INDIVIDUAL PLAY

The volleyball court is divided into six zones or areas. The numbering system designates the serving rotation as well as the court areas: 1-Right Back (RB), 2-Right Front (RF), 3-Middle Front (MF), 4-Left Front (LF), 5-Left Back (LB), and 6-Middle Back (MB).

No matter what system of team play is used, the following rules apply to player positions.

1. The position of players in order of the serve shall be Right Back, Right Front, Middle Front, Left Front, Left Back, and Middle Back.
2. At the moment of serve, all players except the server, shall be within the team's playing area and may have any part of the body on the boundary lines or center line, but no part of the body shall be touching the floor outside those lines.
3. All players shall be in correct serving order at the moment the ball is contacted for the serve. The Middle Front shall not have a foot touching the floor as near the right sideline as the Right Front nor as near the left sideline as the Left Front. The Middle Back on the SERVING TEAM shall not have a foot touching the floor as near the left sideline as the Left Back. The Middle Back on the RECEIVING TEAM shall not have a foot touching the floor as near the right sideline as the Right Back nor as near the left sideline as the Left Back. No back row player shall have a foot touching the floor as near the centerline as the CORRESPONDING front row player.