North Metro

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Leagues:  Fall - Winter - Spring - Summer (Sand)

• New Brighton Community Center: Court 1 in Arbiter = Court A |  Court 2 in Arbiter = Court B

• Highview Middle School:  Court 1 in Arbiter = South Gym, Court 2 in Arbiter = Lower Gym

• Match Times:  6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 OR 6:15, 7:10, 8:05, 9:00

• Arrive ON-COURT no later than 15 minutes prior to match time so you have time to check the net, ball & do the coin toss.

• Dress in professional officiating attire.  Polo & dark pants.

• Indoor: The teams and/or gym attendants are responsible to set-up and take down the nets.

• You are responsible for reviewing the league rules (linked below), your own whistle, flipping coin and net chain/tape measure to check net height.

• Payment will be $30 per match. 

  • When there is only a single match scheduled, your pay will be $40

  • See the Independent Contractor page for required paperwork and payroll schedule

  • Review the Team Schedules links above to verify the # of matches on your court, note that your court may have matches from different leagues, so check all league pages for your assigned night.

• Report Scores: Record scores of each set/match & report them to Brice Richter following the last match of the night.  You can use a notebook to record this information OR there is a sample scorecard that you can print linked in the Rules & Forms section above.

• Subs: May be requested by e-mailing Schedules@MetroVolleyball.com.  Include the date and location in your request.  Advanced notice is appreciated.

• Serving: Jump serves are not allowed in the indoor leagues

• Regular Season

  • Match Format - Regular Season : 3 sets per match. All sets played to 25 points, win by 2 with 27 point cap.

  • Time Limit: Announce at the start of the match what time you're starting and the end time.  (i.e. "It is 6:30, we will play until 7:25.")
    Matches are scheduled for 5 minutes of warm-up and 55 minutes of play to complete all 3 sets.  Third set can't end in a tie at the time limit, so play the last point to win by 1 if needed. 
    Please give the teams a warning when they have 5 minutes remaining to play.

• Playoffs

  • Match Format - Playoffs:  Best 2 sets of 3.  First 2 sets to 25, cap 27.  Deciding 3rd set to 15, cap 17 and is only played if teams split the first 2 sets.

• Roster: Teams are required to have at least 4 players on the court at all times. A team with less than 4 players present will be allowed 5 additional minutes to the warm-up period for the first set.  If the team still does not have 4 players to start the match, the team forfeits the 1st set.  If the team still does not have 4 players to start the match 15 minutes after the match should have started, the team will forfeit the entire match

• Officials accepting assignments should be flexible and understanding of changes due to unforeseen health & safety circumstances. 

INCLEMENT WEATHER: Weather-Related Match Cancellations will be made if conditions outside are unfit for travel to and from the match site, and include dangerous snow conditions and/or extreme cold. Matches cancelled due to weather will be made up as soon as possible. Check with either the Spring Lake Park or New Brighton Recreation departments by 3:30pm on game day for a ruling on a weather-related cancellation.

SAND LEAGUE WEATHER: Officials should read the Sand League rules to be familiar with weather related cancellations while onsite.