Volleyball

Eastman Recreation offers women's and coed volleyball leagues and an annual open tournament.

A green and gray volleyball on a gym floor.

Open tournament

The 2025 Eastman Open Volleyball Tournament was held January 25 and 26.  The tournament was held at area school gyms. 

Women's Division (Seniors, Open, Youth) , Men's Division and Co-ed Division (A, BB)  teams must consist of six players (Co-ed must have three men and three women).

The top teams in each division won an award. 

For more information contact the ERC office at (423) 229-3771.

View roster 

Join a league

Practices for the 2024-25 volleyball league will begin September 16  and league play October 14. Games will be held at V.O. Dobbins Community Center, Lynn View Community Center and John Adams Elementary School in Kingsport.

Registration deadline is October 3. Entry fee is $120 per team. The league is open to the public at an additional $5 fee for non-Eastman Recreation  members.

Please print the roster and fill in all categories. All players 18 years old or older must sign the roster and fill out a waiver. All players under 18 must have a legal guardian sign. Submit the form to the recreation office along with appropriate fees. For adult teams, rosters must be submitted by the captain's meeting to be held at the Employee Center Oct. 3 at 5:30 pm. along with team registration fee.


View league roster

Rules

All league and open tournament players must adhere to these rules.

  • Players must be at least 14 years old. Exceptions may be made for 13-year-olds who are playing on the same team as a parent.
  • Three games are played in a match.
  • Scoring method is rally score to 21 points (must win by two points with a cap at 25).
  • Each game of the match is limited to 13 minutes.
  • Each team gets one time-out per game.
  • You may play with four players (coed games may play with no more than two men in this scenario).
    • Coed: If playing with five or six players, a max of three men are allowed on the court.
    • Coed: For every three hits, one must be by a woman.
    • Coed: Two men can take it over in two hits.
  • A serve that hits the net and crosses into play is allowed.
  • Foot digs are allowed.
  • The ceiling is in play if it hits on your side.
  • Substitutions and rotating in are allowed (middle back).
  • A coin flip will decide who serves or receives (alternate serves for the next two games).
  • A player cannot change teams once he/she has played with their original team.
  • Everyone playing on the team must be on the roster. Teams are not allowed to pick up subs from other teams.
  • USVBA rules will apply. 

Open tournament results

Click the documents below to open the results.