As a courtesy from MBV to our Macs servers, if you are not going to purchase any food or beverage from the establishment, please use the tables in the sand to place your personal belongings.

1. No outside food or drink.
2. Host/hostess will manage all seating on the patio. You must call in advance each week to reserve seating on the patio. Do not seat yourself on the patio. Seating is also available on the sand with no reservation required. Sand tables are self-serve by
   ordering at the bar.
3. No glass on the sand or patio wall. Request plastic from your server if you would like to take your drink out on the sand. (Glass bottles may be kept on the sand tables but cannot be taken on or near the court.)
4. Tables and chairs on the patio may not be rearranged without staff permission.
5. Patio tables must place all drink and food orders through their server, not at the bar.
6. No form of tobacco (including vaping) is permitted in the entirety of Mac’s facilities.Use of tobacco is subject to team league forfeit.
7. The patio door is an emergency exit only and may not be used for entrance or exit otherwise.
8. Alcohol may not be taken outside the facilities.
9. Shoes/flip flops and a shirt must be worn inside the restaurant.
10. No unaccompanied children on the sand during league/tournament play. An adult must actively supervise children playing in the sand at all times. Children may play in the sand behind the tables during volleyball leagues. Please refrain from
    children running to and from the patio and play area during game play. They may enter/exit the court between games and matches. Children are not permitted to play
    with the water hose. May use the water hose to clean his/herself with supervision of an adult.
11. Gates are to remain closed and latched during all game play.

Beginner/Recreational 6s – D League

• The team to receive first serve, may “stay one” rotation for their first server. You may move positions after the ball has been served. Must return back to your original position before each serve. Being out of position results in a fault and point given to the opposing team.

• On the serve, your foot cannot touch, go over or under the line before you contact the ball.

• During serve receive – The serve may not be blocked or attacked. The entirety of the ball must be lower than the top of the net to be returned on the serve.

• You cannot have any contact with the net (excluding grazes of long hair and loose clothing) during any time the ball is live. You may go under the net, providing there is no interference or contact with the opposing team. No matter how the ball drops, if you go under the net and interfere with the opposing team, the point goes to the team interfered upon.

• If players from both teams are in the net, it results in a replay.
  
• No excessive carry, catch & throw, push or lift. Either to keep the ball in play on your own team’s side or when sending over the net to the other team’s side. This is called at the referee’s discretion!

• HAND SET OVER THE NET – If you are hand setting over the net, your shoulders must be square to the direction you set the ball. Clean set over the net is permitted. (Can not lift, throw, double hit or carry)

• The ball must contact any parts of your body at the same time and rebound off at the same time. Double contacts are not permitted (Ex. arm to chest, chest to arm). The ball can not bobble, be lifted, rest or roll off any body part.

• Open hand tips – permitted with the use of bending fingertips, can not bend/snap wrist, to move ball in a particular direction. If you bend/snap your wrist, the action must be a direct hit/rebound off hand. ((This rule is to prevent the throw/carry))

• Hands must be together when contacting the ball with two hands below the waist.

BLOCKING

• A block is not considered one of the 3 touches.

• Blocking the ball across the net.

• If the offensive team attacks the 3rd ball and with certainty is going to clear the net, the defender may have hands across the plane of the net to block the attack. Blocker may not interfere with the ball before the 3rd hit.
• If the opposing team has a hit(s) left to get the ball over the net, and one of the opposing players is in position to make a play (close proximity and actively trying to advance the ball), you may not put any body part over the net to attack the ball. If no one is in position to make a play, you may break the plane and attack the ball over the net. (EX. if offensive team has a player under the net, waiting to pull the ball out of the net, you may NOT cross the plane and attack the ball, or if player is going to swing for a hit, the block must be straight up and down, not over net)

• If the opposing team overpasses and the ball appears to land on net or on your side of the net, it is only considered a block if the opposing team has a player attempting to attack the ball at the same time. If they do not have anyone attacking the ball, and you make contact, that is considered 1 of 3 touches.

• The ball is not playable if it hits anything outside of the court lines.

• The wood poles on the net are in play. Any balls that cross over outside of these poles are out of bounds. (Pads, ref stand, rope from net to pole not in play)

• The ball is playable off the volleyball net.

Competitive/Intermediate 4s: B/C League

• Rotating is not required.*

• *Teams with 3 males and 1 female – Female is to play in a net position (right side/setter/left side) during all rotations except when serving and next serve receive. Must move out of the back row position with the next rotation.

• When female is in one of 3 net positions, middle back can only attack (jump and hit/block ball downwards onto opposite side) the ball from behind the 10ft line

• On the serve, your foot cannot touch, go over or under the line before you contact the ball.

• During serve receive – The serve may not be blocked or attacked. The entirety of the ball must be lower than the top of the net to be returned on the serve.

• You cannot have any contact with the net (excluding grazes of long hair and loose clothing) during any time the ball is live. You may go under the net, providing there is no interference or contact with the opposing team. No matter how the ball drops, if you go under the net and interfere with the opposing team, the point goes to the team interfered upon.

• If players from both teams are in the net, it results in a replay.

• No carries, throws or excessive lifts.

• Open hand tips are NOT permitted! Must be a “rebound” off open hand or closed hand.

• The ball must contact any parts of your body at the same time and rebound off at the same time. Double contacts are not permitted (Ex arm to chest, chest to arm). The ball can not bobble, be lifted or roll off any body part.

• Hands must be together when contacting the ball with two hands below the waist.
• Hands must be together when contacting the ball with two hands above the shoulders when not attempting a handset or defending a hard driven hit.

