The growth and development of Sitting Volleyball took a giant leap following the decision by the World ParaVolley Board of Directors to approve in principle the structure and processes for the establishment of the Sitting Volleyball Rules of the Game Committee at its meeting on September 12. The Committee will...
The World ParaVolley Board of Directors unanimously approved the Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre as a recognised World ParaVolley Development Centre at their meeting on Monday. Photo: Barry Couzner with the President of NPC China Haidi Zhang at the opening the Hangzhou Development Centre The “World ParaVolley Sao Paulo Development Centre” joins...
The World ParaVolley Athletes Commission will be asked about likely candidates to nominate for the International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) to the World ParaVolley Board for submission to the IVHF in 2019. Anyone from players, referees, coaches, classifiers, officials and administrators who have been retired for at least five years are eligible for...
The structure and processes for the re-establishment of the Athletes’ Commission and for the athletes’ Board election process was unanimously approved by the World ParaVolley Board of Directors during its meeting held on Monday. Photo: USA’s Katie Holloway (left) has been one of the key protagonists behind the new World...
BY JOHN KESSEL | Courtesy of www.teamusa.org The core words of this important title are attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, John Maxwell and others. For me, it has been a key concept that once again will guide me as I start coaching a 12U team at the U.S. Air Force Academy this...
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World ParaVolley President Barry Couzner was suitably impressed with the “teamwork, enthusiasm and dedication” shown by the Sitting Volleyball competitors at the Invictus Games held in Sydney, Australia last month. World ParaVolley supported the event by donating Molten volleyballs and providing staff expertise in the planning and delivery of the...
Check out a special edition of the World ParaVolley newsletter with a great look back at all the excitement and drama from the 2018 World ParaVolley Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in the Netherlands in July. Relive the moment when Russia knocked over Olympic champs USA in the women’s World...
The competition schedule for Sitting Volleyball has been confirmed by the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee as part of its overall sport competition plan for the Paralympic Games, with the first serve set for 28 August running through to 6 September. Just like at Rio 2016, six days of Sitting Volleyball competition...
Georgia became the first country to win back to back Invictus Games Sitting Volleyball gold medals after beating the United Kingdom 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) in the 2018 final in Sydney on Tuesday. A packed crowd at the Quaycentre in Sydney saw defending champions Georgia prove too good for United Kingdom...
