Volleyball Scoreboard

Volleyball uses rally scoring: every rally ends in a point, whoever served. A set goes to 25 points with a lead of at least two, so a set can run to 26-24, 30-28 or further. The team that wins three sets wins the match, and if it reaches two sets each, the deciding fifth set is played to 15 — again with a two-point lead.

The one common exception is US high-school play. NFHS caps the first four sets at 27 and the fifth at 17, so a team that reaches the cap wins the set even by a single point. The board has that cap in the settings as the “High school (NFHS)” rule set.

Six players stand in a rotation. When the receiving team wins a rally it takes the serve and every player moves one position clockwise; the player who arrives in position 1, back right, serves. A team that is already serving keeps the same server and does not rotate, which is why a strong server can run off several points in a row.

Teams change ends after every set. In the deciding set they change again as soon as one team reaches 8 points — the board puts a “change ends” reminder on the panel at that score, and the swap button mirrors the whole board so the names stay on the right side of the screen. Beach volleyball changes ends on every multiple of seven points, and every five in the third set.

The libero is the defensive player in the contrasting jersey. The libero replaces a back-row player as often as needed without using a substitution, and may not block or attack a ball that is entirely above the height of the net. Under FIVB rules the libero never serves; USA Volleyball, NCAA and NFHS allow the libero to serve in one rotation position per set. Liberos do not change what the scoreboard shows, which is why this board tracks points, sets and timeouts and leaves the lineup to the score sheet.

• Points in the current set for both teams, with a plus and a minus button for corrections and undo in the toolbar.
• Sets won, the set number and the finished sets as a line of results (25-21, 23-25) so you can read the match at a glance.
• The serve: it moves to the team that wins the rally, and the first serve of a new set goes to the team that did not start the previous one.
• Two timeouts per team per set, refilled when a set starts; a “take back” button for a mis-tap.
• Rule presets for indoor, NFHS with its cap, beach (best of three to 21) and a best-of-three club format, plus free choice of set length, deciding-set length and cap.
• A full-screen display mode with team colors and huge digits for a TV, a projector or a laptop plugged into the gym screen.

On a multi-court day, open one board per court and keep each edit link in a separate browser tab, or on the tablet that stays at that court's table. The view links are what you hand out: print the QR code, tape it to the wall by the court, and parents follow the set on their own phones instead of asking.

Two people at the table beat one. The scorer follows the official score sheet, the second person taps this board. If the two disagree, the sheet wins — correct the board with the plus and minus buttons rather than restarting it.

When a set ends the board stops accepting points and asks you to start the next one. That is deliberate: it is the moment teams change ends, and the pause gives you time to check the score sheet before the next set begins.