Classified Volley Ball 2

A Thought On Progress

Progress (to me) is when every one, young and old, men and women, small and tall, recreational player, amateur and master, even invalids, are given the same rights, the same fair opportunities, possibilities to achieve their highest level of performance according to their own reasonable or natural level of playing Volley Ball.

We shouldn’t cultivate tall trees, bushes and flowers in the same place together, without providing space and light for the smaller plants, for they will have no chance to grow up well and may die.

The standard Volley Ball net height for men is 2,43 M, for women 2,24 M. Free for all, whether they are very short or very tall. So there’s no chance whatever for the short players to compete with the tall.

We can manage classes in a range of height from 1,45 –2,00 M in Volley Ball:

Men up to 170 Cm, net height 224 Cm; Women up to 160 Cm, net height 205 Cm
Men up to 175 Cm, net height 230 Cm; Women up to 165 Cm, net height 211 Cm
Men up to 180 Cm, net height 237 Cm; Women up to 170 Cm, net height 218 Cm
Men up to 185 Cm, net height 243 Cm; Women up to 175 Cm, net height 224 Cm
Men up to 190 Cm, net height 250 Cm: Women up to 180 Cm, net height 230 Cm
Men up to 195 Cm net height 256 Cm: Women up to 185 Cm, net height 237 Cm
Men up to 200 Cm,met height 263 Cm: Women up to 190 Cm, net height 243 Cm or free for all

Then make the rules flexible:
Lower net height by one or two classes for very young or old players or raise net height by one or two classes for national or professional players. Open the opportunity for the class of strong players of shorter stature to play against or “fight” players of a higher class with taller stature.

The classification, categorization according to age, to weight, for men and women has been established, for example age groups, in boxing,… I wish we could pride on Volley Ball as the number one sport that would realize the classification according to stature; that it is really providing for every one or nearly, almost every one the same fair share to playing Volley Ball. That it is not favoring just one class only (the class of those with the highest stature) as it is until today.

Note:
A person’s reach is about 130% of his length (height). Take 3 Cm as difficulty factor for men to overcome net height, for women minus 3 Cm and we can calculate the net height of each class or category that way.
Net height of the class of 170 Cm men will be 130% of 170 Cm plus 3 Cm and is about 224 Cm … etc.