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See the League Information below for additional league organization, rules and guidelines.

Important Dates

Team Registration, Fees and Roster

Completely fill out the registration form (DOC) and mail to the address on the form. Please mail early. We would like to have all forms received by the date of the Captains meeting. (You may bring your registration to the Captain's Meeting.) Registration forms will not be accepted after the start of the preseason.

Along with the registration form (DOC), you must send either a $50 non-refundable registration fee or the total team dues of $440. If paying only the $50 registration fee, one check for the total remaining balance ($390) is due by September 21. Every effort will be made to accommodate all teams wishing to enter, but the teams that have paid in full will have precedence in being placed in their division. There is limited space in each division.

The total team dues of $440 and your team's completed Roster/Waiver form are due by September 21. Please note that you must provide signatures on the roster/waiver form. The first page must be filled out, signed by each team member and the original mailed in or turned into an HVBA Board member or your Division Representative. Captains keep a copy for your use and reference. The second page is for the Captain's use to maintain team members contact information and optionally, can be submitted. For each addition to your roster, have them sign and provide the HVBA with the original. Additions & deletions of team members may be made up to January 31, 2008. If other circumstances (injury, leaving town) require you to add members after that date, you may do so only after approval by the league representative and the HVBA Board. A player must play in at least 8 regular season matches to qualify to play in the end-of-season league tournament (no stacking teams for tournament play).

HVBA will not accept incomplete payments. After September 21, a team will forfeit each of their scheduled matches until the completed payment is received by the treasurer. Any team that drops out of this registration process will forfeit its $50 registration fee.

Nights and Gyms

 Division   Night   Gym(s) 
A Mon  Stone 
BB Tues  Stone, Scruggs 
B Tues  Central, Berachah 
CC Weds  Stone 
C Thurs  Stone 

See our map page for Gym locations and directions.

Teamless?

If you are not on a team or are looking for players to form, or add to a team, please visit our Teamless List page for information, or contact Denny Schneider who will try and put players together with teams. Dates for teamless play are posted above.

League Organization, Rules and Guidelines

There are 5 skill divisions -- A, BB, B, CC and C (from highest to lowest). See the Skill Level page for a description of skills required to play in each division.

Each night consists of 2 matches of play and 1 match of officiating for each team. Each match will consist of 3 games to 25 points (rally scoring). Usually, each team has one week per month in which they are not scheduled to play.

Teams in the indoor league can be coed, but there is no requirement for numbers of men or women that play on a team – you can have any number (or none) of either. But, teams play on a men's height net (7' 11 5/8"). Minors are allowed under strict requirements that they can play at the level of ball in the division they play in,must have a parent there for all games, and the roster-waiver must additionally be signed by the parent. The HVBA reserves the right to disallow a minor from playing (for safety or other considerations).

Teams must play with 6 players. The HVBA follows USA Volleyball Indoor Rules. An "HVBA rules exceptions" is covered in the mandatory Referee Clinic/Meeting and posted to the website.

Each division has a Division Representative who is the person "on-site" to enforce rules and policies, resolve issues and maintain the division statistics on a weekly basis. Each team has a Captain and co-Captain responsible for team rosters, fees, lineups, referee assignments and maintaining contact with each team member. Each team will referee one match per night – providing a first and second referee, line judges and a score keeper. Each player also has responsibilities they should follow to help things run smoothly.

New Guidelines

We'd like to introduce the new Indoor League Director, Jeremiah Fowler, aka, "JD". You can contact JD at: volleyballs@gmail.com.

1. We're going to give a new rule a try this season where you're allowed to play in multiple divisions. GUIDELINES: You can only play in adjacent divisions, e.g., A and BB, B and CC. You can play only "up" or "down" 1 level. Pick only one, and stick with it -- so, you can play on 2 teams max. ALL teams with players doing this must be approved by HVBA. HVBA reserves the right to move teams if skill level is found to be different than the division they signed up for, or give you the big NO if you're way over or under the designated skill level. The idea is NOT to take your whole team and register them for 2 divisions. It's to offer a LITTLE leeway for individual players. HVBA reserves the right to limit the number of players doing this per team. These are guidelines, and exceptions may be made with approval. This should work if no one tries to abuse it. I know there are a lot of "what ifs" concerning this, and I think the HVBA Board has discussed them all; and if not, everything will be looked at before being approved. If a team wants to pick up a player after the initial acceptance of their roster it will have to be approved. So, if you're doing this, you better have your team(s) fully stocked, loaded and ready to go by the first week of preseason (1st week of September).

2. As before, you're able to pickup players for your roster until Jan 31st. Please use the teamless list if possible. Players on your roster must play in 8 matches (4 weeks) of regular season in order to be eligible to play on your team for post-season tournament. Exceptions apply. See the website for more details.

3. We will be using Floating Subs again with players from the Teamless List that have agreed to do this. We will start that a couple of weeks into the season and will end the same date as the add-to-roster cutoff: Jan 31. If you didn't get all the info about Floating Subs last year, it'll be discussed in more detail at the Captains' meeting, or send an email and we'll give you the details.

4. Division Reps and their Alternate. These folks are a VERY important part of HVBA running smoothly. Other than the weekly stats and bouncing rule-breakers, we'd like to see them get more involved by attending Board meetings and bringing their Division's concerns to us. You do not have to be the official Rep to have a say. If you'd like to be part of the invitation to Board Meetings or be an additional voice for your Division, please speak up and volunteer. We sometimes view things from our little worlds and need some enlightening about what else needs to have some attention.

5. No children at the gyms. The HVBA players (mainly adults) have reserved and paid for the gyms for adult volleyball only. These are not open, public gyms. This is not a personal rule, nor are we against children. It's because a couple teams abused this over and over and we almost lost a gym last year and the year before because of unruly, unsupervised children. It's also because those parents (who are to blame, not the kids) and their kids bugged the crap out of everyone else that was there to have a night out for volleyball. It's also for safety reasons – a volleyball traveling 20-40 mph, or a large adult (moving at a much slower rate), will take out a toddler. If you cannot get a babysitter for your children the night you play HVBA, don't play HVBA. Don't push us. Sorry; we really are. TEAM CAPTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO ENFORCE THIS FOR THEIR TEAM. Don't make me showup and talk to someone about it that I don't even know. The only exception to this rule is a rare, occasional visit by the family to watch their mommy or daddy play; when everyone is sitting quietly off to the side and the kids are supervised 100% of the time.

6. No one, except HVBA players, have any business officiating, keeping score, or wandering about or peppering off to the side. You can have adult family and friends come watch, but they are not to get involved.

7. No IPods worn, 1-hour phone conversations on your cell, etc.. while officiating. Have some courtesy for the teams you're officiating and pay attention. Every person I've seen in the past using them has been distracted and has missed a call or a referee's question or comment. While we're only a "recreational" volleyball association, we try to maintain some semblance of volleyball law and order.

Last updated: August 7, 2007

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