Training: Elliott Blake UCO Sitting Volleyball Coordinator/US Paralympic Rep. will do a sitting volleyball coaches training to include rules, skill development and athlete development.
North Carolina is home to three members of the US Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Teams. We are expecting one or more of these athletes to join us.
Cost: Free with pre-registration or $5.00 at the door.
Register:
Date: April 24th
Where: 123 Middle Creek Park Ave., Apex, NC 27539
9:00 am to 12 noon Train the Trainer: Participants will be instructed on the rules of sitting volleyball; how to develop a sitting volleyball team; some drills to use during training and how to create opportunities for inclusion.
12:00 to 1:45: Lunch for those participating in the morning training
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 pm: Registration for afternoon session
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm: Participants will have the opportunity to learn the rules, skills development and have a try to play sitting volleyball. Those participating from the morning will have the opportunity to coach in what they learned
3:00 to 3:30: Closing Remarks
Sponsors
Paralympic volleyball is divided into two major disciplines: sitting and standing. For the Athens Games in 2004, however, only sitting volleyball was on the Paralympic program. Athens also introduced the first Paralympic competition for women's sitting volleyball, and the U.S. came away with the bronze medal.
Paralympic volleyball competition is open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as amputation/limb loss, spinal cord injury/wheelchair-users and cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke.