2024 Long Beach

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Location: Long Beach, NY

• Courts run from Laurelton Blvd to Long Beach Blvd (See court map to find what beach your court is on each week)
• Players must sit on ocean-side of courts or side of courts if available.
• No sitting on Boardwalk side of courts.
• PLEASE KEEP THE EMEREGENCY LANES CLEAR!
• Free street parking.

Dates: 

• are listed on the standings page for each league and include any days off for holidays.

Fees:

• How to Register, Step #2

EEVB Membership:

• NEW 2024: $15 EEVB MEMBERSHIP required for all league players: We are now requiring players to obtain an EEVB membership instead of the national memberships required in the past. We are doing this to control the rising national membership costs for our players while still be able to fund liability insurances required by our host sites. Memberships will be done through VolleyballLife.com, which is where captains will also construct their rosters. Complete info on this new program will be updated online over the next 2 weeks.
• Tournament players will still need the $35 Silver AVP Membership to compete in weekend tournaments. We will credit the $15 EEVB membership fee to any league player who registers for an AVP Membership to participate in our AVP-affiliated weekend tournaments in Long Beach.

After-Play Party Schedule:

• Announced on sportsYou app.
• Be sure everyone on your team gets the app! (see above for codes).

Divisions:

• Recreational Coed 6s: (Teams will be divided into 2 separate divisions after 5th week.
  • 2 Females required on the court at all times for each team. 
  • Rec 1 is more competitive and the rules are more strictly enforced. 
  • Rec 2 is for recreational level teams with loose rules
  • NOTE: Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday night Long Beach Recreational Coed 6s teams are registering in one division. At the completion of the 5th week, we will break the Recreational Coed 6s Division into 2 separate divisions based on winning percentage. All teams above and below .500 winning percentage will be placed in Rec 1 and Rec 2 Divisions, respectively. We will keep Friday as one division until we get enough teams to merit two divisions. Over the past few years, we have had the option to register for two separate divisions based on skill level, Rec 1 and Rec 2. We let teams decide which division to join and noticed that there was not much difference between the 2 divisions at the end of the season. We feel that this developed because some teams were not sure at what level each division would play resulting in many teams registering for the wrong division. We expect this procedure will result in two distinct divisions, one higher level and one lower level creating more fun and equal games for everyone. We will also accept requests from teams near the break point to either play a higher or lower divisions. This worked well in 2022 & 2023. Your feedback on this change is appreciated and should be directed to eevb@optonline.com.
• 4s (any gender combo): is the strongest division where rules are even more strictly enforced.

EEVB League Championships: Saturday, August 31

• Location: Laurelton Blvd Beach, Long Beach, NY
• Free entry fee for all EEVB league teams!
• Must pre-register to participate, no walk-ons.
• Note about rosters and subs for the playoffs: 
  • The goal of the leagues is to foster good, honorable competition on the volleyball court with every team following the spirit of fair competition. Players/teams should strive to reach their highest level of competition in a fair sportsmanlike manner. Winning is important but it should be far from the ultimate goal. This is not the Pros and the prizes are not really worth that much. Even bragging rights, while fun, are not worth winning at all costs. Too often it seems like we have minor problems with subs and rosters at the playoffs. We could run attendance on every team every night, give every player an ID card which you need to scan every week (tough luck if you forget to bring it). Or maybe have each team send in a picture of their entire team each week just to make sure that all players have competed at least 3 times during the season before the playoffs. And if someone is not on the roster but played all season they would be disqualified from the playoffs for a bureaucratic oversight. The real goal is just to have fair and fun competition. EEVB has followed the same general approach over the years of good sportsmanship and competition and that no one tries to game the system, which is mostly what has happened over the past 38 years. We expect teams to be looking to win in a fair and honorable manner. I expect every team to submit their rosters on time. That teams will not “sneak” in a player, especially a ringer, for the playoffs. That teams with a legitimate problem such as a late season injury will contact us about adding a new player of equal or lower skill level to their roster. That all teams will follow a path of good sportsmanship as they strive to reach their best performance. This is what most of the teams already do and this is the way that everyone should act. I guarantee that we will all know and appreciate which players/teams do follow this path. And we will all know who does not which cannot make winning the wrong way worth it. Thanks.

EEVB Summer Magazine:

Sponsors:

• Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Group, Lucia Pionegro @ Signature, 4C Iced tea – Drink Mix – Energy Stix, Park & Sun Sports, AC Sports Commission, sportsYou, ROX Volleyball, Sand Socks by Vincere,  AVP America,  Media Barrel, New Zealand Trails, Wilson Volleyball