: Expiration Date: CVV#: (3 or 4 digit code on back of credit card) Signature of Card Holder: Class #7802 6
**Please Type or Print Neatly City Of Brea Winter 2019 Adult Coed Volleyball ROSTER FORM In consideration of participating in this adult program, I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Brea and any of their officers, agents or employees from any liability of claim or action for damages from or in any way arising out of participation in this program by the persons(s) registered, except for illness or injury resulting directly from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the City of Brea or their officers, agent or employees. In case of injury, accident or other emergency, employees of the City of Brea and/or its agents are hereby authorized to secure medical care deemed necessary as a result of accident or injury to the participant. I further agree to pay any and all costs incurred as a result of said treatment. *I give permission to the City of Brea to photograph me and /or my children participating in these programs, and I agree to release such Photographs to publicize City programs. Furthermore, I agree that I will not receive any compensation for such use. Team Name: Manager: Assistant Manager: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name Address City Zip Code Phone # Age T-Shirt Size Signature Of Player 7
**Please Type or Print Neatly City Of Brea Winter 2019 Adult Coed Volleyball ROSTER CHANGE FORM In consideration of participating in this adult program, I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the City of Brea, and any of their officers, agents or employees from any liability of claim or action for damages from or in any way arising out of participation in this program by the persons(s) registered, except for illness or injury resulting directly from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the City of Brea or their officers, agent or employees. In case of injury, accident or other emergency, employees of the City of Brea and/or its agents are hereby authorized to secure medical care deemed necessary as a result of accident or injury to the participant. I further agree to pay any and all costs incurred as a result of said treatment. *I give permission to the City of Brea to photograph me and /or my children participating in these programs, and I agree to release such photographs to publicize City programs. Furthermore, I agree that I will not receive any compensation for such use. 1. 2. 3. Team Name: Manager: Additions Name Address City Zip Code Phone # Age T-Shirt Size Signature of Player 1. 2. 3. Deletions Name Address City Zip Code Phone # Age T-Shirt Size Signature of Player This form must be on file in the recreation office before the added players may participate in a game. Acceptable only if submitted to recreation services prior to the start of the fourth league game. 8