USA’s Paralympics Volleyball Star Reflects on Strategy to Secure Paris Ticket on Crucial Final Qualification Attempt

Disabilities should rarely hinder someone’s career trajectory because passion trumps everything else. One such volleyball player named USA’s Volleyball 2016 Male Sitting Player of the Year has been a star Paralympic volleyball athlete proving that heart over everything else is sacrosanct. On his recent journey to etch his team’s name in the upcoming Paris Olympics, the 4x decorated Parapan Games player, in collaboration with USA Volleyball, reflected on the strategy he follows, to secure the Paris ticket this year.

Not letting life take away from his disability, he recently got into a tête-à-tête with usavolleyball to chart a game-plan for the Olympics. The 6 foot 3 inch middle blocker seemed quite wise, and it looks to be that his musings might work as motivational maxims for the layperson as well.

Paralympics athlete dons his philosopher hat and chalks out a vision board

The middle blocker, Roderick Green, explained his belief, saying, “I think it will take camaraderie, you have to come together. And, I think it will take everyone finding a weakness. Working on their weakness and also at the same time things that you are good at and perfecting it. That’s my goal.” As a team player, leader, and mentor, Roderick Green aims to bring people together. His genuine objective of the same lies in the reason that not just people on the court would have their eyes on him, but also people outside the court would be clamoring for him from the sidelines. They must get inspired and believe, “Hey, he’s putting in work, I should put in work too.“

Consequently, to qualify for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, the last chance now remaining is the 2024 World ParaVolley Final Paralympics, in the mesmerising city of Dali, China. Though a total of 15 teams have enrolled for their participation in the ParaVolley, there are 8 of them, which include the men’s teams. The competition is set to take place from the 3rd of April 2024 and will close with the final results on the 10th. The match follows the robin-robin system, where there will be two rounds, the first being the preliminary round, followed by the final qualification round, opening their road to Paris 2024.

Ready to grab the gold in the Paris Olympics

After qualifying for the World ParaVolley events, Zone Championships, and Regional Paralympic Games, teams will be eligible to compete in the French capital. While gold will be at stake in the upcoming summer Paralympics, the sitting volleyball international competition will commence on the 29th of August and end by the 7th of September 2024.

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The venue of the match is decided to be the North Paris Arena, which is located on Seine-Saint-Denis. This venue will also be assimilating the boxing preliminary rounds, fencing ranking, and modern pentathlon events.

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