How to Run a Volleyball Event in Colorado

Running a volleyball event in Colorado? Here's how to plan it, pick a format and run it on Colorado Under Par, start to finish.

What it looks like

Colorado amateur volleyball runs indoors in rec center gyms during fall and winter and outdoors on sand courts in summer, with adult coed teams, youth clubs and charity tournaments.

Formats

Indoor 6v6

Six players per side rotate positions on a hard court.

Beach / Sand 2v2

Two players per side on sand, covering the whole court.

4v4

Four players per side, indoors or on grass or sand.

Single Elimination

Teams are seeded into a bracket and a match loss ends their day.

Double Elimination

A team is out only after losing two matches.

Round Robin

Teams in a pool each play one another, often two sets per match.

League

Teams play a weekly match night over several weeks, with standings by matches or sets won and often a playoff night to finish.

Serve Accuracy Bullseye

Targets or towels sit in the back corners, and players earn points for serves that land on them. Quick to set up between matches.

Buy a Do Over Serve

Teams buy a few redo serve tickets before the tournament, with all money going to the cause. Simple, playful and adds funds fast.

Spike Trophy and Medals

Winners get a painted volleyball trophy, and a gag award goes to the best dive of the day. Pose both teams under the net for a group photo.

Build it

In the Organizer Dashboard, click Create event and pick volleyball and your format. Every tab, word and Start here guide then follows your sport.

Registration

In Registration, ask what you need from each entrant, like jersey number. Set a roster minimum and a roster lock date, and split team fees into two to four payments in Invoices if that helps teams sign up.

Results

Open Brackets and schedule. Pick the division, pool play or a bracket, your courts, the first game time and minutes per game. Each of your courts gets its own phone link for scores, and every score updates the bracket for everyone. Tick Post on the event page so players follow it live.

Event day

Teams check in and get court assignments, warm up with shared hitting time, play pool matches with teams taking turns refereeing, then bracket play leads to awards.

Fun ideas

Make it memorable. Three ideas people love. Serve Accuracy Bullseye. Targets or towels sit in the back corners, and players earn points for serves that land on them. Quick to set up between matches. Buy a Do Over Serve. Teams buy a few redo serve tickets before the tournament, with all money going to the cause. Simple, playful and adds funds fast. Spike Trophy and Medals. Winners get a painted volleyball trophy, and a gag award goes to the best dive of the day. Pose both teams under the net for a group photo.

Tip

One tip for first-timers: have each team referee the match after theirs, which keeps play moving and saves you from hiring officials for a rec event. Building is free, then 1% per paid order plus card processing, paid to your own Stripe account. Stuck? Ask Caddie or search Need help in your dashboard. Start at coloradounderpar.com/sell-tickets.