How to Sign Up

Serving your volleyball needs since 1979

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.

FREE AGENT REGISTRY

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.

GETTING REFS CERTIFIED (each team needs at least two certified refs)

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.

Fall 2024

Fall Season starts the week of Sept. 23.
Most playoffs will be the weeks of Nov. 18 and Dec. 2.
No games Thanksgiving Week.

League Fee: $798/team, payable to IVL, Inc.

Payment format:
$798 team fee if:

1. You mail a personal check so it's received by Tuesday, Sept. 17.
   (Checks won't be deposited until after your first league night. Checks can also be dropped off Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Mountain View Academy, 7:00-8:00pm.)
2. You use Zelle (ivlinc@aol.com).
3. You use online bill pay through your bank (that takes 4-5 days so allow time).

$828 team fee if:
You use Paypal (ivlinc@aol.com).
(Their weekly limits do not allow us to use Venmo, sorry.)

How to Participate in the Upcoming Fall Season

Send in your application as soon as possible).
New teams: Tell us a little about your team in the comment section.
Payment deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 17.

If you wish to reserve court time on a practice night and you will be bringing at least 5, preferably 6 players:

NEW REVERSE COED TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Monday, Sept. 17 at Cubberley, 7:20

NEW MEN'S TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Mountain View Academy, 7:20.

NEW COED TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Wednesday, Sept. 18 Cubberley, 8:30.

NEW WOMEN'S TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Thursday, Sept. 19 at the Mountain View Academy, 7:20.

Cubberley is at 4000 Middlefield Rd. in Palo Alto. Games are in the Pavillion.
Mountain View Academy is at 360 Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View.

(Returning teams may also request court time but preference will be given to new teams.)

**Use the check box on the Application to reserve court time.**

Confirmation of Entry

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 haven't 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, Sept. 20.

League schedules will be available at the web site at the end of the first week of play.

Gyms, Gyms, Gyms

• We should be able to accommodate all the teams that played this past Summer Season, along with a few new teams. RC Lower Quads and Women's Silver will be pretty full.

Rules Update

• The 4 men, 1 woman rule is legal in all coed leagues.

• Rally scoring in all leagues.

• See "Rules" at the web site for details about the Libero and other rules.

Format During the Fall Season

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 aux. gym will be 8:00.
Gyms generally close at 10:00.
Gyms starting at 8:00 close at 10:30.

Where the leagues will probably be:

Thursday Women's Gold/A at Foothill.
Thursday Women's BB Upper Sterling at Foothill.
Thursday Women's BB Lower Sterling at the Academy.
Thursday Women's BB Silver at City Beach Fremont.

Monday Reverse Coed BB Upper Sterling at MacDonald HS.
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 or Foothill aux. gym.
Wednesday Reverse Coed Quads (lower) at Cubberley (8:30) and Foothill aux. gym.
($532 team fee. Men hit behind the 10 foot line. Female Touch rule.)

Tuesday Men's A at Foothill main gym.
Tuesday Men's BB at City Beach Fremont.
Tuesday Men's B at MacDonald HS in San Jose.

Wednesday Coed A at the Academy or Foothill aux. gym.

Monday Coed B
Recreational and Returning B (combined league) at Wilcox aux. gym (8:00).

Tuesday Coed B
Green Recreational B (Lower) at Wilcox aux. gym (8:00).
Red Recreational B (Upper) at Cubberley.
Returning B at Academy.

Wednesday Coed B
Returning B at Wilcox aux. gym (8:00).

Thursday Coed B
Recreational B at Wilcox aux. gym (8:00).

Where are these gyms?

MacDonald is in San Jose, Wilcox in Santa Clara, City Beach Fremont is in Fremont, Academy is in Mountain View, Cubberley in Palo Alto, Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, and Menlo College in Atherton.

Drop-In Volleyball

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.