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Doubles Vball Rules
Doubles Vball Rules
VOLLEYBALL RULES
Doubles Volleyball
Item 1. General Rules:
a. Fifteen points shall be required to win a game. The team winning the best two out
of three games shall win the match.
b. No open-handed tips.
c. A player may serve from anywhere behind the end line.
d. A player may walk under the net as long as he/she does not interfere with the
opposing teams play.
e. All other NCAA Volleyball Rules are applied.
f. All men must jump from behind the ten-foot line when hitting.
All rules not covered in this supplement shall be governed by the USVBA Official rules.
1-PLAYERS
GAME TIME IS FORFEIT TIME. Each team shall consist of two team members.
A team can have four people on their roster for subs or injury
NOTE: SAND VOLLEYBALL IS SELF-OFFICIATED! There will be an
Intramural representative their to keep score and settle disputes
1.1-Scoring
A team must win two out of three games, each to fifteen points, to win a match. A game is
won when a team scores fifteen points and has a two-point advantage. You must have
service to score. If a 3rd game is necessary, it will consist of rally scoring to fifteen
points. All games are capped at 17.
1.2- Timeouts
Each team is allowed two thirty-second time-outs per game.
1.4 Jewelry
No jewelry is allowed!!
2-THE SERVICE
At the instant the ball is hit for service, the server shall not have any portion of the body
in contact with the end line, the court or the sand outside the lines marking the service
area.
3-THE NET
No part of the body, arm, or hand may pass over the top of the net during play except
on
the block
There is no center line under the net. A players body may partially or completely pass
under the net into the opponents court. An interference occurs only if the opponent is
hindered in playing the ball.
An interference results in a side-out or point in favor of the hindered team.
No contact with the net or cables which attach the net to the standards is allowed.
Incidental contact with the standards is allowed but a player may not attempt to support
themselves or catch their balance on the standards.