Hsiao Hsiang-ling Promotes Sports Equality Through Sitting Volleyball

(Central News Agency, Taipei, 23rd) To actively promote domestic sports equality and create a diverse and inclusive sports environment, the National Sports Industry Development Center held a "Sports Equality, With You and Me!" sitting volleyball experience event today, inviting professional volleyball player Hsiao Hsiang-ling to lead participants in a new volleyball experience. The National Sports Industry Development Center is committed to promoting the concepts of "integrating adaptive sports into life" and "sports equality," emphasizing that sports should not be limited by age, gender, or physical condition, and that everyone has the right to enjoy the joy of sports. Sitting volleyball requires players to keep their buttocks in contact with the ground when hitting the ball, which not only tests core muscles, arm strength, and reaction speed but is also a highly entertaining sport that emphasizes teamwork. The event was held in conjunction with the 115th National Games for the Disabled in New Taipei City, at the Xinzhuang Sports Park. Former national volleyball player Hsiao Hsiang-ling and Professor Wang Tsung-teng of the University of Taipei challenged themselves to sitting volleyball for the first time, leading everyone to experience the explosive power and fun of playing on the floor. Over 600 people participated. During the event, many children and parents teamed up and discovered that sitting volleyball is not easy at all. Hsiao Hsiang-ling, known as the "Smiling Captain," said that sitting volleyball requires more advanced skills and core stability than imagined, especially in movement. The center emphasized that it will continue to work with outstanding athletes, private groups, and companies to develop more diverse and inclusive sports activities, breaking down traditional barriers and building a "borderless sports lifestyle circle" where everyone has the right to enjoy the joy brought by sports.