Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:44:53 PM
Volleyball Sitting Image Gallery - 23 September 2004
Dutch athletes strike the ball towards Chinese athletes at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes strike the ball towards Chinese athletes at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes Monique Bons (R) and Anneka Den Haan (L) strike the ball towards Chinese athletes Xiong Ying Zheng (L) and Yu Ping Chen (R) at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes Djoke van Marum (R) and Petra Westerhof (L) strike the ball towards China's Xiong Ying Zheng (C) at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
RULES for Volleyball (sitting)
Paralympic volleyball is played in a sitting position with no classification system, apart from the minimal disability requirements of amputation or spinal cord injury etc.
The court dimensions (10m x 6m) are slightly different to olympic volleyball and the net is 1.15m high (1.05 for women). Tournament format is best of 5 sets, 8 teams playoff in the Men's and 6 teams in the Women's - 12 players in each squad. 6 Player's on each team on court, the ball hitter must always have pelvic contact with the ground when striking the ball, otherwise standard rules of volleyball apply .
Dutch athletes strike the ball towards Chinese athletes at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes strike the ball towards Chinese athletes at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes Monique Bons (R) and Anneka Den Haan (L) strike the ball towards Chinese athletes Xiong Ying Zheng (L) and Yu Ping Chen (R) at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
Dutch athletes Djoke van Marum (R) and Petra Westerhof (L) strike the ball towards China's Xiong Ying Zheng (C) at the women's Sitting Volleyball match between the two national teams, which took place at the Helliniko Fencing Hall, on Thursday 23 September.
© ATHOC / ANA / KATERINA MAVRONA
RULES for Volleyball (sitting)
Paralympic volleyball is played in a sitting position with no classification system, apart from the minimal disability requirements of amputation or spinal cord injury etc.
The court dimensions (10m x 6m) are slightly different to olympic volleyball and the net is 1.15m high (1.05 for women). Tournament format is best of 5 sets, 8 teams playoff in the Men's and 6 teams in the Women's - 12 players in each squad. 6 Player's on each team on court, the ball hitter must always have pelvic contact with the ground when striking the ball, otherwise standard rules of volleyball apply .
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