Loomis Union School District

LOOMIS BASIN ATHLETIC LEAGUE

VOLLEYBALL RULES 2024-25

The following rules will be used at all L.B.A.L. events.  This document will be made available by the home team (or event director when there is not a home team) at each event at the scorer’s table to settle all questions pertaining to L.B.A.L.
 

1:   MAKE UP OF TEAMS

• A team of ten players is officially considered a full team. 
• Students may play up a grade level only to fill a roster of ten players. If players play up, no grade level cuts shall have been made.
• Teams can play with less than 6 players if 6 are not available.  
• All players that are brought on to a team and played a match are considered a permanent player and is an illegal replacement if found to be an active player on both seventh and eighth grade teams. 

2:  A MATCH

• An 8th grade match shall consist of the best two-out-of-three games. The first team to win two games shall be the winner of the match. 
• All games shall be to 25 points (no cap), and win by two. 
• The third and deciding game shall be 15 points (no cap), and a team must win by two for 8th grade.
• A 7th grade match shall consist of three games.  Games one and two shall be to 25 points (no cap), and win by two.  The third game shall be 15 points (no cap), and a team must win by two.
• Three minutes is allowed between games of a match
• When a third game is played it is not required to switch sides at the eighth point.

3:  PRE-MATCH  CONFERENCE

• The following applies to the 7th &  8th  grade teams.
• Upon entering the gym, the home team selects its team bench.
• Individual team warm-ups are prior to the coin toss.

4:  Coin Toss

• A conference shall be conducted by the referee and each team captain to have the coin toss.
• The visiting captain shall call the toss. The winner shall choose to serve or receive.
• If necessary, prior to the deciding game of the match, the home captain calls the toss. The winner chooses to serve/receive or the playing area. The loser of the toss is given the remaining choice.
• Individual team court warm-up time is 6 minutes each, beginning with the home team
• Warm-up, passing, hitting, and serving is decided by each team during their court time.
• Referee will keep time for the team warm-ups.
• 8th grade start time is 3:15
• 7th grade start time is 12 minutes after the completion of the first match 
• Any time changes are to be cleared with each school principal

5: SCORING

• Best 2 out of 3 games in a match. First 2 games rally scoring to 25 with no cap, win by 2 points.
• A deciding third game rally scoring to 15 with no cap, win by 2 points.
• See Item 2 for 7th grade conditions

6: TEAM LINE-UPS & ROSTER 

• No later than 5 minutes prior to the end of the pre-match warm-up, a coach from each team shall submit in writing to the scorer an accurate roster giving names & uniform numbers of all players.
• A lineup is to be submitted in proper SERVE order.
• A lineup is NOT to be submitted in floor position order
• The first server should always be listed first on the lineup sheet, regardless of whether the team is serving or receiving.
• The referee will verify receiving teams back rotation positions.

7: THE SERVE

• The player must wait until the referee’s whistle or the serve will be canceled and a re-serve directed. 
• The ball shall be contacted within 5 seconds of the referee's whistle.
• Second infraction = side out. 
• Each server is allowed 2 tosses per serve. 
• The server is allowed a new 5 seconds for the re-serve. 
• It is a legal serve when the ball hits the net & goes over.

8: THE ROTATION

• Team players must line-up on the back line prior to the starting whistle.
• Rotate every side out. 
• Service winning team does not rotate first serve.
• A server’s foot shall not come in contact with the end line. This is a foot fault & side-out.
• A serving order is in a clockwise rotation.
• A server may serve from anywhere along behind the end line.
• All players must be in their proper positions at the instant the server hits the ball. A violation of this rule is called overlapping. 
• After the ball is in play the players may move to any position.

