Light volleyball is an amateur sport that originated in China in 1984, and has since been included in the National Games competition.

The ball is larger and lighter, while the court is smaller and the net lower, compared to standard volleyball. The team can be mixed genders and the age limit is 70. These features make the sport a popular event combining entertainment, fitness and social activities, rapidly expanding throughout China. In 1993 then IOC President Juan Samaranch visited a game of light volley during his tour of China and gave it an enthusiastic thumb up. As of 2021, there are over 20 million light volleyball players in China, with half a million alone in the province of Zhejiang. In Heilongjiang Province, a Light Volleyball Academy has been established. Countless tournaments with all skill levels are being organized across the country. According to figures from the Volleyball Centre of the China National Sports Administration, annual total participants of light volley tournaments have reached 60 million, making it one of the most popular mass sport in China. The sport and the clubs have attracted significant commercial sponsorship and media coverage.

Light volleyball was introduced into Australia in 2017. Although the Covid pandemic has created some obstacles over the last few years, as life began to return to normalcy since earlier 2022, the sport has been developing fast with more than a thousand active players and a dozen tournaments in Sydney alone. Volleyball NSW, the official volleyball administrative body of the state, is planning to incorporate light volleyball into primary and secondary school curriculum. Many state parliamentarians and local councilors have visited light volleyball tournaments and recognised its constitution to community sport. As more tournaments are organized among participants in Sydney, Melbourne and New Zealand, the sport is set to be booming in Oceania.