Chapter 26 Team Sports

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Chapter 26 Team Sports
C H A P T E R
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Team Sports
David L. Porretta
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Deaf Sport

• Excelling in sportWilliam Hoy and others
• Few modifications needed
• Sport organizations
• USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF)
• International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
  (ICSD), or Comité International des Sport des
  Sourds (CISS)
• Deaflympics

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Basketball

• Game skills
• Shooting
• Passing
• Dribbling
• Lead-up games and activities

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Basketball Variations and Modifications

• Dwarf Athletic Association of America (DAAA)
• Special Olympics
• Full court (5 on 5)
• Half-court (3 on 3)
• National Wheelchair Basketball Association

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Floor Hockey

• Game skills
• Stick handling
• Shooting and passing
• Checking
• Goalkeeping

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Special Olympics Floor Hockey

• Similar to ice hockey
• Six players to a team
• Wooden or fiberglass sticksresemble broom
  handles (goalie uses regulation hockey stick)
• Puckcircular felt disc with hole in center
• Face-offs, offsides, and violations are part of
  game
• Three line shifts per period game consists of
  three 9-minute periods

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Power Hockey

• All players use power wheelchairs.
• Plastic hockey sticks and plastic ball are used.
• Played indoors on a basketball-sized court.
• Teams composed of five on-floor players.
• Player classified into three levels.

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American Football

• Game skills
• Passing
• Catching
• Kicking
• Blocking
• Tackling
• Lead-up games and activities

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Wheelchair Football

• Began in 1948
• Universal Wheelchair Football Association
  (UWFA)1997
• Essential elements of the game
• Played on hard, flat surface about size of
  standard basketball court
• Similar to touch football
• Wheelchair-to-wheelchair contact
• Six players per side
• (continued)

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Wheelchair Football (continued)

• Foam football used
• Classification system used (three classes)
• Major rule modifications
• Throwing ball replaces a kick
• Delayed rush can be used
• Clippingcontact behind opponents rear axle
• Holdinggrabbing opponents wheelchair

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Soccer

• Game skills
• Running
• Dribbling
• Kicking
• Trapping
• Heading
• Catching (goalie)
• Lead-up games and activities

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Soccer Variations and Modifications

• Disabled Sports USAfor players with amputations
• BlazeSports National Disability Sports Alliance
  (BNSDA)for players with CP and les autres
• Indoor wheelchair soccer
• Seven-a-side soccer
• Special Olympics
• Eleven a side
• Five a side

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BNDSA Indoor Wheelchair Soccer

• Players classified into five functional classes
  (motorized chairs can be used).
• Teams composed of four to six on-court players.
• Played on gym floor with yellow rubber playground
  ball.
• Penalty shots and power plays are used.
• Wheelchair, limb, or any part of body can move
  the ball.

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Seven-a-Side Soccer

• Designed for BNDSA class V-VIII players
  (ambulatory).
• Players not allowed to use crutches.
• No offside rule.
• Males and females can compete together.
• One class V or class VI player must be on field
  at all times.
• Underhand throw-in permitted.

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Power Soccer

• Designed for persons in motorized (power)
  wheelchairs.
• Originated in Canada.
• Played on regulation basketball court.
• Teams composed of four players each.
• Males and females can compete together.
• Bumpers are placed on wheelchair footrests to
  help maneuver the ball and protect the player.

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Softball

• Game skills
• Throwing
• Catching
• Fielding
• Hitting
• Running
• Lead-up games and activities
• (continued)

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Softball (continued)

• Sport variations and modifications
• NBBAbeep baseball
• NWSAwheelchair softball
• Special Olympics softball
• Little League Challenger Division
• Miracle League

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Beep Baseball

• Teams composed of six on-field players (all must
  be blindfolded).
• Two sighted players function as pitcher and
  catcher on offense and as spotters on defense.
• Spotters cannot field balls however, they assist
  other players in fielding.
• Object of game is to hit beep ball and reach one
  of two bases before opposing team fields the
  ball.
• (continued)

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Beep Baseball (continued)

• Once ball is hit, batter runs to one of two bases
  (first or third) that has been activated by the
  base operator.
• Bases are padded cylinders that emit a buzzing
  noise when activated.
• Sighted pitcher tries to give up hits sighted
  catcher assists batters in the batting box.
• Batter gets four strikes. There are three outs to
  an inning and six innings to a game.

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Wheelchair Softball

• Played in manual wheelchairs.
• Game is played on smooth, level surface (e.g.,
  playground or parking lot).
• Bases are level with playing surface (painted on
  the ground).
• Teams are balanced by a point system
  (classification).
• Teams are composed of 10 on-field players.
• Each team must have at least one player with
  quadriplegia participating in the game at all
  times.

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Volleyball

• Game skills
• Serving
• Passing
• Striking
• Spiking
• Lead-up games and activities
• (continued)

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Volleyball (continued)

• Sport variations and modifications
• Disabled Sports USA
• DAAA
• Special Olympics
• Sitting and standing volleyball

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Goalball

• Components include auditory tracking, agility,
  coordination, and teamwork.
• Game developed in Europe for persons with
  blindness.
• Game is played in a silent arena goals are
  scored by rolling a hard rubber ball with bells
  inside of it across the opponents goal line.
• All players must wear blindfolds most wear
  protective padding on elbows, knees, and hips.
• (continued)

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Goalball (continued)

• Defensive players assume a kneeling, crouch, or
  lying position to stop the ball once it is
  stopped, players have 10 seconds to throw it.
• Player must stay in their designated zones.
• There are three on-court players for each team.
• Game consists of two 10-minute periods.
• Penalties are assessed and penalty throws are
  taken.
• Sudden-death overtime periods are played in case
  of a tie after regulation play.

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Goalball Skills and Lead-Up Games and Activities

• Game skills
• Throwing
• Blocking and ball control
• Lead-up games and activities

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Quad Rugby

• United States Quad Rugby Association formed in
  1988.
• Game also known as wheelchair rugby or
  murderball developed in Canada.
• Designed for players who have quadriplegia full
  chair contact is allowed.
• Teams are composed of four on-court players.
• A classification (point system) is used to
  equalize competition males and females can
  compete on same team.
• (continued)

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Quad Rugby (continued)

• Object of game is to carry a ball (volleyball)
  over the opponents goal line.
• Game is played on a regulation basketball court
  a key area is located in front of each goal line
  (designated by cones).
• All defensive players cannot be in the key area
  at the same time.
• Game is composed of four 8-minute periods
  sudden-death overtime periods in case of tie
  after regulation.
• Players committing fouls serve time in a penalty
  box therefore opposing team has power play.

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Quad Rugby Skills and Lead-Up Games and
Activities

• Game skills
• Wheelchair mobility
• Throwing and catching
• Lead-up games and activities

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Inclusion

• Match abilities to positions
• Teach to players abilities
• Modify equipment
• Unified Sports