 |
Wheelchair.Info |  |
Wheel Chair Sports
For wheel chair people, there is now a number wheel chair sports that they can participate in. One of the wheelchair sports that they can participate in is wheel chair basketball. They can participate in wheelchair basketball is by joining the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA). This association is made up of 181 basketball teams with 22 conferences. This organization was started in 1948 and made up of men’s, women’s, intercollegiate and youth teams throughout the United States of America and Canada. You can this wheel chair sports’ website at www.nwba.org.
One of the wheelchair sports that can be done now is skiing. The kind of skis that are out there for wheelchair people is the mono-ski, the bi-ski, the sit-ski, the three track and the four track. When it comes to the mono-ski, the skier is sitting in a molded seat that is connected to a frame above a single ski. There is a shock absorber that is linked to the ski. The person on a bi-ski sits in a molded fiberglass shell that is above specially designed skis. Bi-skis should give you better balance than a mono-ski. The sit-ski was one of the first sitting position and looks rather like a sled. The three track skis give skier three points of contact on the snow using full-size skis and outriggers. The person who uses a four track ski uses two skis and two outriggers. The skier must sometimes use a ski bra to keep the ski trips from crossing or wandering. All these skis has not made skiing one of the wheelchair sports. One of the wheel chair sports that is very popular is wheelchair racing. Wheel chair racers race at marathons and at racing tracks that able-bodied people use. If you participate in this wheel chair sport, these are some places that you buy equipment: Continental Tires. One of the wheelchair sports that people can now participate in is electric wheelchair hockey. There is an association called the Power Hockey Wheelchair Association. It does not many leagues now, but there might be a league near you some day. There have some adaptations for people in electric wheel chairs can play it. The hockey stick is made of lightweight plastic material. A plastic ball is used instead of a puck. If you want to, you can tape the stick to the wheel chair. A person can not change their electric wheelchair in any other way. Other these adaptations, wheelchair hockey has the same rules as regular hockey. One of the wheel chair sports that a person can do is tennis. These are some of the rules for wheelchair tennis. A tennis player in a wheel chair is allowed two bounces of the ball. The second can in or out of the court boundaries. The wheelchair is consider to be part of the body. When you serve the ball, the wheel chair person is allowed one push before serving. The server must serve without touching the wheel. A quadriplegic may drop the ball as part of the serve. A player loses when the ball has bounced three times, when he uses his or her feet as brakes and when he fails to have one buttock in contact with his wheel chair seat. Tennis is one of the wheel chairsports now. One of the wheelchair sports that a person can do is tennis. These are some of the rules for wheel chair tennis. A tennis player in a wheel chair is allowed two bounces of the ball. The second can in or out of the court boundaries. The wheel chair is considered to be part of the body. When you serve the ball, the wheel chair person is allowed one push before serving. The server must serve without touching the wheel. A quadriplegic may drop the ball as part of the serve. A player loses when the ball has bounced three times, when he uses his or her feet as brakes and when he fails to have one buttock in contact with his wheelchair seat. Tennis is one of the wheelchair sports now.
These are the wheel chair sports that people in wheel chairs can participate in: Wheelchair user has to sit everytime. These Wheelchair sports keeps them healthy. Many varieties of Sports wheelchairs are avialable in the market. At regular intervals, sports events are organised for the Wheel Chair users. You can buy a new wheelchair also or used wheel chair also. |
