No Shows or Late Arrivals
Efforts will be made to adjust team assignments for teams that do not arrive on time (i.e. move the absent team #4 to team #2 if #2 has later start time). When the match start has been called, a late or incomplete team forfeits set 1. The late or
incomplete team will have 10 minutes before forfeiting set 2 and the match. If the late or incomplete team arrives with sufficient players before the 10-minute period has elapsed, they will be allowed to warm up during the remaining time.

Tie Breaker
Teams are tied if they have the same set win-loss record. In case of ties, we use the following tie-breaking procedures. Teams will not be eliminated from assignment to championship competition on a point or any other non-competitive system.

Two teams tied and two teams advance:
In priority order: head-to-head match result; head-to-head point differential; overall point differential; coin toss.

Two teams tied and one team advances:
Head-to-head set results. If teams are tied head-to-head sets, then the two teams will play one 15-point rally-score set. The winning team will advance.

Three teams tied and two teams advance:
a. Seed the teams using, in priority order, overall set winning percentage; overall point differential.
b. The top seed will advance. The teams seeded second and third will play one 15-point rally-score set, with the winner advancing. The top seed will officiate this tie-breaker set.

Three teams tied and one team advances:
a. Seed the teams using, in priority order, overall set winning percentage; overall point differential.
b. There will be two tie-breaker sets (15 points, rally scoring). The teams seeded second and third will play the first set and the top seed will officiate.
c. The winner of the first tie-breaker set will play the top seed and the losing team from the first set will officiate. The winner of the second set advances.

Double Hit
A Double Hit is a violation that occurs when a player use two parts of their body to pass or hit the ball. Double Hits are legal upon receiving a over head hit from the opposing team.

Open Hand Receiving
Open Hand receiving the serve is a violation that occurs when a player uses two hands above their head to receive the ball, even if the thumbs are touching. This technique is considered a double hit. The ball should “pop” and not appear as a set and hands must clearly be touching as if one unit.

Throw
A Throw is a violation that occurs when a player attempts to strike the ball over-head and continues to follow through the ball causing the ball to backspin. The ball should “pop” and typically have a forward rotation. A spike that appears to look like a basketball “dunk” is a throw. A legal roll shot will have a forward rotation and will be hit off the palm of the hand.

Lift or Carry
Lift or Carry is a violation that occurs when a player attempts to bump the ball underhand with the palm or open hand. The ball must pop off the palm of the hand and not the fingers.

Tipping
Tipping is a violation when a player attempts to strike the ball over the net with open fingertips. A “cobra” or closed fingertip is legal as well as any knuckle shot.

Hand Setting
A poor handset is judged by:

• if at any time it is obvious the ball has touch either hand at different time on the catch or the release
• if the motion of the set is excessivly slow or the hands come to a complete stop at the bottom of the set
• if the there is excess movement of the ball, like taking the ball at your chin and bringing it down to your chest and then releasing it at your chin. The set movement should be somewhere within 6 inches up and down.

A spin is not necessarily an indication of a poor set. Traditionally, judgment of setting is tighter on the beach but each year the move is to let players have more latitude with hand sets. A legal hand set over the net must be perpendicular to your body.

Net Violation
Net violations occur if any part of your body touches any part of the net during a play. Be honest and make your own call. Hair or a loose t-shirt is not a violation.

Screening
The server's teammate must not prevent the opponents, through screening, from seeing the server or the path of the ball. On an opponent's request, a player must move sideways, bend over or bend down.

Touch on a Block
A touch on a block counts as one of the teams 3 touches. This applies to 2v2 and 3v3 only.

Co-ed 2v2 Courtesy
Men should make every attempt to serve the ball to the man on the opposing team. Woman may serve either. Nobody is100% perfect, so an occasional serve may go awry, but there's NO need for guys to serve the women over and over leaving the guy to only set the entire day. Violators will be held in high disregard and repeat offenders may face scoring sanctions. We know you want to serve tough, but keep it within your limits of serving to the correct player.

4v4 Rotation
In 4v4 players may play in an spot at any time, but the serving order must be maintained.

Let Serve
A let serve is legal. A let serve is a serve that hits the net but continues into the receiving teams court.

Match Scoring
All games are rally scoring to 21 unless otherwise specified. Teams switch sides every 7 points. A tie-breaker game to 15 if needed. All games must win by 2, no cap.

Pursuit Rule
You may go completely under the net into your opponent's court to play a ball as long as there is no interference with the opponent. A ball can be played back to one's side of the net if it has crossed over the net, under the net, or outside the antenna as long as a team has one or more contacts left and the ball is played back under the net or outside the antenna.

Ball On
If a ball rolls on your court from another court stop play immediately to avoid injury and replay the point.

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