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Post by sonic on Aug 9, 2021 11:46:20 GMT -5
Now that the Olympics are over, let's support our #1 World Ranked Women's Sitting Volleyball Team. They won the gold medal at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio! Could this be the 3rd gold medal for USA Volleyball? World Ranking in parentheses. Pool A Pool BJapan (11) USA (1)Brazil (3) China (2) - Silver medalist from 2016 Paralympics
Italy (10) Russia (6) - Current World Champion, didn't compete in 2016 Paralympics due to suspension from IPC
Canada (5) Rwanda (8)
usavolleyball.org/story/nine-paralympic-gold-medalists-return-for-sitting-volleyball-in-tokyo/ |
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Post by sonic on Aug 9, 2021 12:03:48 GMT -5
Now that the Olympics are over, let's support our #1 World Ranked Women's Sitting Volleyball Team. They won the gold medal at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio! Could this be the 3rd gold medal for USA Volleyball? World Ranking in parentheses. Pool A Pool BJapan (11) USA (1)Brazil (3) China (2) - Silver medalist from 2016 Paralympics
Italy (10) Russia (6) - Current World Champion, didn't compete in 2016 Paralympics due to suspension from IPC
Canada (5) Rwanda (8)
usavolleyball.org/story/nine-paralympic-gold-medalists-return-for-sitting-volleyball-in-tokyo/Here is the video of gold medal match: Here is the video of the Men's Gold Medal match: |
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Post by gr8ful on Aug 9, 2021 12:49:45 GMT -5
Ok...and I'm not asking this to be a total prick, so go easy on my questions here knowing absolutely ZIP about sitting volleyball:
1) Some of these players appear 100% healthy - I mean I can see them standing up and walking around just fine (i.e. #14) = is the only rule you have to sit?
2) What's the rule on serving? At 17:28 the person serving has partial leg in the court, and others serving also had body inside the court - shouldn't everything be behind the service line?
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Post by sonic on Aug 9, 2021 13:10:20 GMT -5
Ok...and I'm not asking this to be a total prick, so go easy on my questions here knowing absolutely ZIP about sitting volleyball: 1) Some of these players appear 100% healthy - I mean I can see them standing up and walking around just fine (i.e. #14) = is the only rule you have to sit? 2) What's the rule on serving? At 17:28 the person serving has partial leg in the court, and others serving also had body inside the court - shouldn't everything be behind the service line? gr8ful - To qualify as a Paralympic athlete, you have to qualify through classification (medical records, doctor visits etc.). The IPC has guidelines for this. So all of the athletes, do have a physical disability. I can't speak for specific players since it's private medical information. While an athlete might look 100% healthy, they may be missing half of their foot, have muscle deficiency that affects how they walk/run or significant range of motion loss. 2) There are some rule differences compared to standing volleyball. 1) Your butt indicates where you are on the court. So in the example you provided about serving, your legs can be across the line as long as your butt is behind the line. 2) You can block/attack a serve. 3) when playing the ball, one "cheek" must be on the ground, unless in the back court with the ball below the plane of the net. Your butt is determined from the bottom of your butt to your shoulders. So you can rock back to play a ball, but not rise up to play it or run/crawl. 4) Net contact is legal, except for on the top band. 5) The court is smaller, 10 x 6 meters. 6) The net height for women is 1.05 meters, and for men is 1.15 meters. Other than that, the rules are the same. I encourage everyone to play and watch sitting. It's a very fun sport that is extremely fast. It will challenge you on how you think about the sport of volleyball. The Iran Men's Team is the reining World Champion and Paralympic Gold Medalist and they have an athlete who is 8ft. 1 in. tall standing up. He is the 3rd tallest human in the world. While sitting down, he can touch the top of the antenna. www.nytimes.com/2016/09/12/sports/olympics/at-8-feet-tall-he-sat-down-and-started-getting-noticed.html |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Aug 9, 2021 20:12:15 GMT -5
Now that the Olympics are over, let's support our #1 World Ranked Women's Sitting Volleyball Team. They won the gold medal at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio! Could this be the 3rd gold medal for USA Volleyball? World Ranking in parentheses. Pool A Pool BJapan (11) USA (1)Brazil (3) China (2) - Silver medalist from 2016 Paralympics
Italy (10) Russia (6) - Current World Champion, didn't compete in 2016 Paralympics due to suspension from IPC
Canada (5) Rwanda (8)
usavolleyball.org/story/nine-paralympic-gold-medalists-return-for-sitting-volleyball-in-tokyo/Wait, Russia even cheats at the Paralympics? |
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Post by sonic on Aug 10, 2021 8:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by staticb on Aug 11, 2021 11:29:30 GMT -5
I played Sitting Volleyball one afternoon. It was extremely fun. The skill set was the same, but also different. My butt hurt so much from one afternoon though. I don't know how the sitting athletes can do it.
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Post by sonic on Aug 11, 2021 18:19:53 GMT -5
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Post by sonic on Aug 11, 2021 18:20:34 GMT -5
I played Sitting Volleyball one afternoon. It was extremely fun. The skill set was the same, but also different. My butt hurt so much from one afternoon though. I don't know how the sitting athletes can do it. That’s awesome you played it! I hope everyone sits down and plays at some point. It’s extremely fun! |
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Post by maplespear on Aug 11, 2021 20:27:32 GMT -5
In watching the Youtube vids above for sitting vball, I couldn't help but notice all the fans, I thought they were not allowing fans in Tokyo?
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Post by sonic on Aug 12, 2021 5:04:31 GMT -5
In watching the Youtube vids above for sitting vball, I couldn't help but notice all the fans, I thought they were not allowing fans in Tokyo? Those matches are from the 2016 Paralympics in Rio. The 2020ne Paralympic Games start August 24th with no fans. |
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Post by sonic on Aug 13, 2021 13:34:56 GMT -5
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Post by sonic on Aug 27, 2021 18:18:43 GMT -5
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Post by myhouse911 on Aug 28, 2021 2:57:09 GMT -5
Canada’s matches will be streaming, thanks in large part to their head coach making a post on social media. I encourage anyone who can watch, to please do so.
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Post by sonic on Aug 29, 2021 12:04:43 GMT -5
Canada’s matches will be streaming, thanks in large part to their head coach making a post on social media. I encourage anyone who can watch, to please do so. Tonight's match will be on NBCSN. 5:30am Eastern time/2:30 Pacific. USA v China. This was the gold medal match from Rio 2016. I encourage everyone to record it, or watch it live! |
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