{"id":672,"date":"2025-11-15T22:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/?page_id=672"},"modified":"2025-11-15T22:29:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:29:47","slug":"stake-youth-volleyball-league","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/?page_id=672","title":{"rendered":"Stake Youth Volleyball League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cardiff Stake Youth Volleyball League is designed to give our youth a fun, uplifting, and fair sporting experience that brings wards together and promotes teamwork, fellowship, and friendly competition. Below are the official rules and structure for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Scheduling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wards arrange their own match nights (to be played within a window).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Games can be held in Cardiff Chapel, Cwmbran Chapel, or a mutually agreed external venue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If a fixture isn\u2019t completed, points may be forfeited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Teams<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One youth team per ward (normal youth ages 11\u201317).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friends may play if they keep standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\u20136 players on court; if a team has fewer than 4, players are randomly borrowed from the other ward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players must remain within their positions during play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Substitutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If a team has subs, they rotate in whenever the team wins a rally and begins serving.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All players should get fair court time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Everyone serves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Match Format<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three youth matches per fixture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matches are 18 minutes long with a 2-minute changeover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Win by 2 clear points at or after the time limit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rally scoring is used (a point every rally).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. League Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 point per match win (up to 3 per evening).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 bonus point for fair rotation and game time for all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Handicap System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If there&#8217;s a large age gap, the younger team may begin with a handicap. We will leave this to wards agreement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Handicap = double the average age difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Leaders Match (Optional)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>15-minute leaders match after youth games.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Win by 2 clear points.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winning ward receives 1 bonus league point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maximum total points per evening is 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>8. Game Rules<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Serving<\/strong>: 2 attempts allowed; younger players may step forward 1m; net serves allowed; blocking a serve is illegal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Touches<\/strong>: maximum 3 touches; no consecutive touches except blocks; kicking allowed with caution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Net Rules<\/strong>: touching the net is illegal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Players must rotate properly and remain in their positions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>9. Spirit of the League<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Promote unity, fairness, fun, and Christlike conduct.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage mixing of Young Women and Young Men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sportsmanship expected from youth, leaders, and spectators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cardiff Stake Youth Volleyball League is designed to give &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":664,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-672","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":679,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/672\/revisions\/679"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffstake.wales\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}