Rules of use

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Before you start

• You sign in with your Google account. You must be 14 or older.
• You choose a nickname. Only you can see it; no other user sees your name or anyone else’s.
• You accept the terms of use and the privacy policy.

Season

The app runs from 1 June to 30 September. Outside those dates it shows as closed and you cannot create matches or sign up. The courts have no lighting and it gets dark early in winter.

Signing up

• Slots last 1 hour 30 minutes (the administrator may adjust some of them), every day of the season.
• You can sign up up to 7 days ahead and up to 30 minutes before the slot starts.
• If a slot is free, anyone can create the match and becomes the organiser.
• You can only be on one court per slot and in at most 2 slots a day.
• If you want to move to another court at the same time, you can when there is a match there with a free spot. It does not count as a fault.
• New accounts can only have 1 slot signed up at a time during their first 7 days.
• Each court has 12 spots. You need at least 4 players to play. If a court is full, check back later in case someone drops out.

Spots and teams

• Your side of the net is your team. You choose your spot (1 to 6) on the side you prefer. You can change spot or side while there is room, and it does not count as a fault.
• The match adapts to whoever shows up: 2 v 2, 3 v 3, up to 6 v 6.
• If the sides end up uneven, the app tells you and anyone can switch sides with one tap. A match is never blocked.
• To play with friends, each person signs up with their own account and picks neighbouring spots on the same side.

Cancelling

• Up to 2 hours before the slot, cancelling is free.
• With less than 2 hours’ notice, cancelling counts as a fault, unless you are the only person signed up: then the match is cancelled and nothing happens.
• Once the slot has started, you can no longer leave your spot.
• If fewer than 4 of us are signed up 2 hours before, everyone signed up who has notifications on is told and the slot stays on.

Notifications

There are only two, and only for people signed up to that slot: “we are short of players” (when more players are needed to reach the minimum) and “slot closed” (when it is closed for an official event). You turn them on in your profile. On iPhone you must first install the app on your home screen.

At the court: the QR code

• When the slot starts, each player sees a QR code on their phone. It changes every 10 seconds, so a screenshot is useless.
• The organiser has 30 minutes to scan the players. When scanning, they do not see names.
• Anyone not scanned in that time gets a fault (as long as at least one person is confirmed, even if there are fewer than 4).
• If the organiser’s phone fails, they can mark by hand who was there.
• If the organiser does not show up, another player who is there can claim the organiser role in the app. The original organiser gets a fault and the new one has another 30 minutes to scan.
• If nobody turns up and nobody is confirmed, the match is not played and nobody gets a fault.

Result and summary

• The match organiser can enter each team’s points from the end of the slot for 48 hours. They can correct them within that time; after that they are final. Draws are allowed.
• The result is stored without names: only each team’s points.
• Summary shows your matches played, wins, losses and draws, your active faults and your block, if you have one. You only see your own data.
• When the season ends you can download your season as a PDF for 15 days. The PDF is generated on your device.
• After those 15 days, the season’s match records are deleted and faults and blocks are reset.

Faults and blocks

• You get a fault for not being scanned in time or for cancelling with less than 2 hours’ notice.
• Each fault expires after 30 days.
• With 3 faults, you cannot sign up for new matches for 7 days. Then you start from zero.
• If you were already signed up to matches, you keep them and can go.
• Blocks are automatic. Nobody blocks anyone by hand.
• If a slot is closed for an official event, nobody gets a fault.

Claims

If you were at the court and were not scanned, you can file a claim within 48 hours. The administrator reviews it. If it is accepted, the fault is removed and, if that block was still in force, it is lifted.

The weather

The home screen shows the forecast for information only. If the weather is bad, you decide whether to go. The app does not close for weather; it only closes for events or official occasions.

Fair play

The courts belong to everyone. Respect the people playing, look after the sand and the net, and leave the court as you found it. Volley does not reserve the court: if you arrive and it is being used by someone who does not use the app, work it out kindly.

Data and account

You can delete your account at any time from your profile: the account and your data are removed immediately. More details in the privacy policy.