Famela Restrepo

LEI 4724
Activity file 4
Activity title: Volleyball
Sources: Lieberman, L. (1996). Adapting Games, Sports, and Recreation for Children
and Adults who are Deaf-Blind. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

Equipment: volleyball net, ball

Description of the activity:

Volleyball is played by two teams of six players on a court divided by a net.

The object of the game is to send the ball over the net so that the opposing team cannot
return the ball or prevent it from hitting the ground in their court.

Each team has three hits to attempt to return the ball.

The ball is put in play by a serve that is hit by the server over the net to the opponent.

When the receiving team wins a volley, it gains the right to serve, and the players rotate
one position clockwise.

When the serving team wins a volley, it wins a point and the right to continue serving.

The ball must clear the net on a serve.

A game is played to 21 points or some other agreed upon number. The team that wins the
best two out of three games wins the match.

Leadership consideration: This activity works best for medium groups (Maximum of 6
participants on each side of the neat). The instructor function as a moderator by explaining the
rules to the participants and the different options of hitting the ball.
Adaptation:
Intellectual impairment participants: a wonderful way to adapt volleyball and at the same
time increase the excitement for the other children use a beach ball which is brighter and slower
than a volley ball. The kids were permitted to hit the ball up to three times, let the ball bounce
twice, catch it if they needed, walk to pass the ball, and have no limit on how many people
touched the ball. Points were scored if the other team hit the ball under the net, out, or if the ball
bounced more than two times or rolled. All the kids loved it and the volleys were so long they
were out of breath at the end of each point. Although many adaptations were made to the game,
they still called it volleyball.

Quadriplegic participants: Sitting volleyball is played with six players per team on a smaller
court with a lowered net. This version of volleyball enables double leg amputees and individuals
with spinal cord injuries, polio, and various other lower extremity disabilities to participate.
Some part of the body from the buttocks to the shoulders must remain in contact with the floor at
all times. When hitting, players must remain seated. The use of prosthetic or orthopedic devices
is not allowed. Sitting volleyball is also an excellent activity for physical education classes and to
allow individuals with and without disabilities to participate together.