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Take your volleyball tournament to the beach, field or gym.
GET ORGANIZED:
Get started with our Week-By-Week Event Planner to make your life easy.
If you’re a Team Captain, check out our toolkit that’s designed just for you and provides answers about your role as a leader.
Make a list of everything that needs to get done and by whom with our Timeline Planner. Or use a free online planner like, Trello.
YOU’LL NEED:
- A date, time and a volleyball court with volleyball net (have lots of people? try to get more courts so everyone can get in on the fun).
- At least 2 volleyballs per court, in case one gets lost or pops.
- Signs and posters.
- A bullhorn or loud friend.
- Photographer or videographer to capture the moment.
- Whistles.
- Cones/paint if you’re setting up your court on grass, tape for gyms, and rope for sand.
- Tables for the bracket, registration, water, snacks or selling t-shirts.
- Concession stand with volunteers if you want to raise some extra money for your cause.
- An easel to display the bracket- you can also use a table.
- Stopwatch for timing matches.
- A bracket and poster for teams- here’s how to build one.
- Referees, if possible.
- Award or trophy for the winners.
- Event donation box and some smaller bills to make change.
- A team for set up and a team for clean up.
HOW IT GOES DOWN:
- Collect an entry fee from each team and ask them to set up fundraising pages leading up to the event to activate peer to peer fundraising.
- Try to create/find as many courts as possible, so you can get the most people playing at once!
- Fill out your bracket once teams show up.
- Ask teams to wear costumes or tshirts of the same color- they’re a great for team unity.
- Cheer everyone on!
BOOST YOUR EFFORT:
Use our step-by-step guide to promote and share your idea to get as many volleyball players as you can.
DAY-OF ORGANIZATION:
Check out our Day-Of Event Checklist so that your event is stress free and FUN.
Share your event far and wide. Use our step-by-step guide to promote your idea and get as many volleyballers as you can.
Volleyball Rules!
- Have 4-6 players per team. If teams have uneven amounts of players, have the team with more players sub their extras in and out to make it fair.
- The ball must be served from behind the end line, underhand or overhand.
- First game serve is determined by a volley, each subsequent game is served by the previous game loser.
- Offense will score on a defense miss or out of bounds hit.
- Defense will score on an offensive miss, out of bounds hit, or serve into the net.
- Official games are played to 25 points, but that can be set lower to speed up the tournament.
- Must win by 2 points.
- Team will rotate each time they win the serve.
- Player may not hit the ball twice in succession.
- A ball touching a boundary line is good.