9: PLAYING THE BALL

• Contacts: Each team is allowed three (3) successive contacts of the ball in order to return the ball to the opponent area. No blocking or attack of a serve.
• Ball Contact: The ball may be hit with any part of the body.
• Double Hit:  A double hit on the first ball over is allowed as long as it was an attempted pass.  A double hit that is set with the hands may be called.  The exception is a hard driven ball.
• Held or Lifted Ball: When the ball visibly comes to rest momentarily in the hands or arms of a player, it is considered to have been held.  The ball must be hit in such a manner that it rebounds cleanly after contact with a player.  Scooping, lifting, pushing, or carrying that ball shall be considered a form of holding.  A hand may be open but may not be delayed contact.
• Simultaneous Holding: If the ball is held simultaneously by opposing players, it is a double fault and the referee will direct a play-over.
• Net Contact: If a player’s action causes the player to make contact with the net during play, whether accidentally or not, with any part of the player’s body or uniform, that player shall be charged with a fault.
• First Contact:  Any contact is legal, except a lift on the first ball over the net.  Coaches are advised to continue to coach good technique.
• Contact of Opposing Player’s Area: Contacting the opposing playing area with any part of the body except feet is a fault.  Touching the opponents area with a foot or feet is not a fault providing that some part of the encroaching foot or feet remain on or above the center line and does not interfere with the play of an opponent.  It is not a fault to enter the opponent’s side off the court after the ball has been declared dead by a referee.
• Back Row Attack and back row player contact: When a back row player jumps on or in front of the 10 foot line and contacts the ball at or above the top of the net, a penalty is called.

10: Substitutions 

• Players must sub for one position only, but 3 players may occupy the position. 
• Maximum of 12 substitutions are allowed for one game

11: Time outs

• A Coach has 2 time outs @ 1 minute each per game. 
• If a coach calls a time out with none remaining, 1 point is awarded to the opposing team and the opposing team receives the ball.

12:  Bench

• Players on the team may sit or stand with coach approval during the game.  Athletes must stand on the stairs in a gym with a stage and without gyms in a stage, must remain seated for safety of players. Only players, head coach, and cleared (coaches clearance) volunteer adults may sit at the bench.  No volunteers under 18 are allowed on the bench.  

BY-LAWS

• The net height is 7’4’’ for Girls & Boys (High School is the same for Girls & Boys and is 7’11”)
• Home teams will provide line judges, home scorebook, the rules, and scoreboard when available.
• Both home team and visiting coaches will call-in/email the match results to gcarson@loomisk8.org.
• *No jewelry allowed (earrings cannot be taped or covered). All jewelry must be removed prior to warm-ups. If jewelry is found by a referee the violating team will lose a time out. If all time outs are used a point will be removed from the violating team.
• Metal hair clips & bobby pins are legal to wear.
• No glitter or body paint allowed.
• No heckling or trash talking, violators will be removed!
• Numbers are on front and/or back of player jerseys, even if you must use tape.
• A LIBERO will NOT be used in the L.B.A.L. 
• Students may play in multiple associations: ie. School, AAU, ARD etc. 

PLAYOFFS

Each team participating in the playoff game is required to send 2 adults from their school to work the scorer’s table during their game (can be non-LUSD employees such as a parent) and 1 Administrator for crowd control, first aid issues, emergencies, etc. (LUSD Administrator, A.D., or designated employee).

Custodians at each playoff site are responsible for setting up and cleaning up.

PENRYN GYM RULES:

• Servers can take 2 steps into the court when they serve.
• Balls can be played off of the ceiling if they fall back on the same side that’s playing it.
• If a ball hits the ceiling on the way over the net it is a side-out; both during a serve and play.
• If a team hits a ball over the net, and it hits the back wall or side wall before the receiving team makes contact, it is a side-out. If the receiving team makes contact with the ball before it hits the back or sidewall, and then it hits, it is a point for the serving team.
• If a ball hits the heating ducts on the south side of the gym, and the referee rules that a play could have been made if the ducting had not been there, it will be a replay for the serving team.

OTHER THAN THESE EXCEPTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS, 

THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF  HIGH SCHOOL C.I.F. RULES WILL APPLY