Indoor Volleyball Leagues

League Standings/Schedules

Tentative League Start Date:

September 8, 2026

Registration Fee:

$345.00 (Check, Cash, Money Orders, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover are accepted)
(Fee Breakout: $163.00-Facility rental $182.00 Awards, balls, officials, Administrative costs)

Registration Deadline:

Sunday August 2, 2026

Registration:

Paper Mail/Drop Off Locations:

Parks & Recreation Office
201 4th Street S.E. - Room 150
Rochester, MN. 55904

National Volleyball Center
2601 Viola Road NE
Rochester, MN. 55906

Late Entry Fee:

We will be charging a $30.00 late entry fee, if your roster is accepted.

Daytime contact the Parks & Recreation Office @ 507-328-2525
Evening contact the National Volleyball Center @ 507-328-2550

Rosters:

Teams may have up to 12 players on their roster as regular members. Teams can also add people they will use as subs up to a 20 person team max. Please designate your subs on the roster by putting (S) in front of their name. Players can only be a regular rostered member for one team a night. Individuals can only play on one team per league per night. Changes to the rosters can be made through the 5th night of the season.

Release Waiver:

In order to participate in league play, all managers, coaches, and players must sign the release waiver of liability before they play.

Schedules:

Will be posted online one week before the season starts

Refund Policy:

Once schedules have been completed – NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN.

No Holding of Checks:

The Parks and Recreation will not hold any checks. If you have a sponsor, their check must be in our department along with the roster on deadline day. We will not hold your check until your sponsor’s check comes in. We will not accept any postdated checks or two party checks.

Leagues:

Men’s leagues are offered Monday.
Women’s leagues are offered Monday & Thursday
Co-ed Leagues are offered Tuesday and Wednesday.

