Open Indoor Volleyball

About our league

CMSA Open Indoor Volleyball caters to gay male players, but the league is open to all genders and all sexual orientation. CMSA also offers a Women's league.

What We Offer

Two formats
1. Indoor Volleyball
2. Fours/Sixes Beach Volleyball
Six Levels of Play
- A - Advanced Competitive
- BB - Competitive
- BU - Advanced Intermediate
- BL - Intermediate
- CC - Advanced Recreational
- C - Recreational

Level Details

Advanced (A) and Competitive (BB) - Many of these players have played college/club volleyball previously and regularly participate in competitive NAGVA tournaments.

Intermediate (B) - This division is for players who have a lot of experience playing organized volleyball. Teams usually three-hit the ball, play positions, and enforce all rules.

Experienced (CC) - This division is for players who have some experience playing organized volleyball and know all the basic rules. More competitive than Recreational (C) but more nuanced rules like side sets and tipping are not often enforced.

Recreational (C) - This division is mainly for players who little experience playing volleyball and looking to have fun. Some rules, such as those on lifts and carries, may be more leniently enforced than in the higher levels of play.

Women's+ Competitive (WC) - Comparable to players in the A, BB, or B divisions.

Women's+ Recreational (WR) - Comparable to the C and CC divisions.

Registration Types

2026 General Schedule

2026 Registration Update

*** Last Updated September 2, 2026 ***

Thank you for your interest in CMSA Volleyball!

Registration for the upcoming CMSA 2026 Open Indoor Volleyball will begin Soon. Price will be $99 per player for this season. Registration will be in two stages.

Prior Captains: September 5th 2026 at Midnight.
1. A Password will be sent to all previous eligible captains by 11:59 PM September 4th.
2. Previous captains will be able to register with that password during the first day of registration.
3. Details on password use will be provided in the email containing the password. That email should be read in its entirety before registering.
General Registration: September 6th 2026 at Midnight.
1. New Captains
2. Captains not receiving early registration code
3. Captains can invite players
4. Free Agents

The regular season will run from October 25, 2026 to March 7, 2027, with playoffs on March 14 and March 21, 2027.

For planning/timing purposes, Midnight is the start of a day.

Other details and deadlines:

Captains, please use the Dashboard/Roster/Invite players tool to invite players
- Players cannot directly register to a team
Teams must have 8 invited players by September 26th 2026
Teams must have 8 paid players by October 1st 2026 [Previous communicated incorrectly as Oct 2]
Remediations to meet above deadlines, at commissioner's discretion
- Free agents will be added to meet player count minimums.
- A partial team may be replaced by a full team on the wait list. If a team is replaced, full refunds will be issued to all players who have paid.
Bye Week Request form will be available by September 14th on website
Bye Week Requests should be submitted by October 1st 2026.
Captains may change team names in LeagueApps until October 1st 2026

Free Agent Request

Schedule

Request a Sub

Volunteer to be a Sub

Forfeit (My Team Cannot Play)

References

Rules and Information

Teams self-referee between their matches.

Indoor Rules (PDF)

Captains Information Packet (PDF)

Scoring Instructions (VIDEO | PDF 1 | PDF 2)

Equipment

All equipment is provided (Nets, lines, scoreboards, referee equipment)
Indoor Nets are set up by the facility staff.

Apparel

Indoor: Players must wear numbered shirts. Liberos must wear alternate colored shirt.
Many teams choose to create jerseys at their own expense, but it is not required.