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Court
Size: Short Court (8 meters X 16 meters or
26'3" X 52'6"). Changed from 30' X
60"
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Let
Serves are allowed - good serve, if serve hits the
net and goes over and in bounds.
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Rally
Scoring - Games determined by Schedule..
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Park Rules |
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Alcohol
prohibited in the park and on the beach premises.
Auxiliary Police have the right to search coolers and
handle violators accordingly.
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Parking
prohibited in areas designated by signs. These areas are
clearly marked. There is additional parking on the south
side of the park if needed.
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Please
do not park on the curbs entering or exiting the park.
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Lifeguards
have full authority over league staff and players. Please
notify league director on any incidents involving issues
that may interfere or impede a lifeguard from doing their
duty.
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Any
injury, no matter how trivial, report to a league
director.
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Please
place all garbage in garbage receptacles
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Please
control your conduct and language on the premises; this is
a public park.
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Park
closed after 11:00 p.m.
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General
League Rules
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Last
teams playing, we ask
players to unhook the court lines, under the net and wrap
the lines on the spool and place rope and court corner
hold downs into proper bag. Note: DO NOT start winding the
ropes at the corner of the court and double the lines up.
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All
games officially begin at starting time on Thursday, if both
teams are on the court and ready to play before the time and the previous game is complete. They may begin their
game at that time.
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Ten
minutes after starting time, that team forfeits their
first game, after 20 minutes the match is forfeited.
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If
a team CANNOT make the league night, please contact the
team that you are scheduled to play, DO NOT call league
director.
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Winning
team by forfeit must mark on the result sheet for that
week their wins and the forfeit teams losses with the
letter "F" next to it.
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If
a team shows after the starting horn for that set of
games, there will be no warm ups for that team.
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Teams
may not go to another court to play their game, unless
they pass it through the league director.
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All
games will be played at scheduled times.
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Will
have a Make up Week if only 1 week gets rained out..
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Play
rain or shine, if weather hampers setup for leagues, then
they will be cancelled for that week.
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Please
DO NOT call the house, directors will probably be at the
beach and will not have enough time to call you back
before you are to leave.
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Playing
Rules
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Touch,
on the block, constitutes as a hit
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Ball
may be played off any part of the body
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Open
hand serve reception is legal just as long as it comes of
clean.
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Service
order, if a team is out of service order, no point or side
out is given. The team out of service order will continue
with that new service order for the remaining balance of
that game.
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No
open hand dink – a player may cobra (contact the ball
with fingers closed) or fist the ball over.
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A
ball may be served anywhere along the back line.
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A
ball is in legal play if it hits any part of the boundary
lines.
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There
are no antennas out doors, the poles represent the playing
area when the ball passes over the net. If the ball passes
anywhere over the poles or outside the pole standards then
the ball is out of bounds.
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Setting
the ball over. The ball must be set perpendicular with the
player’s shoulders before it may pass over the net. This
applies to a forward and backward set.
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Substitutes
and Alternates
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A
team may use as many alternates as you wish during the
course of the year.
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A
team must always have an original registered player on the
court every week. (two alternates may not play at same
time)
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Substitutes
are between games only, not during the process of a game.
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A
substitute is permissible to play for more then one team
in a division. However, if that substitute plays for more
then one team and is expected to play in the playoffs for
a team. He or she must call David Dorinski one week prior
to playoffs and register with the team he or she is
expected to play.
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Scoring
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All
leagues refereeing are on the honor system. Teams playing
each other are expected to make their own calls or even
calls on the opposing team.
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Each
week, all teams are responsible for putting their own game
results on the score sheet that can be found next to the
brief case located on the ramp to the beach on the East
end.
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Any
team not entering each week’s game results will have the
following week to do so. Anything after the following week
will go in as a loss regardless of wins or losses. Any
none recorded losses will be used for determining playoff
seeding.
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You
may also call or e-mail in game results to David Dorinski
if you had forgotten to mark your results for that week.
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Playoffs
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An
alternate must have played at least two weeks during the
season to play during playoffs, unless a player is injured
and it has been passed through David Dorinski, Bob
Armstrong, or Jeff Yeager one week before playoffs
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Teams
not making playoffs will be notified after the final week.
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If
your team cannot make playoffs for some reason, please
leave a note on the Score Sheet the last week so your team
is not scheduled for playoffs.
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Note:
League Director(s) reserve the right to change
Rules
& Policies as deemed necessary or appropriate. |
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