Alcohol. Think Again Beach
Volleyball School
Championships
Competition By Laws
2015
CONTENTS
Contents........................................................................................................................................ 2
1. General Information .................................................................................................................. 3
2. Tournament By Laws ................................................................................................................. 4
3. Basic Beach Volleyball Rules ..................................................................................................... 7
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1. GENERAL INFORMATION
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Courts are located at Inner City Beach at 180 Charles St West Perth. Venue layout map will be
available on the day for court numbers.
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Be early! There is a briefing starting at 8:00am sharp for all players and teachers in front of the
tournament caravan.
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Whistles – Volleyball WA is not allowed (by Health Regulations) to supply whistles on the day,
so please ensure your school or individuals bring their own. This is very important.
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Duty teams are required to referee and score.
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Teams not showing up for duties will be penalised one premiership point.
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Know where you are playing. The majority of your games will be on or near the same court.
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Balls – A Match Ball will be provided on each court. Teams are responsible for their own warm
up balls.
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Once finalised please check your fixtures thoroughly :
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Some teams have back to back games due to the number of games that need to be
played.
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Check the whole fixture sheet carefully so you show up for all games (and duties) at
the right times on the correct court.
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Please be on time, accurate and above all – honest.
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SCORESHEETS MUST BE SIGNED BY WINNING TEAMS, THEN TAKEN TO THE COURT
SUPERVISORS. ONCE SIGNED, THE SCORESHEET IS OFFICIAL. VWA WILL NOT SORT OUT
DISCREPANCIES AFTER SCORESHEETS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE CARAVAN.
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Teachers / Supervisors are ultimately responsible for the safety and behaviour of your
students.
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Remember to be “Sun Smart” and bring water bottles, hats and shirts.
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Please make sure all students bring a packed lunch and water as there is no food suppliers at
Inner City Beach.
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All players must wear a shirt while playing. It is preferred that they also wear a hat and
sunglasses.
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Basic 1st Aid is available at the tournament desk. VWA officials will not take liability for injury.
Players play at their own risk.
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Contact Numbers: Volleyball WA 9228 8522.
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2. TOURNAMENT BY LAWS
1. Players MUST be registered Volleyball WA members.
Volleyball WA membership cost is incorporated in the nomination fee. You are required
however to fill in a Volleyball WA membership form to finalise this membership.
2. Important dates for the tournament.
Wednesday 23rd – Close of nominations.
February 24th – Nomination invoices sent to schools.
March 3rd – Deadline for changes to team lists ($100 fine if teams pull out after this date).
March 3rd – Membership invoices sent to schools.
March 3rd – Deadline for payment of nomination fees.
March 3rd – Deadline for membership forms.
March 6th – 2014 Alcohol. Think Again WA Beach Volleyball School Championships.
Volleyball WA must receive the Membership forms from the students who participate in the 2015
Alcohol. Think Again Beach Volleyball School Championships by 8:30am on Friday 6th of March
2015 as we will not be back dating memberships.
Without these forms the membership information for the students cannot be entered into the
Volleyball WA database which means that they will not be registered with Volleyball WA for any
schools cup competition including the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup, the High School Indoor
Competition & WA Volleyball Schools Cup competitions.
3. Team Composition – 4’s – teams must start with 4 players on the court. In the event of an
injury a team may start the game with three players. Players may play in one team only.
4. Team Composition – 2’s – same sex teams only.
5. The tournament is open to all schools, country associations and general teams that qualify for
school aged tournaments. (Athletes must currently be attending a secondary school). Athletes
are only required to be of school age and do not necessarily have to attend the same school to
compete.
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6. Volleyball WA may need to refuse team nominations if it benefits the structure of the
tournament, teams who nominate first will take preference if such a situation occurs. As a
result VWA strongly encourages schools to nominate early to avoid the possible removal of
teams.
7. All members of the School Team must play a minimum of 2 round robin games in order to
qualify for finals.
8. Match Time – 5 minute warm up + 15 minute game. The game end will be signaled /
announced.
9. Scoring – Round Robin and Semi Finals. All Matches will be rally point – i.e. points are scored
off every rally regardless of whether the team has the serve, consisting of one set capped at
40 points. The team with the most points at the end of time wins. If teams are even at the end
of the game the next point wins – there are no draws.
10. Grand Finals Scoring – Matches will be rally point un-timed. First to 30 points capped.
11. Teams switch sides on court during the match, when the score reaches a multiple of 10 (for
example 4-6, or 13-7). This is to eliminate advantages caused by weather and court conditions.
12. One time out is allowed per game per team of 30 seconds.
13. Substitutions may be made on a rotation basis.
14. Equal Points – If teams are on equal points at the end of the round robin the following applies
Games percentage then
Set percentage then
Points percentage
15. Premiership Points
Win – 3 points
Loss – 1 point
Forfeit - 0 points
16. Forfeits – If a team is not present 5 minutes into the start of the game it will be declared a
forfeit.
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17. Net Heights
Seniors Female
2.24m
Seniors Male
2.43m
18. All monies are non-refundable after the close of nominations.
If a team pulls out after nominations have closed, the school will have to pay the nomination
fee for the team. If a team withdraws after March 4th 2015 without a valid reason a $100 fine
will occur. VWA makes the final decision on valid reasons for the removal of teams.
* Please see section 1 of Tournament Regulations for more information regarding
membership forms and important tournament dates.
The Tournament Director’s decision is final.
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3. BASIC BEACH VOLLEYBALL RULES
Taken together, the following rules essentially define the game of Beach Volleyball:
1. The lines are considered to be a part of the court, and a ball landing on the line is considered IN.
2. Service (must be by hand) is from anywhere behind the end-line. A player may not 'handpass'
the ball directly off the palm. The ball must be tossed up or dropped slightly before contact.
3. The team is entitled to a maximum of three hits for returning the ball. A player can play the ball
2 times consecutively only if the first touch is a block touch. Block contacts are counted as the first
hit.
4. The ball can be played with any part of the body. The ball can be touched or hit but cannot be
caught, thrown or scooped in any way.
5. On winning the service, the team rotates their service order, bringing a new player to the
service line. This service order must be maintained throughout the game. Players continue to
serve until the opposition wins a rally.
6. Teams switch sides of the court during the match when the score reaches a multiple of 10 [for
example 4-6, or 13-7]. This is to eliminate advantages caused by weather or beach conditions.
7. One time-out (30 sec.) per game, per team.
8. Net touches are not allowed at any time and immediately signal the end of the rally.
9. Players may step under the net to play the ball, however, interference with players on the
opponent’s team is not allowed and will result in losing the point.
10. Setting of the service is not permitted as it is too open to interpretation and inconsistency.
In Beach Volleyball, you may not ‘tip’ the ball with open or soft fingers. Instead the ball must be
hit or ‘knuckled’.
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