VolleyClub
The game is very similar to volleyball, replacing the ball with a club (hence: Volleyclub). For brevity, we will use the term “ball” to refer to the club that is passed between the two teams.
In each game, The winning team is the first to reach 11 points, given a gap of at least 2 points.
Number of players in each team: 2-4.
equipment:
Each player holds 2 clubs, one in each hand.
one additional club is needed: “The Ball”. It is customary to mark the ball so that it is distinguished from the other clubs.
a “Normal” Volleyball net – at a height of about 2 meters and 20 cm.
Course of the game and basic rules:
Beginning of the game:
In order to decide the who serves first, a single point is played:
After 3 friendly passes have been counted between the teams, the winning team will receive the right to serve first.
Process of playing a point:
One team serves the ball over the net into the court area of the opposing team. After catching the ball, it must either:
– be passed to another player in the same team,
– thrown across the net to the opposing team’s territory.
A player is not allowed to throw the ball to themselves. (“Throw a Self”).
A player is not allowed to make more than 2 consecutive self-passes with the individual non-ball clubs.
The maximum number of passes between team members with the ball is 2. After 2 passes, the ball must be thrown over the net.
The serving throw is made from a cascade of 3 clubs.
The fall of clubs that are not the ball
A player must have possession of both of his clubs without dropping them in order to throw the ball. As soon as one club falls from their hand, the player is disqualified and out of the game until the next serve.
While playing training games, it is customary to let players whose clubs have fallen to continue playing after collecting their clubs.
Dunks and blockades:
Dunks are prohibited. Throwing the ball downwards prohibited as well.
Blocking: when a player holds their clubs in their hands in a way that blocks the transfer of the clubs from the other team. This step is legal.
One must not block serve throws.
Serving rules:
Valid serves:
The ball passes over the net smoothly, without touching the net or any of the members of the team.
The ball is thrown with plausible speed and spin, a throw that is easy to catch. (No more than double spin).
There is no clear definition for an “easy serve”. It should be noted we are here to play and not to win.
When a first serve is unsuccessful, there is an opportunity for a second serve (re-serving the point).
Improper serves
Throwing a club that is not the clavador.
Failure of 3 Club Cascade before a serve.
touching the net with the ball.
“Helicopter”/”Propeller” throws (club rotation that is parallel to the ground).
When the ball falls, the right to serve for the next point remains with the team that won the point.
A legal catch is to have one club in each hand at all times.
Additional points:
It is forbidden to throw the ball between a single players hands (a “self”), nor to pass it between hands without throwing (“a zip”).
It is allowed to flip the ball half a turn in the same hand if necessary.
All boundary lines of the field are considered legal parts of the field. A club that lands on the line is considered to have landed within the field.
Score:
Every time the ball touches the ground, points are awarded to the team that is not the last team to touch the ballLet’s play 🙂