Description

Sitting volleyball is a modified discipline of volleyball that can be played by students with or without disabilities. Sitting volleyball is very similar to traditional volleyball. But there is one main difference: in sitting volleyball, a part of the student’s body between the bottom and the shoulder must be touching the court when making or attempting ball contact. Students use their hands to play the ball and to move on the floor as well. Teams are allowed three touches of the ball before it must cross over the net into the opposing team’s half of the court. Each match is made up of five sets. The first four sets are played to 25 points. The fifth set is played to 15 points. All sets must be won with at least a two-point advantage. The size of the court is reduced from 18 m x 9 m to 10 m x 6 m. The height of the net is lowered to 1.15 m for men and 1.05 m for women As a result, the game is much faster than traditional volleyball.  If you have a regular court in the gym, by stringing a net or rope down the middle of the court in a perpendicular fashion, you could have 3 sitting volleyball courts using the same lines (figure 1).

Figure #1: Multiple Court Arrangement

Objective

To "volley" the ball over the net to cause the opposing team to mishit or miss contact with the ball, all while keeping the ball inbounds.