Many locales will interfere with a player's ability to apply the rules of regulation volleyball to the games that are being played in communities throughout America. Some of the surroundings are just not set up to handle volleyball games and players have to be ingenious when working around those obstacles. Some beach volleyball areas will not have nets in place throughout the year, so it will be difficult for players to judge whether the volleyball actually went over a virtual volleyball net.

Some volleyball players will play the game with fewer people because not all friends could get away to the beach that weekend. They might work around this obstacle by inviting strangers to play the game and end up having a great time anyway. Some of those people might be professional athletes in their own right and be thankful that they have an outlet for the built up energy they have accumulated due to being inactive for two or three days. They will enjoy getting back home and back to their regular workout schedule.

Most players improvise playing areas to comply with rules as best they can by marking the center line of the volleyball court with bricks, skiing ropes, coolers or anything else that is handy. The regulation methods for scoring a volleyball game can also be modified by the players, because some people enjoy playing the game of volleyball for the action and do not even bothering with keeping up with who is winning.

Other people will rent out some locations that people find to play volleyball during the day. The time restrictions for playing a regulation game of volleyball might not apply under these limited playing conditions. The rules for volleyball might change to allow an unlimited number of hits on all sides, but the rules that apply to the ball hitting the ground will not change so people feel that they are playing the best volleyball possible.

Large groups of people might cause the rules for the number of players on each team to change. Instead of having four to six players on each side, a volleyball game might progress with twenty people on each side. Since safety is a big concern during any type of volleyball game, there might be new rules incorporated during the game that limit the movements of the players to one specific area.

Once players start modifying the rules for a volleyball game there is generally some interesting additions. Some people might make it habit to hit the ball in their service area more than one time, and then complain when a player on the opposite side of the virtual net does the same. This might cause some players to remind the others that the game is for enjoyment and not for competitive undermining.

When playing volleyball on an empty lot in a neighborhood, there are certain rules that are simply not possible. Each volleyball team might be unable to clearly mark boundary lines, or dig holes to insert the volleyball net holders. When this type of property is used for volleyball practices, the players will usually use natural resources like tree trunks to tie the volleyball net ropes around.