Helping our disabled players access volleyball opportunities

Start your own Sitting Volleyball Club

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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 06, 2012: Justin Phillips of Great Britain plays a shot during the Men's Sitting Volleyball 7-8 Classification match against Brazil on day 8 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at ExCel. Brazil won the match 3-0. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

There are 11.5 million disabled people in England, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the total population.

There has been an increase of 1.1 million since 2013-14, according to the Sport England Active Lives survey disabled people are twice as likely to be physically inactive (43 per cent) than non-disabled people (21 per cent). 

From 2012-14 disabled adults were much more likely to report being limited in leisure activities (27.9 per cent) than non-disabled people (2.8 per cent).

The Foundation believe that disabled people deserve the same rights to take part in sport and be active as everyone else.

THE FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FIND GRANTS TO REGISTERED VOLLEYBALL CLUBS

. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET STARTED?

To get started all you need a net and a ball.

You can play sitting volleyball almost anywhere, and you can adapt the game to suit the facility, abilities and ages of the players.

• Net height: In competitive play, the net should be 1.15m high for men and 1.05m high for women. However, you can adjust the height to suit the players in a recreational setting. You can also play without a net.

• Ball: You can use a volleyball or lightweight balls, slower-moving balls such as a beach ball, or even balloons, to suit the needs of the participants.

• Court size: The court is usually 10m by 6m, but you can set the size depending on your venue and space.

• Players: Each team can have up to six players on court.

• Contact: Players must keep their pelvis in contact with the floor at all times.

• Passes: Teams have three passes to form an attacking play before the ball must go over the net. • Service order: Players move round the court taking turns to serve.