Warm Up Policy

VNS/VC Warm Up Protocol

Warm Up Protocol

Teams will be granted a 5-minute shared court warm up followed by an individual 5-minute team warm up each. The 5 minute warm up will commence once the referee has whistled to instruct teams to shake hands from the previous match.

The coin toss will commence at this time and coaches and team captains will be responsible to ensure their team roster is recorded and verified by signing the score sheet within this 5 minute timeframe.

Team Warm-ups will be conducted using the 5-5-5 format, which is as follows:

5 minutes for players to warm-up on their respective side of the court, 5 minutes to use the full court (traditionally used for spiking and serving practice), 4 minutes to use the space behind the baseline (traditionally used for passing practice).

Warm-up Protocol 7.2.4 Volleyball Canada – In an effort to reduce the incidence of injuries and concussions during warm-up, Volleyball Canada has developed the following warm-up protocol. This protocol is to be followed by all teams during the designated on court warm-up time:

a. Athletes must remain on their side of the net immediately following an attack and only move to the opposite side of the net from outside of the court. Athletes are not permitted into the receiving court.

b. Any ball from the receiving side of the court, entered to the attacking side, must be entered from outside of the court.

c. Retrieved balls must be returned along the sidelines of the court and not through the receiving court.

d. If the team is using both sides of the court, i.e. full court game type activity – only one ball can be in play at any given time.

e. Opposing teams are not permitted to use volleyballs in the free zone during the other team’s allocated court time. It is recommended for the opposing team to support the retrieval of volleyballs for the team on the court.

For teams that do not follow the warm-up protocol, the referees will note on the score sheet the non-compliance of the warm-up protocol. The league, PTA, or Volleyball Canada will determine the appropriate sanction.

At the end of the match, teams must vacate the court (playing area and bench area) within one minute of the completion of their match to allow for the next teams playing full access to the court.