Volley 4s for boys & girls 13-16 years of age...
Highlights of the game of Volley 4's:
- Volley 4’s is played using teams of 4 players per side. Teams can have up to 6 players registered. This is to ensure participation during league play.
- Court size is reduced to 7x14m for 14U & 16U. The standard court is 9X18m. Net heights and width are adjusted accordingly to age and gender.
- Same rules apply as regular volleyball, with just a few modifications.
- A regular volleyball is used as a game ball (supplied by league).
- There isn't a "back-row player attack fault" in Volley 4’s. All players play all positions all the time.
- All participants are to play, rotating in and out during the game, usually after a service rotation.
- Position specialization is helpful but overall skills are needed to win games.
- Games can be played with 4 vs 3, (if a team is short of a player), a rotation fault penalty prevails when it’s time for the missing or injured player to serve.
Other information:
Ideally, teams are able to have some practice time (once during the week) at a Community Association (CA) facility (if available) or they may attend group sessions for "overall teams practice" at the beginning of each league season.
Each team is to have a team manager (a parent) who will attend the CA facility practices (if available) as an adult chaperone. Team Manager to coordinate these times with the CA contact.
Each team will be provided with a VBS Volley 4's Drill Manual. Common volleyball drills are outlined and have been modified for small team practices. The drills will also be explained and demonstrated during the league and at optional Saturday practices. This is done so the teams can run their own practices if space available at a CA facility. This teaches leadership within a small group.
Each team may borrow a set of "take-home" practice balls. A $10.00 deposit is required for each ball, refundable upon return at the end of each league season.
There will be optional team and individual practices held on selected Saturdays during the league season. These will be held at the Henk Ruys Soccer Centre from 10:00am to 11:30am during each season.
For complete details please visit the "VBS Volley 4s" page.