Rules -FIRST BALL CONTACT You can double any first ball (inculuding serves)  as long as you don’t use any finger action on the  ball.   LINES Correct the lines before every serve.If the court’s  line has been moved during the  game by the players by mistake and the ball (hit) lands close to the line, then the referee corrects  the line first and then checks the ball mark to  decide if the hit is in or out. If the lines are not cor- reccted before the serve, it won’t be corrected after the rally and the decision will be made according  to the current lines. - HAND SET RULE   A poor handset is judged by three rules:  First, if the ball enters your hands at different times. Second if the ball leaves your hands at different  times. Third, if the ball has rested on your hands  and caused the ball to be carried. A spin is not  nesesarily an indication of a poor set. Traditionally,  judgment of setting is tighter on the beach but  each year the move is to let players have more latitude with hand sets. A legal hand set over the  net must be perpendicular to your body. - REFEREEING  Losing teams ref the next match. If it is a pool play format last place stay and ref the first matches of the play offs. - GAME BALL & SCOREBOARD Official game ball is the Spalding King of the Beach. All matches have to be played with Spalding balls.  If there are not enough Spalding balls in present at that time then another brand ball can be used in the matches. Official Scoreboard is the Boardee Portable Scoreboard. If there are not enough scoreboards in present then a clipboard can be used. • STRETCH AND PEPPER BEFORE YOU GET ON THE COURT (UNLESS YOU’RE REFFING) • REF THE NEXT MATCH IF YOU LOST YOUR MATCH IN PLAY- OFF AND DOUBLE ELIM. MATCHES. • LET THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR KNOW IF YOU SIGNED UP BUT CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE TOURNAMENTS. • KEEP UP WITH THE BRACKET TO KNOW WHEN AND WHERE YOU WILL PLAY NEXT. • LET THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR KNOW ABOUT THE RESULT OF THE MATCH YOU REFEREED. • NO ANTI-SPORTMANSHIP, OTHERWISE WE’LL HAVE TO DISQUALIFY THAT PLAYER. • PLEASE BE AT THE TOURNAMENT SITE BETWEEN THE CHECK-IN TIMES. • CHECK-IN TIMES; 8:00-8:15 AM  / GAMES START AT 8:30 AM (IF OTHERWISE IS NOT ANNOUNCED)   Important Game Rules Important TBV Rules Boardee Portable Scoreboards Spalding King of the Beach balls    Official Equipments