How to Sign Up

42 years of serving your volleyball needs . . .

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.

Spring 2024

Wednesday and Thursday Leagues will start March 27 and 28.
Monday and Tuesday Leagues start April 1 and 2.
(Note: Tuesday Men's A will start March 26.)

Most playoffs will be the end of May/first week in June.

League Fee: $738/team, payable to IVL, Inc.

Payment format:
$738 team fee if:

  1. You mail a personal check so it's received by Wednesday, March 20.
    (Checks won't be deposited until after your first league night. Checks can also be dropped off Wednesday, March 20 at at Wilcox or Foothill, 7:00-8:30pm.)
  2. You use Zelle (ivlinc@aol.com).
  3. You use online bill pay through your bank (that takes 4-5 days so allow time).

$760 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 Spring 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 Wednesday, March 20.

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

NEW COED TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Wednesday, March 20 at Wilcox, 7:15pm
or
Thursday, March 21 at Peterson, 7:15pm
or
Tuesday, March 26 at Peterson, 7:15pm

NEW REVERSE COED TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Monday, March 25 at Peterson, 7:15pm.

NEW REVERSE COED QUADS TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Wednesday, March 20 at Foothill, 7:15pm.

NEW WOMEN'S TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Thursday, March 21 at the Academy, 7:15pm.

NEW MEN'S TEAMS should reserve court time for:
Tuesday, March 26 at Peterson, 7:15pm.

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

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

Peterson: 1380 Rosalia Ave. Sunnyvale.
Wilcox: 3250 Monroe St. in Santa Clara.
Foothill: 12345 S. El Monte Ave. in Los Altos Hills.
Academy: 360 So. Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View.

Confirmation of Entry

E-mail confirmations will be sent within 24 hours of receiving your application. If you haven't received a personal reply within 24 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, March 22 for leagues starting the week of March 25 and by noon on Friday, March 29 for leagues starting the week of April 1.

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

Gyms, Gyms, Gyms

Rules Update

Format During the Spring 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 and Peterson are 7:05.
Wednesday Cubberley is 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 or Wilcox.
Thursday Women's BB Silver at Peterson.

Monday Reverse Coed BB Upper Sterling at Foothill.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Less Friendly Lower Sterling at Wilcox main gym.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Friendly Lower Sterling at Menlo College and Peterson.
Monday Reverse Coed BB Silver at Menlo College and Peterson.

Wednesday Reverse Coed Quads (upper) at the Academy.
Wednesday Reverse Coed Quads (lower) at Foothill and Cubberley (8:00pm).
($488 team fee. Men hit behind the 10 foot line. Female Touch rule.)

Tuesday Men's A at Foothill.
Tuesday Men's BB at Wilcox main gym.
Tuesday Men's B at Wilcox aux. gym (8:00).

Wednesday Coed A (formerly the BB) at Wilcox main gym.

Monday Coed B
Recreational and Returning B (combined league) at Academy.

Tuesday Coed B
Recreational B (Green Rec/Lower and Red Rec/Upper) at Peterson.
Returning B at Academy.

Wednesday Coed B
Returning B at Foothill.

Thursday Coed B
Recreational B at Academy or Wilcox.

Where are these gyms?

Peterson is in Sunnyvale, Wilcox in Santa Clara, 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 7:00-10:00pm at Wilcox High School, usually in the main gym, $12/person. Signup info through the online Reclub App.


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Industrial Volleyball League, Inc.
Kirk Anderson, Director
947 Emerald Hill Road
Redwood City, CA 94061
650-365-2666 9am-5pm M-F
650-367-0881 (fax)
ivlinc@aol.com
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