2010 CYO Volleyball League Rules

1. National Federation of High School Volleyball Rules will be used unless otherwise specified.
   
   
2. All matches are played in the gym at St. Vincent DePaul in Federal Way-30525 8th Ave. South.
   
   
3. Driving Directions: See those posted on website.
   
   
4. All matches are the best 2/3 games with no time limits.
   
   
5. Match format for 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Leagues:
   
   • Rally scoring, 25-25-15 no cap.
     Teams must win by 2 points. .
   • Let serve will be used.
   • Libero will not be used.
   • Each team gets two timeouts per game—60 seconds in duration. Play may resume if BOTH teams are ready prior to the 60 seconds.
   
   Match format for 5th Grade Leagues:
   
   • Sideout Scoring, 15-15-15, no cap. Teams must win by 2 points.
   • Let serve will be used.
   • Libero will not be used.
   • Each team gets two timeouts per game-60 seconds in duration. Play may resume if BOTH teams are ready to play prior to the 60 seconds. An extra timeout is granted if BOTH teams reach a score of 14-14.
   
   
6. Warm-up time is 5 minutes shared and 2 minutes serving.
   
   
7. A. If a match finishes in two games and in less than 40 minutes, both teams may play an additional game if it is within the 50-minute match time-frame.
   
   B. Officials WILL NOT officiate this non-counting game and it may not go beyond the official match period.
   
   C. Both teams must clear the court 10 minutes before the next scheduled game.
   
   
8. Serving Line: 7th & 8th grade division will serve from the regular distance.
   5th & 6th grade division may serve from a line 5' inside the court.
   The line is supposed to be marked but if not, please establish one.
   Remember, servers do NOT need to toss the ball.
   
   
9. In the 5th grade division, the server is limited to three (3) consecutive "point scoring" serves, after which they must rotate to the next server on the same team.
   
   
10. Players have eight (8) seconds to serve.
    CYO expects fans and players to remain silent when a player is attempting to serve.
    
    
11. Net Heights: 8th grade girls and 7th grade boys is 7'4". 8th grade boys is 7'6".
    
    
12. All other grades the net height is 7'0".
    
    
13. No jewelry, barrettes, beads or bandanas may be worn while playing or warming up. This includes posts for pierced ears. All headwear should be soft, pliable, and functional.
    
    
14. Each team must furnish a competent line judge and scorekeeper to maintain the official book.
    
    
15. Kneepads are required for all players in all matches.
    
    
16. Coaches are to remain seated at all times and may not approach the referee's platform at any time during the match.
    
    
17. Each team shall furnish a white ball and the official will determine which ball will be used.
    The Lite Flite ball will be used for 5th & 6th grade girls matches.

2009-10 National Federation of High School Rule Changes affecting CYO

1. Bobby pins are NOT allowed. Hair may only be controlled by soft pliable material as in the past.
2. Prior to the deciding set, captains will be called for the coin toss by the first referee and then teams shall be released to their team benches.
3. A legal contact is a touch of the ball by ANY part of a player's body.
4. If more than one substitute is to occur, the substitutions shall be made in succession. One pair of players after another and only one substitute shall be in the sub zone at a time.
5. Coaches (head and assistant) may stand to call a timeout, request a substitution, cheer spontaneously, great a player coming out of the set, or to give instructions to a player on the bench. This must all occur in the replacement one i.e behind the 10'/attack line. When the ball is in play coaches must stay seated. During a dead ball, coaches may stand and provide instruction to their players on the court as long as they stay at the bench. When the official puts their arm up to beckon for serve, the coaches must be seated.
6. Official mechanics: Officials will no longer signal point. Each end of rally results in a point for the team being awarded the next serve. The revised signal will indicate the team to serve next which is also the team to receive the point. The new signal is an extension of the arm in the direction of the team that will serve, palm perpendicular to the floor. (This change will not occur in the 5th grade level where side-out scoring will still take place.)

DIRECTIONS TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church
30525 8th Ave. S-Federal Way, WA
253-839-2320

West on 304th from Pacific (first street south of Federal Way HS).
Right on 8th to church/school on left.
Suggest getting there early or you will need to park 2-3 blocks away as the close parking spaces fill up with parents of the players. There is a small parking lot just past the church/school.

Updated 3/1/10