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 shots.

Hand Setting
A poor handset is judged by three rules: First, if the ball enters your hands at different times. Second if the ball leaves your hands at different times. Third, if the ball has rested on your hands and caused the ball to be carried. A spin is not nesesarily 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 other man, and the woman may serve either. None of us are 100% perfect, so we know that an occasional serve will go awry, but there's NO need for guys to serve the women off the court. 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 win by 2, no cap.

Loose Ball
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,

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). Once the adjustment is made, one point per minute will be deducted from the absent team until they arrive or a forfeit is determined.