National Beach Volleyball High Performance Training Centre
Address: 75 Carl Hall Rd #3, North York, ON M3K 2B9

• Player check in 8:30am - 8:50am

• Player’s meeting 8:50-9:00am

• Warm Up: 9:00am - 9:13am.

• First serve: 9:15am

• End time: 1pm.

• 9:00–9:13 Warm-Up (15 min)
  9:15–9:30 Round 1 (15 min)
  9:35–9:50 Round 2 (15 min)
  9:55–10:10 Round 3 (15 min)
  10:15–10:30 Round 4 (15 min)
  10:35–10:50 Round 5 (15 min)
  10:50–11:10 Extended Break (20 min)
  11:10–11:20 Warm-Up (10 min)
  11:20–11:35 Round 6 (15 min)
  11:40–11:55 Round 7 (15 min)
  12:00–12:15 Round 8 (15 min)
  12:20–12:35 Round 9 (15 min)
  12:45 Medal presentation

• Below is the typical format for a 10 athlete court.

• Athletes will have to check in at the control table between 8:30-8:50am.

• A player’s meeting will take place at 8:50am

• First round will begin at 9:15am.

• Before each round, each pair will draw a card to determine the order of the start and who will start on the King’s/Queen’s side.

• There will be nine 15-minute rounds in total.

• Each round consists of 5 pairs playing King’s/Queen’s style.

• Athletes will pick up a new partner each round.

• The pairings for each round have been pre-determined and must be followed.  

• Attached you’ll see the full timed schedule.

• After round 5 an extended break (20 mins) has been scheduled for lunch.

• A 10-minute warm up has been scheduled upon return.

• A team on the challenger’s side will always serve.

• Points are only scored on King’s/Queen’s side.

• Missed serves do not count as a point, unless it is the 3rd missed serve in a row.

• Each team is responsible for keeping track and submitting their own score at the end of each round, at the tournament control table.

• A 60 second warning will be given to teams before the end of the each round.

Transition:

• When losing a rally on the King’s/Queen’s side, the team must retrieve the ball and return to the challenger side from outside the posts.

• The challenging side can transition to King’s/Queen’s side by going under the net.

• The challenging side that loses the point, must retrieve the ball.

• Players on the challenging side that lost rally, must be fully off, before the next challenging team can serve the next ball.

• The athlete with the most total individual points scored after 9 rounds is crowned King or Queen.

• If two or more athletes are tied in total points, resolve the tie using the following steps in sequence:

• The athlete with the highest single-round score ranks higher.

• If still tied, compare the second-highest round, third-highest round, and so on.

  • Athlete A: Highest round = 18 points, second highest = 15 points.

  • Athlete B: Highest round = 18 points, second highest = 16 points.

  • Athlete C: Highest round = 19 points, second highest = 13 points

  • Athlete C wins the tiebreaker, Athlete B finishes second.

Officiating Rules:

• All players are responsible for fairly officiating the competition.

Net Rules:

• Contact with the net by a player between the antennae, during the action of playing the ball, is a fault. The action of playing the ball includes (among others) take-off, hit (or attempt) and landing.

• Players may touch the post, ropes, or any other object outside the antennae, including the net itself, provided that it does not interfere with the play.

• When the ball is driven into the net, causing it to touch an opponent, no fault is committed.

Hand Setting Rule – 16U and younger divisions only.

• A player may have a double contact on their second contact when completing a set to their teammate using an overhand pass provided the ball has a trajectory perpendicular to the line of the player’s hands, shoulders, and hips and the double contact involves only the hands.

Queens/King’s side Serve reception - 16U and younger

• The athletes on the King’s or Queen’s side must switch positions every serve receive.

• No overhand passing on serve receive. No overhand passing during a rally unless it is a hard-driven ball.

Coaching:

• Coaching is not allowed at King & Queen of the Beach events.