OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES

1 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-2016 Approved by the 34th FIVB Congress 2014 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-2016 Published by FIVB in 2014 and layout: Samuel ChesauxIllustrations: FIVB 2014 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-20161 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-2016 Approved by the 34th FIVB Congress 2014To be implemented in all competitions beginning after 1st January 2015 CONTENTSGAME CHARACTERISTICS 7 PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEING 8 PART 2 - SECTION 1: GAME 11 CHAPTER 1: FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 121 PLAYING AREA.. DIMENSIONS .. PLAYING SURFACE .. LINES ON THE COURT .. ZONES AND AREAS .. TEMPERATURE.

2 LIGHTING ..142 NET AND POSTS .. HEIGHT OF THE NET .. STRUCTURE .. SIDE BANDS .. ANTENNAE .. POSTS .. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT ..163 BALLS .. STANDARDS .. UNIFORMITY OF BALLS .. FIVE-BALL SYSTEM ..16 CHAPTER 2: PARTICIPANTS 174 TEAMS .. TEAM COMPOSITION .. LOCATION OF THE TEAM .. EQUIPMENT .. CHANGE OF EQUIPMENT .. FORBIDDEN OBJECTS ..195 TEAM LEADERS .. CAPTAIN .. COACH .. ASSISTANT COACH ..202 CHAPTER 3: PLAYING FORMAT 216 TO SCORE A POINT, TO WIN A SET AND THE MATCH .. TO SCORE A POINT .. TO WIN A SET .. TO WIN THE MATCH .. DEFAULT AND INCOMPLETE TEAM ..227 STRUCTURE OF PLAY.

3 THE TOSS .. OFFICIAL WARM-UP SESSION .. TEAM STARTING LINE-UP .. POSITIONS .. POSITIONAL FAULT .. ROTATION .. ROTATIONAL FAULT ..25 CHAPTER 4: PLAYING ACTIONS 268 STATES OF PLAY .. BALL IN PLAY .. BALL OUT OF PLAY .. BALL IN .. BALL OUT ..269 PLAYING THE BALL .. TEAM HITS .. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HIT .. FAULTS IN PLAYING THE BALL ..2810 BALL AT THE NET .. BALL CROSSING THE NET .. BALL TOUCHING THE NET .. BALL IN THE NET ..2911 PLAYER AT THE NET .. REACHING BEYOND THE NET .. PENETRATION UNDER THE NET .. CONTACT WITH THE NET .. PLAYER S FAULTS AT THE NET ..3012 SERVICE .. FIRST SERVICE IN A SET.

4 SERVICE ORDER .. AUTHORIZATION OF THE SERVICE .. EXECUTION OF THE SERVICE ..313 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES SCREENING .. FAULTS MADE DURING THE SERVICE .. SERVING FAULTS AND POSITIONAL FAULTS ..3213 ATTACK HIT .. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ATTACK HIT .. RESTRICTIONS OF THE ATTACK HIT .. FAULTS OF THE ATTACK HIT ..3314 BLOCK .. BLOCKING .. BLOCK CONTACT .. BLOCKING WITHIN THE OPPONENT S BLOCK AND TEAM HITS .. BLOCKING THE SERVICE .. BLOCKING FAULTS ..34 CHAPTER 5: INTERRUPTIONS, DELAYS AND INTERVALS 3515 INTERRUPTIONS .. NUMBER OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS .. SEQUENCE OF REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS .. REQUEST FOR REGULAR GAME INTERRUPTIONS.

5 TIME-OUTS AND TECHNICAL TIME-OUTS .. SUBSTITUTION .. LIMITATION OF EXCEPTIONAL SUBSTITUTION .. SUBSTITUTION FOR EXPULSION OR DISQUALIFICATION .. ILLEGAL SUBSTITUTION .. SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE .. IMPROPER REQUESTS ..3816 GAME DELAYS .. TYPES OF DELAYS .. DELAY SANCTIONS ..3917 EXCEPTIONAL GAME INTERRUPTIONS .. INJURY / ILLNESS .. EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE .. PROLONGED INTERRUPTIONS ..3918 INTERVALS AND CHANGE OF COURTS .. INTERVALS .. CHANGE OF COURTS ..404 CHAPTER 6: THE LIBERO PLAYER 4119 THE LIBERO PLAYER .. DESIGNATION OF THE LIBERO .. EQUIPMENT .. ACTIONS INVOLVING THE LIBERO .. RE-DESIGNATION OF A NEW LIBERO.

