Can you do something about players who have kids who let them run
out of control?

Yes...I am going to start doing something about that because it is
starting to become a problem. I want to encourage everyone to play,
but I am not running a day care center. Most of the facilities I
use are tight on space and little kids running near the court are at
risk of being hurt by a spiked ball or a running player. Most
people do well with their kids when they bring them. But 20% to 30%
need to improve their habits.

I want to emphasize that I do not want any kids under 14 at the
beach courts this summer. The reason it is 14 is because that is
the cut off age for the insurance I carry. If you bring kids under
14 it is liability concern that I do not want to have.

I have received complaints from the Seminary about kids being out of
control and I simply can't have that anymore. I am grateful that
the leagues are growing so well...more than I can handle to be
honest...but Fair Play Volleyball is going to enforce the
unsupervised children policy from now on. Polite requests are
over.

Also, remember you can't bring food or drinks onto most of the gym
floors Fair Play Volleyball uses.

We want to play in the leagues but need early games. Is it possible
to give us early games every week?

I've been told I've been too accomodating at times which is probably
true. But if there are teams I am aware of that need early games
and teams that need late games I will certainly have them balance
each other out on the schedule by giving them the times they want.
Whenever this happens though, if these two teams are in the same
league, those teams would need to play each other at some between-
time point.

Basically, though, I am not going to inconvenience all the other
teams in the league if a request is an incovenience. I have had
teams request 7:30 and 8 pm games every week and won't do that... as
that is the prime time to play and it would push everyone else to
play early and late more than there share (Note: it's really hard
to put out a perfectly balanced schedule though...).

Sometimes there may be bye weeks in a league and I may also be able
to give a bye to a team that has several players gone for a
particular night if I know before I make the schedule. So
basically, if a request is reasonable, I can usually work with it.
And usually there isn't a problem giving early games or late games
for most of the league's schedule...since there are teams that tend
to have a bias toward playing either one or the other.

Can you change the schedule once you've made it?

No, I can't.

Can women play in men's leagues?

Yes...but men can't play in the women's leagues. Whatever it takes
to get more women playing is good. I don't care if an all woman
team enters a men's league. I don't know what's wrong with that.

And I want to try to have a coed reverse league again sometime.
This is where the net height is set at women's and only the women
can hit and block at the net. The men have to hit behind the ten-
foot line.

If I am being placed on a team, do I have to try out?

Of course not. Everyone is welcome to play. There is Fair
Play...nobody is ever "cut". Just let me know what level you think
you are at and I will find some other people of a similar level.
There are all levels available, from beginning (Rec) to intermediate
(B) to advanced (B+).

As far as the beach leagues this summer go, the best nights for
beginners are Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. They are
more like party nights as there tend to be a lot more people hanging
around before and after their matches. The best nights for advanced
play are Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. There is also an indoor summer
league on Thursdays that is good for intermediate or advanced
players.

How many people can I have on my roster?

You can have as many people as you want on your roster...as long as
they do not belong to another team.

Is there a girl touch rule?

No. I know USAV rules have it in their coed rulebook but I think it
was put in there to keep goofy tall guys from trying to dominate the
game. Women around here are too integral already to worry about
including some silly rule about them having to touch the ball. If
they aren't integral they'll just find some other guys to play with.

After thinking about it, I might be tempted to try the girl touch
rule in the "C" leagues once and see how it goes...

Are there are any special rules for beach fours?

-There are no tips (rolls, cameltoes, knuckle shots are all ok...
basically the redirection of the ball makes it a tip).

-You can't receive the serve open-handed. In other words you can't
hand-set the serve.

-There are no oversets. If you are hand-setting the ball over the
net your shoulders have to be square to the ball (either front set
or back set). Side sets over the net are oversets (and
faults)...and if you are setting a teammate and it crosses over
before a teammate can get a touch on it, or it is blocked by the
other team, then it is an overset.

-There is no center line. You can go under the net as long as you
do not interfere with the opponent.

-You do not have to rotate and everyone can hit at the net. There
is no back row. You just have to keep the same serve rotation.

These are just standard beach rules for USAV rules. The third and
first rules are just good rules for fours and lowers the amount
of "cheesy points" a team might get. The second rule could change
in the future...



Mike Harvey
Fair Play
(260)402-3999