2011 Emerald City 1A League Volleyball Guidelines (Updated 8/17/11)
Season Beginning Date: August 22nd
Season Ending Date: November 12th
Minimum # of Practices: 10
Regular Season Contest Limit: 16
Two Divisions: Division One Division Two
Cedar Park Bellevue Christian
University Prep Annie Wright
Overlake Forest Ridge
Bush Seattle Academy
Northwest
Varsity Matches: Best 3 out of 5, rally to 25, no cap
5th and deciding game rally to 15, no cap
Net serve, libero may serve
JV Matches: Guaranteed 3 games to 25 (3rd game to 15)
Officials: 2 officials for varsity games if possible (R1,R2)
Home team is responsible for supplying officials
Greater Seattle Volleyball Officials:
425-802-7474
http://www.gsvo.org/schools.htm
assignor@gsvo.org
Rules of Play: National Federation Rules
Warm-up Times: Varsity 5-5-5-2
JV 5-5-2
Score Reporting: The home team is responsible for reporting game results to the Seattle, Tacoma, and Eastside newspapers. For media reporting, include:
Bellevue Reporter Joel Willits [jwillits@bellevuereporter.com]
Seattle Times 206-464-2276
sports@seattletimes.com
Tacoma News Tribune 253-597-8680
sports@mail.tribnet.com
Emerald City Web Page jwiley@overlake.org
Home Team Responsibilities: supplying a qualified official scorekeeper
supplying a qualified book person
supplying a qualified libero tracker
supplying two qualified (adult) lines people each game
supplying an official game ball
How to avoid blow-outs: Allow non-starters the chance to get more playing time. If a particular girl has a serve that is too difficult for the opposing team to receive, have her work on serving particular areas of the court. In addition, if a team has numerous aces because the opposing team is not able to receive the ball, please do not cheer excessively.
Tie-Break Procedures: 1. Head to Head competition/record
2. Top-down record
3. If there are multiple ties, figure them out from the top down. You will use your combined record of the ties below you if there are multiple ties.
4. If you have gone through the entire tie break system and someone is dead locked, a tie break game will be played.
5. Special Procedures in the event of a 3-way tie.
All-Star Procedures: Coaches will meet @ 6:30pm on Monday, November 7th @ Bellevue Christian to vote for all-league honors. For nomination procedure see the Emerald City League manual. Coaches will also vote on MVP, Coach of the Year, Sportsmanship and Rookie of the Year.
League coaches:
School Head Coach E-mail Address Cell Phone___
Annie Wright Rodney Kalalau BertKalalau@msn.com 253-732-8611
Bellevue Christian Sonja Bennett sbennett@bellevuechristian.org 425-214-2116
Bush Tiffany Ross tiffross2@gmail.com 541-778-6588
Cedar Park Marnie Drechsel marni.drechsel@cedarpark.org 425-780-9003
Forest Ridge Stephanie Weishaar sweishaar11@gmail.com 360-901-0473
Overlake Scott Christopher schristopher@overlake.edu 425-241-1113
Northwest Erica Anderson erica.anderson@northwestschool.org 206-919-9163
University Prep Rachel Hurst rhurst@universityprep.org 206-369-5460
Seattle Academy Deviny Mo onemotimemate@gmail.com 206-334-6536
League Volleyball Coordinator Kim Eng 425-641-0700 ex. 5503 phone
425-643-3881 fax
kimen@forestridge.org e-mail
Playoff Information
10/27 ECL playoffs 1st Round
Game 1: D1#3 @ D2#2
Game 2: D2#3 @ D1#2
10/29 ECL playoffs 2nd Round
Game 3: Winner game 1 vs. D1#1 @ Overlake
Game 4: Winner game 2 vs. D2#1 @ Overlake
11/1 ECL playoffs 3rd Round
Game 5: W game 3 vs. W game 4 @ Overlake (winner 1st seed to Tri-D, loser 2nd seed to Tri-D)
Game 6: L game 3 vs. L game 4 @ Overlake (winner 3rd seed to Tri-D, loser 4th seed to Tri-D)
*Please note that this is subject to change. We may get additional berths into the tri-district at which point we will play-off for 5th and 6th seeds as needed.
11/3 and 11/5 Tri-Districts, format TBD.
NFHS Volleyball Rules Changes 2011-12
1-3 new 3
Outlines the procedure for scoring when a vacant position rotates to serve in the right back position due to the team playing
with fewer than six players as a result of illness, injury or disqualification.
Rationale: Provides clarification of proper scoring protocol when a team plays with fewer than 6 players due to injury, illness, or disqualification, after the start of the match.
2-1 new 9 and 10
Adds the definitions for playable and nonplayable areas and stipulates the first referee has the authority to identify other area(s)
as unsuitable for play.
Rationale: The rules currently refer to playable and nonplayable areas. For clarification, these areas are now defined. The first
referee has the authority to identify other unsuitable area(s) for play.
3-1-1
The overall width and length of the net may now fall within a range with the width of the net overall being 36 inches to 39 inches
and the length being 31 feet, 6 inches to 33 feet.
Rationale: The inclusion of a range makes legal the various equipment being utilized by high school teams should matches be
conducted in college facilities. The change does not require new equipment and eliminates need for manufacturers to make
different nets which many schools are not correctly purchasing.
3-1-1
The plain white tape along the top of the net shall be 2 inches up to 2¾ inches wide. A white net sleeve, no wider than 3 3/8 inches
, with the school name, insignia, school mascot and/or advertising may be installed along the top of the net.
Rationale: The inclusion of the range makes legal the various equipment being utilized by high schools should matches be
conducted in college facilities. The use of a manufactured sleeve allows the school to place their name, mascot, insignia and/or
advertising on the net without expense of a custom net to promote school spirit and opportunity as a source for additional revenue.
4-1-5
Expands the style of items that may be worn in the hair to include unadorned flat barrettes no longer than 2 inches.
Rationale: Flat, unadorned barrettes, no longer than two inches, do not create a concern for risk of injury and can be securely
fastened and serve as efficient means to control a player’s hair.
5-1-3
Once the match competition is concluded, the match officials continue to maintain administrative responsibilities through the
completion of any required reports or correspondence related to action occurring during the match. If necessary, the state
association may intercede due to unusual incidents after officials’ jurisdiction ends or the match is terminated prior to conclusion
of regulation competition.
Rationale: Administrative duties for match officials may need to continue after the match to document actions which occur during
the competition. This revision illustrates the difference between the match officials’ jurisdiction during the contest and other
administrative responsibilities such as submitting specific reports after the match. In addition, clarifies that State Associations
may continue to develop and implement policies that allow for review of unusual incidents that occur while the match officials have
jurisdiction or after the match.