Watch this short video about how sitting volleyball is played:

• Volleyball is open to all athletes with a physical disabilityA Disability is generally a condition either caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease, which may restrict a person's mental processes, senses or mobility..
• There are both standing and sitting events.
• Sitting event players use a smaller court and lower net.
• Volleyball became a Paralympic Games sport in Toronto in 1976.
• The Australian Men’s team is known as the CrabsAustralian Men's Sitting Volleyball Team and the Women’s Team as the DucksAustralian Women's Sitting Volleyball Team!
• Unfortunately, none of the Australian teams qualified for the LondonHome of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2012 Games.

ClassificationAthletes are classified by classifiers into classes by their ability to function. The aim is to ensure that athletes of similar ability compete against one another.

Sitting Volleyball - the court is smaller than standard and has a lower net. Games are contested by athletes with a minimal disability that prevents them from competing with able-bodiedA person with no physical disability athletes.

Standing volleyball uses a full-sized court and normal height net, and is played by athletes split into three classes according to their disabilities.