All ROSTERS must be VERIFIED on TM2.

Coaches must bring a PRINTED roster from TM2 to each event.

 

Rules and Regulations

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1. Every participant at Wyoming AAU Events must have an AAU membership. This includes coaches, assistants, chaperones, site coordinators, tournament directors, officials, and athletes. Athletes may only be listed on ONE roster and compete for ONE TEAM during a tournament. If an athlete is listed on two rosters, both teams will be disqualified immediately.

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*Valid rosters must be submitted online via TM2Sign.com at least one week prior to each tournament.*

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2. The AAU Volleyball Handbook and Regulations will be followed by all participants.

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3. Registration for each tournament MUST be completed (registered AND paid) at least FOUR weeks in advance of each scheduled tournament date. 

• Cancellations made more than 2 weeks before an event will be subject to a 50% refund.

• No refund requests will be granted for teams that cancel 14 days or less before an event. The entire registration fee is forfeit (0% refund) for ANY and ALL circumstances. 

NO SHOWs are particularly difficult and expensive for all involved.

• NO SHOWs is defined as not showing up and not notifying WYO Club at least 7 days in advance

• For this reason, in addition to forfeiting the entire registration fee (NO refund), WYO Club Volleyball reserves the right to assign fines, revoke registrations, and/or suspend teams who NO SHOW for the rest of the season.

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4. Uniforms are required. However, Enforcement of uniform requirements will be more flexible for teams only attending local AAU events, but rules should be communicated to the coach and club in case they might attend any national-level events.

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5. Pool and bracket matches in every age group and division will play best 2 out of 3 whenever possible.

Teams should expect to play 4-5 matches in our one-day tournaments and 7 matches\at our two-day events.

A single-elimination tournament bracket typically follows pool play. Lower brackets will get later time slots.

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Teams WILL NOT switch sides at set, unless there is an advantage on one side of the court. If there is an advantage to playing on one side of the court, teams will switch sides each set.

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DIVISION SPECIFIC RULES

• U10 divisions will play with the 5-serve rule in place.

• U10 divisions will allow a 6'6" step-in for serving; foot faults must be called.

POOL FORMAT: CAP AT +2

• Warm ups will be a 5-5 format. 5 minutes on (serving included). "OFF" team must shag for "ON" team.

• 3 & 4-Team pools will begin at 8:00 AM; games will be played to 25.

• 5 Team pools will begin at 8:00 AM; pool games will be played to 17, bracket games to 21.

• We try to format every division with 4 teams to a pool, but there will be exceptions beyond our control.

BRACKET FORMAT: NO CAP​

• First game of bracket will get a 4-4 warm up. After that, 2-2 warm up will be used.

• All bracket games are best 2 of 3, with NO CAP.

6. AGE WAIVERS - Age waivers are not allowed in any Grand Prix or Super Regional event.

Age waivers are approved for non-qualifying events on a case-by-case basis when:

• Player is same grade-level as team requesting waiver (ex. U10 = 4th grade, U14 = 8th grade)

• Player is within 6 months of the the July 1 birthday cut-off.

• No age waivers will be approved for teams in the CLASSIC division.

Simply request an age waiver on the TM2 event roster for WYO CLUB approval.

7. The service line for 12 & under teams in the lowest Division may be moved up 3'0" (at the discretion of the tournament host). All 12 & Under teams in all other divisions are NOT allowed to step into the court when serving. 

• Footfalls will be called for all divisions and age groups for ALL events.

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8. The net height should be 2.24 m (7’4⅛ ”) for female 13-18s teams and 2.13 m (7’0”) for female 12 and under teams. The net height should be 2.43 m (7’11⅝”) for male 15-18s teams and 2.24 m (7’4⅛”) for male 13-14s teams and is 2.13 m (7’0”) for male 12 and under teams. The net height should be 1.98 m (6'6") for 10 and under teams.

9. Jewelry is allowed, with exception of large hoops and large medallion necklaces.

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10. OFFICIATING & SCORING - A rostered adult is required to be the second referee for ALL matches in every divisions. We want to avoid putting kids in a difficult situation interacting with adult coaches especially during high stakes matches. The only exception to this will be if a player is a certified WYO CLUB official.

• Rostered adult MUST be the second referee & is responsible for officiating the match (exception for pool play)

• For all Saturday divisions, an adult coach or parent chaperone MUST do the scoresheet correctly.

• For all U14 divisions, an adult must be at the score table ensuring the book is done properly.

• For all 15 and older divisions, properly trained athletes may do the book with no adult present.

• The first referee MUST verify the scoresheet at the end of the match for accurate score and results of match.​

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11. BOYS - new as of 2026, boys are NO LONGER allowed to play in girls divisions at any age.

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12. GHOST RULE: AAU does have a ghost rule. Teams must have 6 players on the court at all times.

WYO CLUB has adopted a GHOST RULE for all our events.

• Team must have 5 players on the court at all times

• Team may "sub" a rostered player in for the "GHOST" at any point during a match.

• A team may not have any subs when using the GHOST rule

• If a team only has 4 players at any time, they may continue play but forfeit all games 0-25. 

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PROCEDURES FOR POOL PLAY TIE-BREAKING

At the conclusion of a pool, the bracket seeding positions of the teams are determined by their pool match records.

 

If there is a tie in match record among 2 or more teams in the pool, tie(s) will be resolved using the USAV GJNC
National Tie Break Rules procedures as follows:

TWO-WAY TIES: 2 teams tied in match record for pool play

• Head to head

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THREE-WAY TIES: 3 teams tied in match record for pool play

• Head-to-head results will not be used at any point in breaking a 3-way tie​

• Set %

• Point %​

• Coin toss

 

*For tournaments where full matches are not played in pool play, set % will be the first criteria, not match %.