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Introducing, our first Co-Ed Young Adult Friday Night Leagues! Throughout the winter, we will offer 4 different recreational leagues to get you and your friends up and active. These leagues are open to anyone 18-years and older. These co-ed leagues are a great way to meet some new friends and stay active during the winter.Volleyball League
January 10-31 from 5-7PM on Fridays
Register teams of 6-10
4 weeks of play
$110/member team
$130/non-member team
**Registration opens on December 1 at the Front Desk
**If your team can't make it right at 5PM, let us know when you sign-up! We won't schedule your team for the first round of games right at 5PM. You will still have plenty of time to get all of your games in for the evening once everyone arrives.
Make sure to follow this Facebook event for more information about the league and to meet your new friends in the league.
About our Volleyball League
Our indoor volleyball league is a recreational league.
Players and Roster Changes
- All players must fill out a league waiver
- A team consists of 6 players but may start with a minimum of 4 players
- A team must have at least two women on the court at all times
- Teams may play with 1 female but can then only play with 5 total players
- A team cannot play without any females
- There is no maximum number of females that can be on the court
- Roster limit is 10 players
- All roster changes must be approved by the league coordinator; please email [email protected]
- Captain of the team will email the league coordinator; providing the person’s contact information and when they will be playing
- They will be required to sign a league waiver before playing
Attire
- It is highly recommended that players NOT wear jewelry (i.e. chains, rings and earrings)
- Players must wear athletic shoes
Pre-game
- If a team doesn’t have enough players at game start time, they will forfeit the first game of the match
- After 10 minutes if they don’t have enough players then they forfeit the match
- At the beginning of the game, a coin is tossed with the winning team choosing: either to serve or receive first ball OR which side they want to start on (winning team can’t decide both)
- The team losing the toss takes the remaining choice
Length of Matches and Games
- Best two-out-of-three games decides the match winner
- If a team wins the first two games of the match, they may still play the third for fun if time allows
- Rally Scoring Format is used for all games
- First two games are to 25; third game is to 15
- Must win by 2 in all games
- Caps of 27 and 17
- Each team gets one time out of 30 seconds duration per game
- Intermissions between games will be a maximum of 1-minute
Hit Characteristics
- The ball may touch any part of the body (kicking IS allowed)
- The ball must be hit, not caught, or thrown
Faults
- Four hits – a team hits the ball 4 times before returning it
- Assisted hit – taking support of teammate or any structure/object in order to reach the ball
- Held ball – player does not hit the ball (unless when in defense of a hard-driven ball or when simultaneous contact by two opponents over the net leads to a momentary held ball)
- Double Contact – a player hits the ball twice in succession or the ball touches two different parts of his/her body
- Back row spiking or blocking in front of the attack line
Other Playing Rules
- Ball may contact any part of the body during a block
- Blocking does NOT constitute a team contact, and any player may make the second contact of the ball after the block
- The blocking team will have 3 contacts after the blocking contact
- Any player can block
- Players, including their clothing, cannot touch the net during play
- It is NOT a fault if a ball driven into the net causes the net to touch the player
- If a serve hits the net and goes over, it is in play (“let serve rule”)
- Players may not block or attack-hit a serve when the ball is entirely above the top of the net
- If any foreign object enters the court during play, the ball becomes dead; replay the point
- The league coordinator shall call violations involving unsportsmanlike conduct
- A ball may be played out of the net
- A player may go outside the court to play the ball
- Balls in the rafters are dead balls
- The team that hit the ball will give the other team a point
- Balls may NOT be played off of the side walls and/or curtain
Substitutions
- Teams can only utilize a continuous rotation
- Rotation order must stay the same throughout the game but can be changed between games in the same match
- Players must start in their rotational positions but may switch right after the serve
Miscellaneous
- Profanity and unsportsmanlike conduct can result in ejection and/or disqualification from future matches
- Refunds will NOT be issued for ejections or suspensions for unsportsmanlike conduct
Make sure to Save the Date for our last Co-Ed Young Adult League this Winter!
February 7-28 | Pickleball
Teams of 2
*Registration opens on January 1
Questions about our Young Adult Leagues? Contact Fitness Manager, Megan West: [email protected].
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
360 N. Wilmor Rd, Washington, IL, United States, Illinois 61571
