Paralympic Games

lecture were my first exposure to wheelchair basketball and I was impressed. The skill to maneuver in a wheelchair and shoot a basketball while on the move requires skills that don’t come naturally. The contagious excitement makes me want to attend a game at Auburn to learn more. I had no idea the chairs were made of titanium and cambered at 15-20 degrees with a 5th wheel to increase stability and maneuverability plus addition safety equipment such as the straps and an extra bar. I also had no idea

hockey despite their disability. The game follows the ice hockey rules with a few exceptions. The players sit on specially designed sleds that have two hockey blades under them. Furthermore, each player uses two specially designed sticks with metal pick on the ends. This helps the person propel themselves across the ice. Finally, the goalie uses specially designed gloves with metal picks sewn to the back of each glove. This helps the goalie to maneuver during the game. http://www.usahockey.com/sledhockey

London Games gives Singapore hoteliers a boost Singapore based hoteliers are doing brisk business in London, for the period of the upcoming London Olympic Games. This article was published on 25 June, 2012 written by Yasmine Yahya on The Straits Times newspaper. Which 95% of the rooms of The Ascott, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (M&C) and Frasers Hospitality were booked. The games had actually started on 27 July, 2012. In addition, GuocoLeisure will also have benefit like for example 5

travel soccer but also all the other subcultures like recreational, futsal, and Paralympic soccer have similarities and differences. Ideology is shared with these subcultures because they all have a set of beliefs, attitude, and a certain status to maintain in order to continue to be a soccer player. Playing travel soccer isn’t about just running around, and kicking a ball, it teaches players beneficial

Three years ago, Chelsea McClammer approached the starting line for her first race of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games when, suddenly, her coach began to panic. Teresa Skinner thought she had prepared her 14-year-old dynamo for every conceivable thing that could happen in an 800-meter race at the Paralympic Games. They’d talked about different scenarios, strategies and what to check and double check. But then, as Skinner watched the athletes take their places at the starting line, she saw the

The United States Olympic Committee supports U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes on and off the field of play through direct athlete funding, health insurance, tuition grants, media and marketing opportunities, career services and performance-based monetary rewards programs. The organization not only has international Games responsibilities and its work around the Olympic Movement, the USOC supports America’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes through their National Governing Bodies, in doing so

Considering the Para in Paralympics stands for "equal to," after watching the videos, what kind of training do you think Paralympians go through? From the presentation, what is the sport you would have been most interested to watch from the London 2012 games? Explain your answers. (1-2 paragraphs) Paralympians train like any other Olympians because they are Olympic athletes; however, they face more obstacles in their pursuit which requires a different level of determination and motivation to overcome

and Athletes Performance Advisor. Terry Colton is also a Non-Executive Director. Colton has a background in sport sponsorship and event management. He was also responsible for the planning, organisation of athletics for London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. The organisation receives funding from two different

Young person of the year At an age of only 20 years, Jacqueline Freney from New South Wales, Australia won 8 gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. In 2014 she won the Young Australian of the Year award, and that's well-deserved. By laur5954 Jacqueline Freney was born with cerebral palsy. She was born into a swim-ming family, and despite her illness she set herself the goal to become a com-petitive swimmer. As therapy for her cere-bral palsy her parents, who have been managing Public

think it’s good to have a new champion, it means sitting volleyball has reached a higher level, we need to improve our skills to catch up with them and work harder.” After starting with the sport 11 years ago and with a career that includes two Paralympic golds and a silver medal, Zang took a well-earned rest after to spend time with her family, “I want to use 2017 to recover from old injuries and am trying to get back to work. I will spend more time with my child. I started training when she turned