About 9,000 people in Germany actively play seat-ball; the umbrella association is the DBS (German Association of Disabled Sports).
Seat-ball is a mixture of volley ball and fist ball and is played sitting down.
This game was specially developed for leg amputees, but other disabled persons can play too. Seat-ball trains reaction and speed and it is a very dynamic and fast sport.
The concept of the game is to pass a volleyball or hit it over a 1 metre high tape in such a way that the opponent is unable to return the ball properly. The seat-ball court is 10 x 8 m in size and halved down the middle by a tape 1 metre high.
There are five players in each team: two forwards ("strikers") and three defenders (the "backs"). Seat-ball isn't really the right name for this sport because you move by sliding around and you're always on the go. The volleyball can only be touched with your hands and every mistake means a point for the opposing team. The game lasts 2 x 7 minutes. At half-time the players change ends with the opposing team. The team that has made the highest number of "hits" when time's up has won.
Contact with all the teams for training and playing: Internet: www.christophseimetz.de or contact Christoph Seimetz directly on: +49 (0) 177 68 44 102 E-Mail: chrisseimetz@aol.com.
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