2025 UHSPA season rules and regulations
Please read through carefully. It is your responsibility to abide by all rules and regulations; failure to do so could result in disqualification.
DUPR
Every student needs to have their own DUPR account. There must not be an additional DUPR account under their name. Duplicate DUPR accounts need to be deleted/merged/removed before Feb 21st. It is the advisor's responsibility to check that this has been done.
Advisors need to check that each student’s DUPR account is in his/her name and not in a parent/sibling or another name. Anyone found cheating in Swish/DUPR during the season will not be allowed to play again.
DUPR Digital Clubs must be set up by the end of the registration period on Feb 10th. (see below)
Team Rosters
Team rosters cannot exceed 20 players. At designated times, they can remove or add players to the roster, but they are capped at 20 players.
The first roster must be submitted to info@uhspa.org before Feb 21st. Information needed for the roster is simply the player name and DUPR ID (make sure their DUPR ID is linked to their Swish account, see below).
This roster will be used for the first three meets. Advisors/coaches will choose their 6 starting lineup players and 2 subs each week from this roster, for a maximum of 8 players.
If clubs have more than 20 players, or additional players join the club during the season, they may be added to an updated roster for weeks 3-6. This should be emailed to info@uhspa.org by Mar 18th.
All players for a team must be from the High School, Junior Highs or Homeschooled students of the same age within the High School boundaries. No exceptions. A school found in violation of this rule will be disqualified.
Subbing
Each team can bring one extra male and one extra female as the designated subs for that week. So each team is allowed 6 starting players and 2 subs (4 males and 4 females in total)
Because scores are entered into DUPR, subs are not allowed to sub in and out of games randomly. Subs are only allowed to play full games. For example, a sub cannot come in to play until after the first game to 21 is completed, or the second game to 21 is completed and the score is tied 1-1 and teams are going into the third game in the match. The sub must play the entire game to 21.
In the case of an injury, the team who was injured will keep the score they had when the game stopped at the time of the injury, and the other team will score 21 and win that game. This is because we are using DUPR and games cannot be split between two players. A sub may then play any remaining games left in that match.
Players who started in one match are NOT allowed to move to another match during the same round. For example, a player who competed in boys doubles and finished his best 2 out of 3 quickly, may not sub in for his school in mixed doubles that round. When playing the next round against a different school on the same day, coaches may select different players to play in a different event, but players can only play in one event, per round, per meet. This allows more team members to participate and encourages unity within the team.
Game Play
Format: Each school lineup will consist of a boys match, a girls match, and a mixed match with each being played simultaneously. Each of these 3 matches will be played best 2 games out of 3.
The school that wins at least 2 of the 3 matches (girls, boys & mixed), will be the winner.
Schools who are more than 15 minutes late to a meet/tournament game will forfeit their match.
All players and coaches must wear their UHSPA team shirts to compete in every meet and tournament.
We will be playing with the Vulcan ball.
Line calls will be made by the players on the court and the referee assigned to that court. No spectators or teammates may make line calls. If there is a dispute between the players on the court, the referee’s judgement will stand.
Coaching is not allowed except for during time-outs or between games. Each team is allowed one, 1-minute time-out per game.
We will use rally scoring: games to 21, win by 2. No cap. Teams will switch sides at 11, and the winning team must win on its serve.
At each of the 6 meets in our season, you will play two matches against two different high school teams. (Because we only have 6 teams in each region, you will play one team twice)
Championships
For the team championships, schools will be seeded into two divisions, the top 12 schools will play in Division I, and the bottom 12 schools will play in Division II. Each Division will play in a single elimination bracket: MLP scoring, games to 25, win by 2, switching sides at 13, winning team must win on serve. We will only be crowning our champions and our runners up in each division.
Information about the Individual Championships will be sent at a later date.
Links and Information
DUPR Digital Club
The advisor from each school needs to set up a digital club for their school. If you need help, please contact Matthew Amodio at (561) 815-2751 and he would be happy to help you walk through the steps. Please click on this link to set up the digital club.
Swish
We are excited to use the Swish app to help run the UHSPA meets and Championships. Swish helps automate the scoring, matchups, court assignments, subs, and other aspects of the event.
In preparation for the event, please download the “Swish Sports” app here:
Every player will need to have:
A DUPR id (it must be their own, they must only have one, and you must have the correct credentials)
a Swish account in the Swish app (must be your own account)
then please link your Swish profile to your DUPR ID
(If you have trouble linking, be sure to follow the steps in Troubleshooting Tip #2 at the end of the video)
Once linked your Swish Profile should show your DUPR rating or N/R. (If it says N/A you are not yet linked)
All team rosters will need to be turned in by Feb 21st.
Each team will be sent the Join Code for their Division in the Swish app.
Players will use the Join Code to join their Division’s games and will then be able to see all matchups, enter scores, see results and all games will store in their Past Games of their Profile.
Lineups for each meet should be entered into the app by 10am on the day of the meet.
Advisors can contact Swish through their club line if they need assistance with any of their players apps linking to DUPR or games at Clubs@SwishSportsApp.com.