[3] It was created as a combination of volleyball and sitzball, a German sport with no net and seated players.

Sitting volleyball first appeared in the Toronto 1976 Paralympic games as a demonstration sport for athletes with impaired mobility, and both standing and sitting volleyball became officially included as medal sports in the Paralympic games at Arnhem in 1980.

[4] After the London 2012 games, VolleySLIDE was founded by Matt Rogers to promote and develop the sport globally.

While VS2 athletes have lost only a fraction of their muscular strength and flexibility in a joint preventing them from successfully playing standing volleyball, VS1 athletes have lost all of their muscular strength and flexibility in that joint.

[3][7] Skills are largely identical to the sport of volleyball and the following game terminology apply: [cleanup needed] List also includes former members (national teams that took part in previous major tournaments).