Southern Illinois University Recreational Sports and Services

1. Captain’s Meeting
Intramural Volleyball
SIU COMPETITVE SPORTS OFFICE

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3. Eligibility
 Student
 SIU student must be taking a minimum of 4 credit hours
 Students taking less than 4 credit hours can purchase a recreational sports
membership
 Faculty/Staff & Others
 Faculty or staff is eligible to play
 Spouse of student or faculty member (Must acquire SIU membership card)
 Alumni of department

4. Captain Roles
 Ensure team members follow all eligibility requirements
 Communicate game time, location, and ID policy
 All members have valid SIU ID card
 Communicating with officials in respectful manner
 Return any rented equipment
 Good team sportsmanship
 Cooperating with the supervisor on duty concerning protests, incidents or
accidents

5. ID Policy
 ALL players must show their SIU ID
card to be eligible to play
 If SIU ID card is not shown,
participant will not be able to play

6. Equipment
 Jewelry is not allowed
 Medical or religious medallions can be taped down
 No hats or bandanas
 Can wear headbands
 Elastic bands to hold wear are permitted
 No beads, barrettes, and bobby pins
 Knee and ankle braces are permitted

7. Defaults, Forfeits, & Grace Periods
 Defaults – An unplayed game without penalty to either team. To receive a
default, the team captain must notify (by e-mail or in person) the Intramural
Sports Office by 4:00 PM on the day of the contest.
 Forfeits
 Not enough players
 Eligibility
 Sportsmanship
 Grace Periods – If at least one team member has signed in at game time,
the team will be granted a 10 minute grace period. – At the conclusion of
the grace period, the team shall forfeit the match if they do not have
minimum members present.

8. Protests
 Rules protest
 If team feels official made a misinterpretation of rules
 Captain should see supervisor and get a protest form from competitive sports
office.
 Eligibility protest
 If player is ineligible and playing then team has right to bring this up to
supervisor and can fill out protest form

9. Divisions
 Co Rec A
 Sunday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
 Co Rec B
 Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
 Greek
 Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
 Men's
 Sunday, Tuesday, & Wednesday

10. Postseason Eligibility
 The league will consist of a pool play section followed by a postseason
tournament.
 Team records, results, and overall sportsmanship rating will be considered
final at noon on the day following the end of the regular season.
 Team captains should notify the IM Sports Office of any errors before the
deadline.
 Please note that postseason eligibility and inclusion is subject to change
due to unforeseen circumstances (.g. weather, time constraints etc.)
 Have 1 or less forfeits

11. Volleyball Basics

12. The Game
 Coin Toss determines which team serves & sides
 Team not serving 1st, will serve 1st in second game
 Whichever side teams were warming up will start on that side to start game
 Teams also switch sides between games
 Play best 2 out of 3 games
 1st Two games to 25
 Win by 2 w/ 27 pt cap
 Last game to 15
 Win by 2 w/ 17 pt cap
 Rally Scoring:
 Let Serve = Ball may hit the net and go over ON THE SERVE
 Score on every play regardless of team serving
 Point and team winning point gets to serve
 One time-out per game

13. Playing the Ball
 Maximum of 3 contacts
 Exception: a block is not considered one of the contacts
 Contact is where a player intentionally or accidentally
touches ball
 Cannot have contact below waist: dead ball – illegal hit
 Cannot use feet or legs to hit ball
 Illegal Hit: ball comes visibly to rest or prolonged
contact w/ player
 Holding, catching, throwing, rolling, lifting, & pushing
 Penalty = point and side out for opposition

14. Playing the Game
 Double Hit: player illegally contacts ball twice in succession or ball rebounds from one
body part to another on a single attempt to play ball
 Penalty: Point and side out for opposition
 Double hit is legal when blocked (legally) and then can contact body part after the block
 Exception: On the first contact (after a legal block), the ball may contact a player multiple times during
a single hit attempt.
 Simultaneous contact by opponents
 The team side that the ball falls, the players have 3 hits to get ball over (simultaneous contact treat as
a block)
 If the ball contact the antenna after a joust, a replay shall be declared.
 Net Play: ball contacting and crossing net shall remain in play provided contact is in
playing area
 Side out for balls that do not go over the net

15. Server
 Server must wait for official’s beckon/whistle
 Re-serve if they do not wait for beckon/whistle
 Side-out on 2nd consecutive serve w/ not beckon/whistle
 Any part of foot touches back row line on serve: Fault and pt. for opposition
 Serves may hit the net and go over (ball is in play)
 Balls that hit net and does not fall in non-serving teams’ court: illegal and
point for non-serving team
 Server may not touch end line
 Server’s body may be in the air over lines, having left the floor from serving
area
 Cannot hit ball with both hands
 Cannot step back into court until ball is hit

16. Server
 Serves landing on the line or inside court
 Ball is in, whole ball has to land outside lines to be out
 Server has five seconds to make a legal serve
 May toss and catch bad toss, as long as no swinging
motion has been made to attempt serve
 Only 1 re-serve for bad toss

17. Net Play
 A player shall not contact a ball that is completely on the opponent’s side
of the net unless the contact is a legal block.
 A player may block a ball that is completely on the opponent’s side of the net
when:
 Attacking team has had its 3 hits.
 In the official’s judgment, the attacking team has directed the ball toward
the opponent’s court, as in a spike or drive from the backcourt.
 Ball is falling near the net, and no member of the attacking team can make
a play on the ball.
REMEMBER: It is never legal to attack a ball that is completely on the
opponents’ side of the net

18. Co Rec Modifications
 A team shall consist of a maximum of three men and three women on the
court. A minimum of two men and two women is required to begin the
game.
 If the ball is contacted three times by a team, a woman/male must contact
the ball at least once.
 The serving order and positions on the court at service shall be an
alternation of man-woman or vice-versa.
 Substitution is on a player-for-player basis (man-for-man, woman-for-
woman), but the two options for substitution are maintained.

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