{"id":5770,"date":"2023-06-20T13:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playmoovin.com\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:51:12","slug":"discover-sitting-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playmoovin.com\/en\/discover-sitting-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover sitting volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard of sitting volleyball<\/strong>? Contrary to what people think, people do not need a manual wheelchair<\/strong> to play.<\/p>\n

Players are sitting on the ground<\/strong> and they only use their arms when moving. Do you want to know more about this practice? We invite you then to read this detailed article and discover how sitting volleyball is played.<\/p>\n

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Small history of sitting volleyball<\/h2>\n

In order to talk about the origin of this parasport practice, we need to go back to the second world war. The sitting version<\/strong> of volleyball was indeed created in 1943. It was at first created to rehabilitate imputed soldiers or people who were wounded at the level of their lower limbs. They played the game sitting on the ground and had to send the ball into the opponent\u2019s side of the pitch to score a point.<\/p>\n

Over the years, veterans continued to play and the discipline gained in popularity while improving.<\/p>\n

Today, sitting volley ball<\/strong> is played all around the world. Let\u2019s see what the rules of this sport are.<\/p>\n

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Sitting volleyball: the rules within competitions<\/h2>\n

This practice is regulated by the volleyball international federation<\/p>\n

In France, it is the French volleyball federation which is responsible of the development of the game. What exactly are the rules?<\/p>\n

Each team is composed of 6 players. To win a game, a team has to win 3 sets and each set is won by scoring 25 points.<\/p>\n

A team scores if:<\/p>\n