How to Sign Up

32 years of serving your volleyball needs . . .

Industrial Volleyball League, Inc. organizes indoor volleyball competition in the southern San Francisco peninsula and San Jose area. We offer five levels of play in the coed, ranging from recreational play to open competition. There are four levels in the reverse coed, four in the women's and three in the men's (when offered). For more information on the levels, go to League Format.

Our seasons run approximately eight to nine weeks with playoffs. Each league meets once per week and usually consists of six or nine teams (depending upon the number of courts at their facility). Each night, three teams play a 6 game round-robin on one court (team A x team B, team A x team C, team B x team C).

While two teams play, the third team officiates. Each team is required to provide a referee, an umpire and two line judges. Referees are certified by taking a written test prior to their first experience as officials. The IVL provides paid referees and umpires during the playoffs.

FREE AGENT REGISTRY

You have a team looking for a player? You a player looking for a team? Click on "Free Agent" at the website and check it out. The listings get refreshed every 30 days.

GETTING REFS CERTIFIED (each team needs at least two certified refs)

New referees can now take our new online referee test. Take the test, have it corrected online, then bring the printed out results to your league supervisor for certification. See Referee's page for details.

WINTER IVL
Most leagues start the week of January 9.

League schedules will be available at the web site at the end of the first week of play.

League Fee: $520/team, payable to IVL, Inc.

FREE NIGHT FOR IVL PLAYERS

Wednesday, December 14 at Wilcox. No charge. We'll use both gyms. No pre-registration. Limited to 9 teams worth of players in each gym. No saving spaces for people who aren't there. Be there at 7:00 at the large gym. Happy Holidays from the IVL.

How to Participate in the Upcoming Winter Season

Send in your application (fax, mail, WWW as soon as possible).

Signup and payment deadline is Tuesday, Jan. 3.

1. Mail a check so it arrives by Jan. 3. (We won't deposit checks until after the New Year.)
   or
2. Check can be brought to Peterson that evening between 6:30 and 8:00pm.

Note: Teams reserving court time are expected to bring at least 5, if not 6 players, please.

NEW COED, NEW REVERSE COED AND NEW WOMEN'S TEAMS should reserve court time for Jan. 3 at Peterson, 7:00.
Use the check box on the application. 1380 Rosalia Ave. in Sunnyvale.
RETURNING TEAMS may reserve court time for Jan. 3 at Wilcox, 7:20.
Limited space. Just one gym.
Use the check box on the application. 3250 Monroe St. in Santa Clara.
RETURNING TEAMS may reserve court time for Jan. 4 at Wilcox, 7:20.
Use the check box on the application. 3250 Monroe St. in Santa Clara.

In the comment box on the application:
If you're a returning team with a different lineup or especially if you're a new team, tell us about yourselves.

Confirmation of Entry

E-mail confirmations will be sent within 24 hours after receiving your application. If you haven't received a personal reply within 24 hours of sending your application, please contact us. We will e-mail official letters of acceptance (with details of starting time, location, etc.) by noon on January 6.

Gyms, Gyms, Gyms

We should have enough room to accommodate everyone this season. New recreational coed teams are encouraged to sign up for either Tuesday or Thursday Rec B. Next best choice would be Monday Rec/Returning B.

Rules Update

• The 4 men, 1 woman rule is legal in all coed leagues.

• Rally scoring in all leagues.

• See "Rules" at the web site for details about the Libero and other rules.

Format During the Winter Season

7 or 8 league nights (28-32 games) + 1 playoff night. More than half of the teams advance to the playoffs. Most leagues also have consolation playoffs.

Starting time at most gyms is usually 7:20. At Peterson it's 7:00. Gyms generally close at 10:00. It costs $2 to park at Foothill (but no registration forms to fill out).

Where the leagues will probably be:

Thursday Women's A will be at the Academy.
Thursday Women's BB Gold at Foothill.
Thursday Women's BB Sterling at Foothill and Wilcox. (Half the nights at each site.)
Thursday Women's BB Silver at Foothill and Wilcox. (Half the nights at each site.)

Monday Reverse Coed A at the Academy or Foothill.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Gold at the Academy or Foothill.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Sterling at Foothill and Wilcox. (Half the nights at each site.)
Monday Reverse Coed BB Silver at Foothill and Wilcox. (Half the nights at each site.)

Wednesday Coed A at the Academy.

Tuesday Coed BB at Wilcox. (Plus 2-3 nights at Foothill.)
Wednesday Coed BB at Wilcox. (Plus 2-3 nights at Foothill.)

Monday Coed B
Recreational and Returning B (combined league) at Peterson or Wilcox.
Returning B at Peterson or Wilcox.

Tuesday Coed B
Recreational B (lower) at Peterson.
Recreational B (upper) at Peterson.
Returning B at Wilcox aux. (Killer Dinks' league).
Returning B at Academy (Kilauea's league).
Returning B at Peterson, or Wilcox (Wam Bam's league--top Returning B teams).

Wednesday Coed B
Returning B at Wilcox aux.

Thursday Coed B
Recreational B at Peterson or Wilcox.
Returning B at Peterson or Wilcox.

Where are these gyms?

Peterson is in Sunnyvale; Wilcox is in Santa Clara; the Academy is in Mountain View; Foothill College is in Los Altos.

Drop-In Volleyball

The IVL sponsors an open play night for individuals and teams on Friday evenings from 7:00-10pm at Wilcox High School. $6/person. Weekly updates at twitter.com/ivlinc. Intermediate and above levels.