The Brazilian women’s sitting volleyball team had a special guest during their preparatory training for the Paralympics in Paris on Saturday at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo. One of Brazil’s coaching greats, Marcos Kwiek, spoke with the world champion team’s athletes and participated in their drills. CBVD...
In the countdown to the Paralympic Games in Paris, athletes of the Brazilian men’s and women’s sitting volleyball teams have begun their preparations for the podium in the biggest Para sporting competition on the planet. The athletes have gathered at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo last January...
Dwight Tassell Obituary On January 11, 2024, our beloved Dwight Huong Van Tassell left this life. His kindness, humor, and gentle temperament touched anyone who knew him. He was truly a peacemaker and was always a source of persistent positivity. Dwight was born in Vietnam under difficult circumstances. He became...
The United States men’s sitting volleyball national team announced on January 12 that the North Texas Region will host a series of friendlies between the United States and Kazakhstan after a week of joint training in Oklahoma. The United States are still seeking for qualification to the Paralympic Games in...
The Americas Paralympic Committee announced that Panam Sports Executive Committee has unanimously decided to withdraw Baranquilla, Colombia as the Host City of the XX Pan American Games and the VIII Parapan American Games due to several breaches of the Host City Contract. Pan Sports and the Americas Paralympic Committee reiterated...
Kari Miller-Ortiz and the late Edgar Laforest are among the eight Olympic and Paralympic players who will be inducted into the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame at the annual banquet and ceremony on May 24 at the Omni Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The Hall of Fame ceremony is a celebration...
Pieter Joon was inducted to the International Volleyball Hall of Fame Class of 2022, making him the very first inductee from ParaVolley. This year, Kari Miller-Ortiz of the United States and Hadi Rezaei of Iran are among the 16 nominees for the 2023 International Volleyball Hall of Fame Induction. Fans...
Teams from the United States and the Australian national team are competing at the USA Volleyball Beach ParaVolley Recognized Development Event (RDE) on December 2-4 at Hickory Point Beach in Tavares, Florida. Seven US teams are entered in the RDE, including four women’s teams and three men’s teams, plus the...
The development of the ParaVolley for All project was initiated by Colombia to look for an effective strategy for training sitting volleyball teams during the pandemic. In 2020, Colombia conducted virtual trainings through theoretical and practical tools for several sitting volleyball teams and national teams, which eventually allowed them to...
Paralympians Sadegh Bigdeli of Iran and Heidi Peters of Canada belong to the second group of elected athletes who will join the representatives of ParaVolley Europe, ParaVolley Africa and ParaVolley Pan America in the WPV Athletes’ Commission. Bigdeli and Peters will serve as the PVAO Representative and Global Representative, respectively....
