To ensure all games have enough time to be played, if a match finishes early the next match should begin immediately.

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Delay of game penalty

For every minute your opponents are not ready to play beyond the start time, you may take 1 point. If you choose not to do this at the time, you may not choose to take the points later.

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Time Cap

Matches have a hard cap at time to ensure equal play time for all. This will be tracked using a digital clock on the gym wall that will display a countdown for every match. At 15 seconds remaining, "Last serve" will be called loudly. If the match is still tied after that point, play one final point to determine a winner.

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Absences

If you are away for a week you are responsible for finding your own substitute player. If you are unable to find a sub for yourself, you will be given 0 points for each game and moved down a tier the following week. If a league organizer finds a sub for you, you may be unable to be promoted to the next tier regardless of the substitute player's performance.

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What to Bring

• Comfortable, athletic clothes to move around in

• Athletic footwear that does NOT scuff a gym floor

  • Indoor court shoes (Volleyball/Basketball) are highly recommended​

• Water bottle​

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Rules

Play will follow the latest Official IRF Roundnet ruleset with the following exceptions.

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0.0 Player Agreement

0.1 All players may agree upon any rule before starting a match that will override any other rule.

i.e. In lower tiers players may agree to change the serving distance, ignore the NHZ or anything else. As long as all players give a verbal agreement before the first point is served.

0.2 At any time if you cannot agree on the outcome of a point, re-serve it starting back at first serve, no faults.

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3.4 To Win a Game

3.4.1 All games will be played to a score of 15. Win by 2. In the event of a time cap, the leading team will be awarded 15 points, the other team will maintain the point differential.

i.e. A score of 11-8 becomes 15-12, 12-11 becomes 15-14.

3.4.2 Hard cap - 17 points. As soon as one team reaches 17 points the game ends, regardless of whether or not they have a 2 point advantage. In the rankings, any final scores over 15 will be normalized to a maximum of 15 points.

i.e. 17-16 becomes 15-14. 17-15 becomes 15-13.

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5.8 Hits out of bounds

5.8.1 After a hit on the net, if the balls lands outside the designated court bounds it is a loss of point for the player that hit.

5.8.1.1 If any part of the ball touches any part of the line designating the court bounds it is in-bounds and a point for the hitting team.

5.8.1.2 If the ball contacts the ceiling, walls, or any fixture attached to them it is out of bounds.

5.8.2 If a balls lands out of bounds after being touched by a player on the defending team, it is a loss of point for that team.

5.8.3 A ball being served cannot be out of bounds.

5.8.4 Once the ball has been touched by the defending team after a hit on the net, there is no out of bounds. Therefore, after a team's first touch the ball may rebound off the wall or any other non-floor surface or object and still be played again by their parter (or themself in a soft-touch).

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Ranking

The initial tiers will be determined using a player’s final position from the last season they played or their registration form rating.

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Each week, a player’s total points will be summed to determine their ranking within their tier. As such, every point matters. The bottom two players of a tier will move down, while the top two players will move up.

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