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How a match works, in a minute

How a sitting volleyball match works

  1. Sitting volleyball is volleyball for six a side, played sitting on the floor, on a small court with a net about a metre high.
  2. When playing the ball, part of the body between buttocks and shoulders must touch the floor. Losing contact while serving, attacking or blocking is a fault called lifting.
  3. Otherwise the game works as volleyball: each side has three touches to send the ball back over the net.
  4. A set goes to the first team to 25 with a two-point lead, and the match to the first to win three sets. A fifth set is played to 15.
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