Tournament Information and the Facts of Life
(as they apply to the SpudNut)

This is a four person, coed, blind draw tourney. All volleyball players are not created equally. In order
to make this tournament interesting, at least 40 people are required. Great care has been taken to
invite only those folks who we feel will enjoy the day, regardless of who ends up on their team. If you are fussy or would throw a fit of any kind, I strongly suggest you stay home!

Format

• Round Robin play followed by double elimination brackets
• Play will last a good part of the day (there's always pick up games available)
• Tournament is played outdoors, on grass
• All teams are made up of 2 guys and 2 girls. Of course, the number of entrants is never quite equal between the sexes so the tourney director has the right to note a sex change for some of the participants - don't worry, it's painless and doesn't involve any hormones!
• All teams will be drawn from a hat on tournament day. Last year's team members and husband/wife pairing will be avoided when possible. Determination of husband/wife status is once again at the discretion of the tourney director, not the state of Idaho or any other government bureaucracy who has no idea how hard it is to play volleyball all day with "that' person

Rules:

• Rally scoring
• Call your own game
• No open hand tips allowed (cobras, stiff pinkies, and/or fists are okay)
• Ball may be played off any part of your body
• Players are not required to rotate on the court, just in serving order
• Blocks do no count (3 hits remaining)
• Serve from anywhere behind the court
• Net serves are in play
• Shoulders must be square with line of travel if ball is set over the net
• No center line, proviing there is no interference
• "Three guys" is okay, just don't make a habit of it
• One time out per game
• Injury substitutions will be made at the tourney director's discretion
• Anyone not having fun will be referred to forever more as a "DUD SPUD"