Stand volleyball
Stand Volleyball (Standing volleyball) is a team sport in disabled sports . The way of playing and the rules are identical to those in volleyball . The term "standing volleyball" was chosen to distinguish it from the second variant " sitting volleyball " in disabled sports .
Two teams of six players each compete against each other on a pitch divided by a net. The aim of the game is to play volleyball by bouncing, digging, blocking, attacking and laying across the net onto the floor of the opposing half of the field and preventing the opponent from achieving the same goal. A team may touch the ball plus the block three times in a row in order to play it back.
Until 2000 the sport was Paralympic. After the Games in Sydney, she was taken out of the Paralympic program and sitting volleyball remained the only volleyball discipline in the Paralympic Games. Since then there have been international tournaments based on sponsorship and donations. The remaining countries are now concentrating on the discipline of beach volleyball (standing).
organization
Internationally, standing volleyball and beach volleyball in disabled sports is affiliated to World ParaVolley (formerly WOVD). The national standing volleyball teams are financially autonomous. The associations only finance teams that are also Paralympic. Some countries, e.g. B. Sri Lanka, are organizationally and financially organized through the military. The German national volleyball team for disabled people is organizationally affiliated with the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS). Financing comes exclusively from donations and sponsorship money without financial support from the association.
history
Standing volleyball has not been Paralympic since 2000. The German national volleyball team won gold at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney. During these games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) met and decided to only allow one type of volleyball as a Paralympic discipline. Standing volleyball was left behind compared to sitting volleyball . The German national volleyball team for the disabled is a four-time Paralympic winner (1988 in Seoul, 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney), four-time world champion (1985 in Norway, 1989 in the USA, 1990 in France, 2008 in the Slovakia), five-time European champions (1985 in Norway, 1987 in France, 1989 in Poland, 1993 in France, 1995 in Poland) and three-time World Cup winners (2007, 2009 and 2011 in Cambodia) the world's most successful team. She has been trained by Athanasios Papageorgiou since 1983 .
German national beach volleyball teams for the disabled
The German national volleyball team for the disabled decided in 2014 to focus entirely on beach volleyball. Most of the indoor volleyball players were transferred to the national beach volleyball teams for the disabled in 2014. Athanasios Papageorgiou has been the national coach of indoor volleyball players since 1983 and now also beach volleyball players. Players and officials live all over the country. Since the team is financed exclusively through donations and sponsorship money, everyday training takes place regionally in a cost-conscious manner. Every national player trains and plays in a non-disabled team and takes part in the game operations of the national associations of the German Volleyball Association (DVV).
International tournaments
From 1980 to 2000, standing volleyball was a Paralympic discipline. During this time, European championships were held, which were replaced by World Cups in 2001. The last World Cup took place in 2011 (in Phnom Penh, Cambodia). International (test) tournaments in beach volleyball have been held since 2011. The world association World ParaVolley is currently committed to developing beach volleyball and including it as a Paralympic discipline.
regulate
The rules correspond to non-disabled beach volleyball . The net height (2.43 m for men), playing field dimensions (16 m × 8 m) and play equipment are also identical. The only exception is the composition of the team: three instead of two players form a team and the athletes are divided into two categories of disability levels:
- A) Minimal handicap, e.g. B. stiff ankle or deformed fingers on one hand
- B) disability, e.g. B. amputated lower leg, amputated arm, severely shortened leg or the like.
So that the teams have comparable chances in a game, a maximum of one player with a minimal handicap may be on the field of play.