Of all the sports activities in The Villages water volleyball is easily the most confusing to figure out. Furthermore, if you've played any amount of competitive volleyball in the past and are looking for competitive play you'll find the basic and intermediate play here a bit frustrating.
thomp679 is correct, the "organized basic or intermediate" is what you'll want to look for. Get there 10-15 minutes early and hopefully the folks will help you get oriented. It's a bit of a production but the process works after you see it in operation a few times. Some of the pools require 3-hits each time the ball clears the net and some are more traditional volleyball rules where you can return any hit over the net (they call it jungle ball). 90% of all hits would be carries of some form in traditional volleyball and understanding what actually constitutes a carry is an art in The Villages.
If you are good enough to play advanced intermediate or advanced you'll need to go through tryouts with that group specifically (contact names are in the Recreation News). If you make it through tryouts you'll be on a probationary period and assuming you make it through that then you'll be a member of that group. That group plays almost every day and you'll need to sign up in advance for any given day you want to play so they can organize the number of courts, teams, etc.
You'll find this to be a great way to get some exercise but you'll definitely need to find the level, style and pool where you feel the most comfortable.
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