Hathaway BG3137 User manual

Volleyball Instructions
Basic Volleyball Rules
Scoring:
Games are usually played to 11 or 15 points and should be determined before play begins.
Court switches or exchanging courts occur at specified times during the game. In a 15-
point game, courts are exchanged each time the total number of scored points is a multiple
of 5. In an 11-point game, teams exchange playing courts each time the total number of
scored points is a multiple of 4.
Rally Point Scoring: In rally point scoring, either the serving or receiving side scores a
point whenever a team fails to serve properly, return the ball, or commits any other fault.
Ball Play:
• Ball in: The ball is “in” when, after being put in play, its first contact with the ground is
on the playing court or a boundary line.
• Ball out: The ball is out when after being put in play, its first contact with the ground is
completely outside the playing court.
- It touches an object outside the court, an overhead object or a person out of play.
- It touches the antennas, ropes, posts or the net outside the antenna.
Team Contacts:
• Each team is entitled to a maximum of three contacts to return the ball to the opponents.
• A player may not contact the ball consecutively, except during or after a block or at a
team’s first contact.
Contact Characteristics:
• A player may touch the ball with any part of the body.
• The ball must be contacted cleanly and not held, lifted, pushed, caught, carried or
thrown.
• The ball cannot roll or come to rest on any part of a player’s body.
• An exception is allowed during the defensive play of a hard driven ball (an attack hit or a
blocked ball traveling at a high rate of speed). At this time, the ball may be momentarily
lifted or pushed.
Attack Hit:
• All actions directing the ball toward the opponent’s playing area, except the acts of
serving and blocking, are attack hits.
• You cannot contact the ball within the playing space of the opponents.
Block:
• Blocking is an action that deflects the ball coming from the opponent by a player and/or
players at the net.
• For doubles and triples, blocking does constitute as a contact and any player may make
contact of the ball after the block.
• For four-person and six-person play, blocking does not constitute a team contact. Any
player may make the first contact of the ball after the block.
Simultaneous Contact:
• When two blocking teammates touch the ball simultaneously, it is considered one
contact and any player may make next contact.
Faults:
• Assisted Hit: A player takes support from a teammate or any object in order to reach the ball.
• Double Contact: A player contacts the ball twice in succession or the ball contacts
various parts of the player’s body successively.
• Held Ball: A player does not cleanly contact the ball.
• Player/Net: It is a fault for the player or their clothing to touch any part of the net.
• Reaching beyond the net while blocking. A player may touch the ball beyond the net provided
the player does not interfere with the opponent’s play before or during the attack-hit.
• Player may cross the center line, either before, during or after legal play of the ball,
provided this does not interfere with the opponent’s play.
• While opposing players are not required to avoid the ball or the player, they cannot
intentionally interfere with any legal attempt to play the ball on their court.
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Top View
Net Pole
Guyline
Stake
45°
30’
60’
Step 1: Lay out poles.
Step 2: Lay out the 3’ x 32’ net exposing the four side straps.
Step 3: Slip the pole through the side net straps.
Step 4: Attach the guyline hook to the top pole eyebolt. Extend and
lock the poles into position with the push-button clips.
Step 5: Assemble the tension ring as per Diagram A. Hold the
metal ring with your left hand. With your right hand, push
the small clip two times through the ring. Grasp the second
loop that you just formed and pull it until the loop is about
12” from the tension ring.
Pole and Net Assembly
Lean the base of the pole towards the
inside center of the court
approximately 18”, Pull-up on
the guyline tension ring. Stand
the pole upright. This procedure
provides maximum net tension
[Diagram C].
Diagram A
Diagram B
Guyline
Stake
45°
LIMITED WARRANTY
This product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period
of 90 days from date of purchase. Should any evidence of defects in material and/or work-
manship appear within the Limited Warranty period, manufacturer will either replace or repair
the product at its option. This warranty covers normal consumer use and does not cover failure
which results from alteration, accidents, misuse, abuse or neglect. An original receipt will
be required before warranty performance can be rendered. Requests for return authorization
should be sent to: Blue Wave Products, 1745 Wallace Ave., St. Charles, IL 60174. This war-
ranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which may vary by state.
Step 6: Holding the pole upright, extend the guylines out to 45
degrees both directions (approximately 8-10 feet apart)
and anchor with ground stakes [Diagram A&B]
Step 7:
Lay out boundary cord onto the playing
area.The boundary is pre-measurd with
the center pole markers and four corner
anchors.The standard and current volleyball
court dimensions are 30’x60’.
Step 8:
Diagram C
8-10’
Parts List
3-pc Metal Pole NGP6315
3’ x 32’ Net NGP6316
Guyline Set NGP6317
Ground Stake NGP6318
Boundary Marker Cord NGP6319
Air Pump NGP6320
Equipment Bag NGP6321
Volleyball NGP6329
For replacement parts, further warranty information
or inquiries, please call 800-759-0977