6 SUMMARY ..44 CHAPTER 7: PARTICIPANTS CONDUCT 4520 REQUIREMENTS OF CONDUCT .. SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT .. FAIR PLAY ..4521 MISCONDUCT AND ITS SANCTIONS .. MINOR MISCONDUCT .. MISCONDUCT LEADING TO SANCTIONS .. SANCTION SCALE .. APPLICATION OF MISCONDUCT SANCTIONS .. MISCONDUCT BEFORE AND BETWEEN SETS .. SUMMARY OF MISCONDUCT AND CARDS USED ..47 PART 2 - SECTION 2: THE REFEREES, THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS 48 CHAPTER 8: REFEREES 4922 REFEREEING CORPS AND PROCEDURES .. COMPOSITION .. PROCEDURES ..4923 1st REFEREE .. LOCATION .. AUTHORITY .. RESPONSIBILITIES ..5124 2nd REFEREE .. LOCATION.

7 AUTHORITY .. RESPONSIBILITIES ..5325 SCORER .. LOCATION .. RESPONSIBILITIES ..535 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-201626 ASSISTANT SCORER .. LOCATION .. RESPONSIBILITIES ..5427 LINE JUDGES .. LOCATION .. RESPONSIBILITIES ..5628 OFFICIAL SIGNALS .. REFEREES HAND SIGNALS .. LINE JUDGES FLAG SIGNALS ..56 PART 2 - SECTION 3: DIAGRAMS 57D1a COMPETITION / CONTROL AREA ..58D1b THE PLAYING AREA ..59D2 THE PLAYING COURT ..60D3 DESIGN OF THE NET ..61D4 POSITION OF PLAYERS ..62D5a BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE NET TO THE OPPONENT COURT ..63D5b BALL CROSSING THE VERTICAL PLANE TO THE OPPONENT FREE ZONE.

8 64D6 COLLECTIVE SCREEN ..65D7 COMPLETED BLOCK ..65D8 BACK ROW PLAYER S ATTACK ..66D9 SANCTIONS SCALE AND CONSEQUENCES ..67D10 LOCATION OF THE REFEREEING CORPS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS ..68D11 REFEREES OFFICIAL HAND SIGNALS ..69-75D12 LINE JUDGES OFFICIAL FLAG SIGNALS ..76-77 PART 3: DEFINITIONS 78 INDEX 8167 OFFICIAL VOLLEYBALL RULES 2015-2016 GAME CHARACTERISTICSV olleyball is a sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. There are different versions available for specific circumstances in order to offer the versatility of the game to object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent.

9 The team has three hits for returning the ball (in addition to the block contact).The ball is put in play with a service: hit by the server over the net to the opponents. The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court, goes out or a team fails to return it VOLLEYBALL , the team winning a rally scores a point (Rally Point System). When the receiving team wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve, and its players rotate one position 1 PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEING8 PART 1: PHILOSOPHY OF RULES AND REFEREEINGINTRODUCTIONV olleyball is one of the most successful and popular competitive and recreational sports in the world.

10 It is fast, it is exciting and the action is explosive. Yet VOLLEYBALL comprises several crucial overlapping elements whose complimentary interactions render it unique amongst rally games. In recent years the FIVB has made great strides in adapting the game to a modern audience. This text is aimed at a broad VOLLEYBALL public players, coaches, referees, spectators, commentators for the following reasons: understanding the RULES better, allows better play coaches can create better team structure and tactics, allowing players full rein to display their skills; understanding the relationship between RULES allows officials to make better introduction at first focuses on VOLLEYBALL as a competitive sport, before setting out to identify the main qualities required for successful refereering.