Feb. 6 game. The Arizona Region will also have a table in the main concourse of the Talking Stick Resort Arena to give out information on club volleyball and all the other vol- leyball opportunities that are available through the Arizona Region and USA Volleyball. Also during the Feb.
6 Phoenix Suns game, the Arizona Region HP and Sizzle players of the Premier Vol- leyball League (PVL) will be running the 50/50 Raffle.
Top 10 Reasons for a club to do sitting volleyball training I am not an expert at the sport of sitting
volleyball. The experts are Bill Hamiter, Mike Hulett, Elliot Blake and the Paralympians who compete in it. However, I have spent more than 20 years helping to grow the disabled game. I have coached it from Paralympians to kinder- garten level; taught it to USOC sponsors and all branches of our amazing military, injured or not, 3-star generals to privates; fundraised for it; and am currently serving on the World ParaVolley Board of Directors as director of
Top 10 reasons for
sitting volleyball training 1. Fun 2. A break from jumping
3. Empathy/awareness for them for disabled/Paralympic sport
4. Get them to be talent scouts for any possible future Paralympians
5. Gets you to use your overhead skills well
sport development.
I think this top 10 list might help other clubs, teams and programs. I know anytime I find myself “losing” the gym, for 10 minutes or a whole practice, I have simply brought out the ribbon, tied it off to a couple of chairs or other anchor points at about a meter high, and played on whatever surface is available. Get in touch with Elliot at elliot.blake@
usav.org if your club or program is willing to help us in expanding the sitting discipline of our sport. If you have any sitting story examples or thoughts, feel free to share them them with USA Volleyball. Thanks for your help in grow- ing the game together.
6. A way to keep injured teammates bonded/playing with the team at times
7. Practice arm movement for blocking but no need for a “box”
8. Speed up reading of opponent’s upper body - net at 1.15m and court half the length of regular makes for FAST ball net crossing/ arrival
9. A great leveler for tall to short - and parents can play too
10. Fun — John Kessel
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