How to Sign Up
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.
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 approximately every 30 days.
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.
Spring Season starts the weeks of March 24 and March 31.
Most Wed and Thur leagues start March 26 and 27.
Most Mon and Tues leagues start March 31 and April 1.
Most playoffs will be the end of May/first week in June.
League Fee: $822/team, payable to IVL, Inc.
Payment format:
$822 team fee if:
$862 team fee if:
You use Paypal (ivlinc@aol.com).
(Their weekly limits do not allow us to use Venmo, sorry.)
Send in your
application
as soon as possible).
New teams:
Tell us a little about your team in the comment section.
Payment deadline is
Wednesday, March 19.
If you wish to reserve court time on a practice night and you will be bringing at least 5, preferably 6 players:
NEW COED TEAMS
should reserve court time for:
Wednesday, March 19
Wilcox auxiliary gym,
8:00.
NEW WOMEN'S TEAMS
should reserve court time for:
Thursday, March 20
at
the Academy,
7:15.
NEW REVERSE COED TEAMS
should reserve court time for:
Monday, March 24
at
Wilcox auxiliary gym,
8:00.
NEW MEN'S TEAMS
should reserve court time for:
Tuesday, March 25
at
Cubberley Gym B,
7:15.
**Use the check box on the Application to reserve court time.**
The Academy
is at
360 So. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View.
Wilcox
is at
3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara.
Cubberley
is at
4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto.
(Returning teams may also request court time but preference will be
given to new teams.)
E-mail confirmations have usually been sent within 24 hours of receiving your application. With the number of teams now signing up early, please allow an extra day for us to get back to you. If you have not received a personal reply within 48 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
Friday, March 21
for leagues starting the week of
March 24.
Emails sent on
Friday, March 28
for leagues starting the week of
March 31.
League schedules will be available at the web site at the end of the first week of play.
7 or 8 league nights (28-32 games) + 1 playoff night.
More than half of the teams advance to playoffs.
Most leagues also have consolation playoffs.
Starting time at most gyms is usually 7:20.
Foothill
is 7:05.
Wilcox
and
MacDonald
will be 8:00.
Gyms generally close at 10:00.
Gyms starting at 8:00 close at 10:30.
Thursday Women's Gold/A
at
Foothill aux. gym.
Thursday Women's BB Upper Sterling
at
Foothill aux. gym.
Thursday Women's BB Lower Sterling
at
the Academy.
Thursday Women's BB Silver
at
MacDonald HS
8:00 (+ 2 or 3 nights at
Peterson small gym
7:05)
Monday Reverse Coed BB Upper Sterling
at
MacDonald HS
8:00.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Less Friendly Lower Sterling
at
Foothill aux. gym.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Friendly Lower Sterling
at
Cubberley.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Silver
at
Menlo College
and
the Academy.
Wednesday Reverse Coed Quads (upper)
at
the Academy.
Wednesday Reverse Coed Quads (lower)
at
Foothill (8:30)
and
Menlo College (7:30).
($548 team fee.
Men can hit behind the 10 foot line. Female Touch rule.)
Tuesday Men's A
at
Foothill main gym.
Tuesday Men's BB
at
Wilcox main and aux. gyms 8:00.
Tuesday Men's B
at
MacDonald HS 8:00.
Wednesday Coed A at Foothill aux. gym or the Academy.
Monday Coed B
Recreational and Returning B (combined league)
at
Wilcox main and aux. gyms (8:00).
Tuesday Coed B
Green Recreational B (Lower)
at
Cubberley
and
Wilcox.
Red Recreational B (Upper)
at
Cubberley
and
Wilcox.
Returning B
at
Academy.
Wednesday Coed B
Returning B
Smitha's League (Upper)
at
MacDonald 8:00.
Returning B
Ken's League (Lower)
at
Wilcox main and aux. gyms 8:00.
Thursday Coed B
Recreational B
at
Wilcox main and aux. gyms 8:00.
MacDonald HS is in San Jose, Wilcox in Santa Clara, Academy in Mountain View, Cubberley in Palo Alto, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, and Menlo College in Atherton.
The IVL sponsors an open play night for individuals and teams on Friday evenings from 7:30-10:00pm at Wilcox High School, usually in the main gym, $14/person. Signup info through the online Reclub App.