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Goal and Targetgroup
The Goal of Sitting Volleyball
The goal of Sitting Volleyball is to offer every person with a physical disability a Sport to gain pleasure, competition, fitness and mental strength so that a social equal role in society is obtained " This complies with the UN Charter rule 30 "The Right to Exercise and Sport by People with Disabilities". This right has been invested by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport with the National Sports Federations. Sitting volleyball is about athletes with congenital or acquired disabilities and those with a traumatic cause. we can develop a policy for recruiting these people in three target groups.
The Target Groups :
Targetgroup 1
15% of the population is disabled. Do you have any idea how big our market is that grows Every year, with 100,000 of athletes in your country stop participating in sports for medical reasons and are not taken care of by its own organized sports federation. Here is a market of 2,500,000 people who could and should do sports. Neither the responsible authorities nor the clubs have developed an adequate sports policy to get disabled/injured people to exercise and especially to keep sports leavers active. Every year compatriots stop playing sports and we simply drop them.. “We are not competitors with the Sport Federations, but together we stand for the Goal of offering every person the opportunity to get and keep moving”. A nationally supported policy from the National Sports Federation with the National Volleyball Federation are indispensable in this regar a „3-Track Policy“ can be developed here.
Where do we find our athletes for target group 1 :
healthcare workers, Rehabilitation Centers, rehabilitation doctors, physiotherapists, movement agogues, In the 1st and 2nd line of care, patient organizations, neighborhood coaches, Annual list of Sport-leavers at NSF affiliated Federations, incl. all Indoor volleyball associations via Exit talks and especially in the healthcare chain
Target group 2
Sitting volleyball: A sport to keep former (top) athletes in regular sports activities
An interesting study by the Erasmus University in Slovenia, the AHOS project, shows how important it is that athletes in particular continue to play sports AFTER their careers.
Many former top players drop out without the ambition to play sports recreationally and certainly out of fear of injuries. Sitting volleyball appears to be the ideal sport for many former top athletes to be active for a longer period of time. These are ideal opportunities to set up a national or even an international competition for these athletes. (AHOS project Slovenia)
In this target group we also find the more than 100,000 athletes who leave the sport every year for whatever reason. The Nat Sport Fed (NSF) publishes an annual list of “sport leavers”. It would be useful to filter this list by a reason that indicates the cause. The Volleyball Association can request the NSF for the filtered list that may be interesting for Sitting volleyball (for example that of the Team sports). The Volleyball Association itself conducts an annual Exit survey of Indoor Volleyball retirees, with the cooperation of all volleyball associations.
The group of retirees can include all athletes from all sports who have stopped playing sports due to a long-term physical sports injury. Sitting volleyball allows you to still play a sport and maintain your fitness, without putting strain on your injury.
Where can we find these ex-athletes from target group 2:
1. The List of Sports Leavers of the national umbrella Sports Federation and that of
2. the National Volleyball Association and
3. the other national sports associations or local associations
All national associations in particular must play a more active role with their members who stop playing sports for physical reasons. They can take on a referral role. The Volleyball Association communicates its Policy with the National Federation and with the other Sports Associations. Collaborate on a National policy that after the practiced sport there is an alternative sport
Sitting volleyball is not a competitor on the sports market but an addition to the Sports package.
On the advice of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the National Sports Associations, all clubs must develop an active incentive policy for this. Money is available. Achieve more publicity by organizing an annual Sitting Volleyball Integration Event, which makes the step to Sitting Volleyball a little easier and less stressful. ,
Don't forget to invite a team of police, fire brigade, army, municipal officials and the press
Target group 3
We call this group "the Everyone is welcome Sport". By this group we mean: family and friends of target group 1 as well as indoor volleyball players who find Sitting Volleyball a fun and tough sport. People who would like to play a team sport, but are afraid of a sports injury. Athletes who feel left out elsewhere . Volleyball players within the Ïndoor Volleyball associations (whether or not temporarily with an injury) This target group is open to everyone. An interesting group of seniors at a recreational level, but also eldery players who want to play volleyball at a competition level. Sitting Volleyball offers the possibilities Anyone who, like the entire World, considers Sitting Volleyball to be the most popular sport. Sitting volleyball has an open society culture. Live together, exercise together.
Where can we find future athletes of target group 3
Through a lot of targeted publicity via social media, weeklies and neighborhood magazines, neighborhood coaches and physios. Make it known what the Sitting Volleyball offers. That's how we can find them. Sitting volleyball as a sport is the melting pot of our society From a dissertation by a student at the University of Utrecht with the statement “what is the best sport for the disabled” Sitting volleyball clearly came first!
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