Rules

Adult Volleyball Rules

The net shall be 7’11” 5/8” above the ground for men and co-ed, and 7’4” 1/8” for women.
All teams shall be comprised of not more than six players at a time.
The scheduled time will include a 5-minute warm-up. The official will start the games at 5 minutes past the hour. Ex: A 6 p.m. match will have a warm-up from 6-6:05 and play (55 minutes) from 6:05-7 p.m. Captains may opt to decline warm-up and, instead, begin the match immediately, but both captains must agree.
At least five players must be present to begin a game. If enough players are present 20 minutes after their scheduled time, they may play the second and third games of the match. Volleyball matches must be played within a 55-minute time limit. There will be no penalty for the vacant service position.
The Home team chooses the right to serve, receive, or the side of the court they wish to play on. For the 2nd game, teams will switch courts, and serve goes to the team that received the first game. A coin toss will be conducted for the third gam,e with the Visiting team calling the toss.
If children are brought to the game, they must be continuously supervised by a non-playing adult.
TEAM TIME-OUTS - Time-out shall not exceed 30 seconds. Each time-out taken by or charged to a team in excess of two per game shall be penalized. Time-outs are not allowed in the last 5 minutes of the match.
Games will use Rally Scoring. Three games, 25 points limit, win by two with a max of 27 points. Note: Standings are kept on the game Win/Los,s not matches.
Net serves are legal.
The first server for the team serving will be the right back player. The first server for the team receiving serve will be the right front player.
SERVE - At the instant the ball is contacted for service, the server shall not have any portion of the body in contact with the court, end line, or the floor outside the lines marking the service area. The server shall hit the ball with one hand, fist, or arm, whether it is held or released by the server. The ball shall be contacted within 5 seconds after the referee’s signal to serve. A re-serve shall be called when the server releases the ball for service, then catches it or drops it to the floor. The referee shall direct a playover and allow another 5 seconds for the serve. This is allowed only once during a term of service.
No blocking or attacking the ball on a serve.
AFTER THE BALL IS SERVED – After the ball is contacted when hit for a serve, the players may move from their respective positions.
It is permissible to run out of bounds to play a ball. A ball, which is knocked out of bounds by the opponents, must be allowed to hit the floor or wall outside before being touched or, unless successfully returned, it counts against the player touching it.
When a ball touches a boundary line, it is considered good.
One player may play the ball twice during a volley; they cannot be in succession. The ball must be returned over the net by the third contact (with the exception of a block).
Players may cross the centerline with one or both feet/hands, as long as part of the foot/feet or hand(s) remains on or above the centerline.
A player may completely cross a centerline extension outside the court providing the player does not interfere with the opposing team. While across the center line extension outside the court, any player may play a ball that has not completely crossed the vertical plane of the net extended.
Net Play
1. Contact with the net is only a fault if it is made while playing the ball, or it interferes with the play. Loose hair or incidental contact while transitioning off the net from an attack/block is not penalized.
2. Blocking a ball, which is entirely on the opponent’s side of the net, is permitted when the opposing team has had an opportunity to complete its attack. The attack is considered complete when:
  1. The attacking team has had the opportunity to spike the ball or, in the official’s judgment, intentionally directs the ball into the opponent’s court
  2. The attacking team has completed its 3 allowable hits
  3. The ball is falling near the net and, in the official’s judgment, no member of the attacking team could reasonably make a play on the ball.
  4. It is a net foul for a player to grasp the floor or wall cables, standards, or referee stand for support. Incidental contact is not penalized.
The substitute's position shall be that of the server.
PLAYING THE BALL – The ball may be hit by any part of the body.
A ball striking the ceiling or any overhead obstruction shall remain in play, provided it is legally played next by the offending team.
REPLAY – A replay is the act of putting the ball in play (other than at the start of the game) without awarding a point or side out. The same player who served the previous play serves on the replay. A replay shall be declared when:
1. An official’s mistaken whistle sound interrupts the play
2. A foreign object enters the proximity of the playing area
3. A wall or obstruction within 6 feet of a boundary line may interfere with a player’s legitimate effort to legally play the ball
4. A ball becomes motionless in or on an overhead
5. The referee determines that a player has been injured
6. After a double foul
7. A ball released for service is not contacted and allowed to fall to the floor
8. Multiple contacts on any first play of the ball are legal. Blocks do not count as the first contact.
9. Multiple contacts are allowed on the second contact if the next contact comes from a teammate on the same side of the net. New HS Rule 2025
10. Hats are not allowed while playing.

Additional Rules for Co-Ed Volleyball

Same rules as men’s and women’s volleyball, with these exceptions:

Men and women shall be positioned alternately on the court.
When more than one hit is made by a team, one of the hits shall be made by a woman. (Blocks are not considered as one of the team's hits).
One backcourt player (man or woman) may also block when there is only one male player in a front-line position.
Net height shall be 7’11” 5/8”.
Teams can play with 5 players, but you cannot have 4 women or 4 men. The combination must consist of 3 women 2 men or vice versa.

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

The official can penalize an offending player, captain, and/or team as follows:

Warning – 1st minor offense
Penalty –1st serious or 2nd minor offense. Loss of rally/point to opponent.
Disqualification – 1st Flagrant, 2nd Serious, or 3rd Minor offense. Loss of rally/point to opponent. The offender is unable to further participate in the match and must leave the gym.

Bloodborne Pathogens Statement

Aggressive treatment of open wounds or skin lesions should be followed. In particular, whenever an athletics participant suffers a laceration or wound where oozing or bleeding occurs, the contest must be stopped at the earliest possible time, and the athlete must leave the field of play and may not re-enter until (1) the bleeding has stopped and (2) the injury is covered. It is highly recommended that all teams have a first aid kit.

Rosters

Teams may have up to 12 regular members on their roster. Teams can also add people they plan to use as subs, up to a 20-person team. Please designate your subs on the roster by putting (S) in front of their name. Players can be a regular rostered member of only one team per night. Individuals can only play on one team per league per night. Changes to the rosters can be made through the 5th night of the season.

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