• Can not receive or send a ball over with open hand set (unless defending a hard driven hit)

• When hand setting, the ball must enter and leave your hands simultaneously.

• Hand sets may not go over the net for any reason. This eliminates the guesswork of intentional or not. If you hand set, and it bounces off the net and/or lands on the opposing team’s side, they are awarded the point.

-MBV is making an exception for more leniency for hand setting and lessening the restrictions. The rules are going to allow some similarities to indoor. There is allowed to be rotation of the ball. The rules still stand for double hit, lift, and carry.

-Must be squared/angled to where you are setting. (Proper bodywork – if setting to the side, or at a diagonal, inside shoulder to hitter needs to be dropped. Can not stand straight up and down and set to the side)

-This allowance is for the people who have the basic fundamentals and capabilities for hand setting (indoor and sand) but would like to get more practice or need time to get back into it.

-This is intended to be more strict than recreational but not as strict as B/C levels previously. This will be a trial basis, depending on the sportsmanship and conduct of all our players.

• A block is not considered one of the 3 touches.
• Blocking the ball across the net
• If the offensive team attacks the 3rd ball and with certainty is going to clear the net, the defender may have hands across the plane of the net to block the attack. Blocker may not interfere with the ball before the 3rd hit.

• If the opposing team has a hit(s) left to get the ball over the net, and an opposing player is in position to make a play (close proximity and actively trying to advance the ball), you may not put any body part over the net to attack the ball. If no one is in position to make a play, you may break the plane and attack the ball over the net. (EX. if offensive team has a player under the net, waiting to pull the ball out of the net, you may NOT cross the plane and attack the ball, or player is going to swing for a hit, the block must be straight up and down, not over net)

• If the opposing team overpasses and the ball appears to land on net or on your side of the net, it is only considered a block if the opposing team has a player attempting to attack the ball at the same time. If they do not have anyone attacking the ball, and you make contact, that is considered 1 of 3 touches.

• The ball is not playable if it hits anything outside of the court lines.
• The wood poles on the net are in play. Any balls that cross over outside of these poles are out of bounds.(Pads, ref stand, rope from net to pole not in play)

• The ball is playable off the volleyball net

GAME FORMAT/CONDUCT

League Play:

1. Rally scoring: 1 match = 3 games to 21 points each, win by 2, cap out 23.

2. If a team needs to switch game times, it is the captain of said teams responsibility to notify Jillian (text 513.402.2331) of swap. Then, contact the opposing team captain and ask if they can switch times. -If they are able, then you need to contact the other two team captains playing the time slot you need to see if they can switch to your game time. Keep all captains, Jillian and your teammates informed. All captains involved with the switch need to keep their teammates informed. -If no one is able to switch, then you will either need to find subs or forfeit. Must have at least one team member during league play to avoid forfeit.

-If your team must forfeit and no one from your team can play, message the group captain feed to see if any team would like to play in your time slot so the opposing team still gets to play.

3. If your team must forfeit a game, notify both Jillian and your opponent’s captain ASAP. (Games played with all subs can be played, but will be recorded as 3 wins [21-0] for the other team.)

4. Games start promptly at scheduled time. (Games running late – start time is 5 minutes from game end time) Teams 10 minutes late will forfeit Game 1. Teams 20 minutes late will forfeit the entire match.

5. Matches canceled due to severe weather will not be rescheduled (unless there is a BYE WEEK – can be used as a make-up day if works out for all teams and is agreed upon). Plan to play in light conditions. Please dress according to the weather forecast and what will be comfortable for you.

6. Players will receive a 1 minute break between games. During game play, it is advised to bring your drinks and use a sand table to put them on to have more time to quench your thirst between games.

7. Each team is allotted one 30 second timeout per game to regroup. During this time, all players must remain on the sand.

8. Referee may remove players from play and/or facility per his/her discretion.

9. Lack of sportsmanship, disrespectful comments or unkind language towards Macs employees, MBV teammates, opposing players and/or referees will result in player/team league forfeit without refund.

Tournament Play:

● TOURNAMENT IS FOR FUN!!! It is to bring the session to a close, and give everyone the chance to socialize with all the other teams and the opportunity to play multiple teams one more time before the next session! The same game rules apply during tournaments as they do during league play. Do not expect anything to be called more/less than what it was during the session.

● Tournament format: 1 game to 21 points, win by 2, cap out 23 and double elimination unless stated otherwise.

● No new subs unless that player is of equal or lesser value than the player they are replacing. Do not bring in a “ringer”. Subs can not be a paying player from another team in the same tournament.

● If you paid to be on two teams for the same league, you may play on both during the tournament, but if/when those two teams play one another, you must choose one and can not use a sub to fill in for the other team you do not choose.

● SUNDAY/THURSDAY 6’s – Must have at least 3 players from the original team roster to play in the tournament.

● MONDAY/WEDNESDAY 4’s – Must have at least 2 players from the original team roster to play in the tournament.

● League players will be entered into our player prize drawing, given that their email has been added to their league email list. Enter by sending your email to JillianKaylorMBV@gmail.com. Add in subject- Add email to prize drawing list.

● Team standings will be updated on the website under Standings & Schedules.

Looking forward to a wonderful 2024 Macs Beach Volleyball season! Email: JillianKaylorMBV@gmail.com Cell: 513-402-2331 (Text preferred)

Please do not argue with or confront referees about calls being made.

If anyone has comments, questions or concerns regarding calls being made by referees or conduct displayed by referees/players, it is to be brought to my attention ASAP.

If someone is being disrespectful to their own teammates, other teams or the referee, please notify me immediately.

I can/will take the appropriate action to handle any situation that arises.

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