Sand Volleyball Tournament Rules

Games will be played 4 on 4. No minimum or maximum team size.
The gender make-up of your team does not matter.
Names must be on the roster at start of tournament to be eligible to play.
Tournament is limited to 8 teams.

Rock, Paper, Scissors will be used to decide which team elects to serve or receive, and the opponent will decide which side they want.
The team not serving first in the game shall serve first in the second game.
If a third game is necessary you will “re-farkle”.

There will be no referees. Play is self-officiated by both teams. Any disputed points can be replayed.
Matches consist of a best-of-three games series (10,10,10).
Games will be rally scored. (you don’t have to be serving to get points)
All games will use a win-by-two format. The games will cap at 15.
Each team is allowed a maximum of three successive contacts of the ball in order to return the ball to the opponent’s area. Blocks do not count as a contact.
Blocking or attacking a serve is illegal. A team may return a serve in one hit but it must go UPWARD in direction.
Serves (or any other shot) that hit the net are in play.
All passes must be clearly contacted, not thrown or lifted.
A player may not hit the ball twice in a row (a block does not count).
Any ball landing on the line is good.
The server must stand entirely behind the end line.
Player’s may reach over the net and block a ball that is coming over, but must not make contact before the offensive player, and may not interfere with a ball that would otherwise not have come over the net.
Players may not contact the net during a hit or block. Incidental contact is allowed.
Teams must rotate clockwise after receiving a side-out. Substitutions must be made in a rotating manner starting at the front left of the net.
Players may cross the center line as long as there is no interference with the opposing player.
Players may be removed from the game for unsportsmanlike behavior.
Players may kick the ball as one of their contacts.