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Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair Basketball is the largest and one of the blue ribbon leading Paralympic Sport, with its roots going back to the late 1940s. Wheelchair basketball was initially a rehabilitation and recreational activity for patients with spinal cord injuries. It has quickly developed into a competitive international sport .
Wheelchair Basketball embraces a wide range of disabilities including
- Paraplegia
- Spina bifida
- Amputees
- Brittle bones
- Cerebral palsy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Able bodied players are eligible to play in divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4, junior league and women’s league.
- Virtually everyone who can conceivably play wheelchair basketball is encouraged to do so.
If you are new to the game and looking to play or become involved in wheelchair basketball contact the GB Wheelchair Basketball Association to find out what the basic skills needed to play are, more about the classification system, the women’s and the junior programme.
There are at least 65 teams established in the UK. Find a club near you.
  
Interested in wheelchair basketball for your school or club?
Contact the Wheelchair Basketball Experience; a fully equipped mobile coaching and teaching unit, delivered by Gordon Perry, GB Team Member 1982 – 1991 and National Development Officer for Wheelchair Basketball from 1991 to 2006. The Wheelchair Basketball Experience carries on board 12 top-of-the- range Top End Sportschairs, to enable students to experience the sport of wheelchair basketball. [email protected]