Exceptions For Wheelchair Basketball

* Disability – If in a wheel chair this may prevent them from playing some unadapted sports and therefor may not be pushed to their physical peak.

Wheelchair rugby, formally known as Murderball, was developed in Canada in 1977 by quadriplegic athletes (International Wheelchair Rugby Federation, 2014). Quadriplegia is more commonly known as tetraplegia, this is where all four limbs are paralysed and most commonly as a result of a neck injury (Disabled World, 2010) Wheelchair Rugby was created as an adaptation of wheelchair basketball, by reducing the amount of hand and arm actions to make the game inclusive for quadriplegic athletes; this was done by removing dribbling. Athletes were classified on their medical diagnosis, in relation to the level of their spinal injury. In 1991 this was changed to a functional classification specific to wheelchair rugby, in order to include those with polio, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis and amputations. According to Sport England (2010) 68% of wheelchair rugby participants have a spinal cord injury, compared 6% with cerebral palsy and 4% with muscular dystrophy. It’s also estimated that 40,000 people are living with a spinal cord injury in the UK (The Backup Trust, 2014). Rugby is one of 11 out of the 23 Paralympic sports

The athletes, although disabled, show more courage and bravery than anyone, fighting just as hard and just as rough as in traditional rugby. Being a full contact sport, wheelchair contact is an essential part of the game. A rougher version of bumper cars, the players show extreme athleticism throughout the 32-minute game. Mark Zupan, a red head with a fiery temper and pivotal player on the USA team, describes the ratings of each player based on their mobility in their upper body. The team’s score cannot exceed 8 points when on the court, combining player’s scores from .5, the lowest mobility, to 3.5 the highest mobility. The mobile players handle the ball while the other players play defense, tackling and blocking. A simple watered down version of the goals of the game is to get the ball over the line on the opposing teams side, tackling and bumping your way across the court as hard as you possibly

can use their leg to swipe the ball back towards their team where they can pass to the outside

For my team that will participate in the practice, it will consist of 12 athletes will little, to no, experience regarding the game of wheelchair basketball. The participants will be college students between the ages of 18-21, with 3 individuals encompassing each category (3 players with a level one classification, 3 players with a level two classification, and so on up to level four). As it relates to the actual practice, this will be taking place during the pre-season, as the athletes must become acquainted with the general knowledge and specifics of the game before more in-depth exercises can be configured. The practice will involve almost all aspects crucial to understanding the game, in which the

In basketball, in order to score three points the players have to shoot the ball behind the three-point line. In College this three-point line is exactly 19 feet and 9 inches away from the hoop. As a player practices and improves, his/her shot is going to improve, so in the NBA, to make the game more competitive they made the distance for three pointers 23 feet and 9 inches away from the hoop (TITUS). Although the three-point line changes this is the only real difference between a NBA and College basketball court. The foul line and court size still all remains the same.

In basketball you can drive all the way down the court and score a layup for two points. If you so happen to get fouled on a make then, you can go to the free throw line for a chance at one more point. Now for the big points. If you make a three-pointer, then it’s kind of obvious that you get three points. If you get fouled on a three-point shot, then you can go to the free-throw line for two more points.

When one attends a baseball game, they presume that they can become struck by a foul ball or bat during at any point throughout the game once they have entered the stadium or have purchased their ticket for the event. However, the stadium could still become responsible if one were to get injured due to the unusual stadium layout with unaware risks that could lead to potential harm or serious injury. At this minor league baseball game, the marketing department held a sling-shot contest in between innings that did not mention any initial warning until after the contest had begun. Therefore, a gentleman went to retrieve a t-shirt and fell onto a sports law professor causing her to break her leg.

A “free-throw” is a type of shot awarded to a player after a foul or violation is committed. The amount of free-throws to be awarded depends on the type of foul, violation, or the game situation. The free-throw shot is considered to be one of the most important shots in the game and sometimes determines the outcome of

When we first received our syllabus and were told we were going to have to do a wheelchair experience, I was excited. I played in wheelchairs when I was young and had friends push me around. Additionally, in one of my classes last semester, I played wheelchair handball so I thought this wheelchair experience was going to be a simple and stress-free. Throughout the experience, it was more difficult than I anticipated.

I really enjoyed playing wheelchair soccer with my classmates in class and I think that it is awesome to have the opportunity to participate again as a demonstrator for wheelchair soccer in this program carried out by Dr. Davis. I love the idea of involving people with and without disabilities in a sport where everyone can participate and have this feeling of belonging to a team instead of discrimination.

One of the most common rule is called a foul. A foul is when one player directly hits another player.

The American Association of Adapted Sports Programs received a letter from a parent whose son had a stroke at seven months old and left him paralyzed on his left side of his body. They were told that he may never walk and his intelligence may be affected. Her son loved to watch sports on TV and wanted to play on a team, he was inspired by the famous top athletes. When he was in 5th grade, they signed him up for the local recreational basketball team. He loved being on the team, but the other kids never passed him the ball, so they decided to not sign up the next year. When she heard about the AAASP and how they have wheelchair basketball, she didn’t know what to think. They went to a game and was amazed. She was taken back when she saw a lot

The new wheelchair technology has enabled physically challenged athletes to participate in sports. The technology allows people to be athletic, inspired, and hopeful. Engineers and inventors will continue to come up with new ideas for wheelchairs, making even more opportunities available. So, for all the kids out there, keep

In wheelchair basketball you can Dribbling on place while sitting/standing.Dribbling while moving in a straight line sitting/standing. Dribbling between cones in a zigzag path