Youth Beach Volleyball Tournament

Spruce Beach  |  Saturday, June 27  |  Starting at 10:00am

Celebrate the start of summer and kick-off the official opening of Spruce Beach with a competitive 4 vs. 4 Youth Beach Volleyball Tournament!

Please note: Each player must register and have a parent/guardian sign their waiver individually. Games will continue rain or shine. In the event of lightening, games will be suspended and rescheduled.

Tournament Format

• The Tournament will be divided into 2 divisions: grades 6-8 and grades 9-12. (Players division will be based on the grade the player graduated from in June and not the grade they will be entering in September. Players in the grades 6-8 division will be ineligible to play in the grades 9-12 division.)
• Each division will be separated into pools.
• Every team will play against each team in their pool in Round Robin style games.
• The top teams of each pool will compete in Playoff style games to determine the division winner.
• All games will be 4 players vs. 4 players.
• Round Robin games last 25 minutes and are scheduled every 30 minutes to start on the hour and half hour, leaving 5 minutes for the next team to get to the court and be warmed up.
  • e.g. 12:30pm scheduled game begins at 12:30pm sharp and will end at 12:55pm. The next game will begin at 1:00pm sharp.
• Late penalties will apply if one team is ready at the scheduled time and the other is not:
  • after 5 minutes, 5 points will be awarded to the ready team;
  • after 10 minutes, 10 points will be awarded to the ready team;
  • after 15 minutes, the ready team will be awarded the win.
• For Round Robin games, the winning team will receive 2 points, the losing team will receive 1 point, and a forfeiting team will receive 0 points (e.g. no-show after 15 minutes, ineligible team members, ineligible female players ratio).
• In the event of a tie within the Round Robin pool, the ranking will be based on head-to-head play of the tied teams by the ratio of points won/lost during pool play

**Tournament Format may be adjusted depending on registration numbers.

Team Rules

• Each player may play on 1 team only.
• Each team requires a minimum of 4 players and a maximum of 5 players.
• Each team requires a minimum of 2 female players.

General Game Rules

• 2 female players per team must be on the court at all times during the game.
• Teams should have 4 eligible players on the court at all times during the game but may proceed with 3 eligible players in the case of emergency, injury, or other valid reason, while maintaining the male-female player rule above.
• Teams with 5 members must rotate each eligible player into the game and keep the rotation for the duration of the game while maintaining the male-female player rule above.
• At the top of the game, the coin toss winner will decide which side of the court their team starts on and if they will serve or receive first.
• The ball may be served overhand or underhand.
• The server must serve from behind the line until after contact.
• Blocking a serve is not permitted.
• Serves are capped at 5 consecutive per player. After the fifth serve, rotate to the next server while maintaining serving order.
• Each team is allowed up to 3 touches before returning the ball over the net.
• A block counts as the first touch.
• Players may not hit the ball twice in succession (a block is considered a hit).
• No formal positions; players may move freely anywhere on the court.
• Male players may only attack (spike) from behind the attack line and may not smash the ball from the front row.
• A ball is considered in if it touches any part of the boundary line.

Round Robin Rules

• 25 minute games.
• Straight points, no limit.
• Teams will switch sides after 12.5 minutes.
• If the game is tied when the end-of-game whistle blows, a final serve will determine the winner.
• Rally scoring; a point will be scored every ball serve.
• Offense will score on a defense miss or out-of-bounds hit.
• Defense will score on a offense miss, out-of-bounds hit, or serve into the net.

Playoffs Rules

• Best 2 out of 3 games.
• Games 1 and 2 are to 21 points, win by 2 (no cap).
• Game 3 (if necessary) is to 15 points, win by 2 (no cap).
• Teams will switch sides after each game.
• Rally scoring; a point will be scored every ball serve.
• Offense will score on a defense miss or out-of-bounds hit.
• Defense will score on a offense miss, out-of-bounds hit, or serve into the net.

Prizes

The members of the winning teams in each division will receive a prize.