Table of Contents
- Wheelchair Football Training Video
- Program Spotlight: 29th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games
- Table Tennis
- Wheelchair Basketball
- New Food Pyramid Misses Mark for People with Disabilities
- Response to Last Month's Column on Use of Power Mobility Devices
- FreeWheeling in my Wheelchair!
- Sports for Children and Youth with Disabilities
- Rise in Scooters and Power Wheelchairs Could Increase Risk of Obesity
- Football (American)
- Wheelchair Tennis
- Softball
- Basketball
- Exerstrider Fitness for People Who Use Wheelchairs
- Wheelchair skills training for community-based manual wheelchair users: A randomized controlled trial
- Community Voice: The Importance of Mentoring - An Interview with Jean Driscoll
- Focus on Secondary Condition Prevention: Use of Assistive Technology to Reduce Pain for Manual Wheelchair Users
- Paralympics
- Comparison of cardiovascular adaptations to long-term arm and leg exercise in wheelchair athletes versus long-distance runners.
Wheelchair Softball
Introduction
Developed over two decades ago, wheelchair softball is a team sport involving two teams competing to score points by hitting a pitched ball and circling four bases. The National Wheelchair Softball Association serves as the governing body for wheelchair softball in the United States.
Anyone can play the game of softball, but in order to be a successful wheelchair softball player, one must understand the rules and techniques used to play the game. Wheelchair softball is composed of several skills: pitching, fielding, batting, base running, and offensive and defensive strategies. Players who participate in wheelchair softball must use a manual chair with foot platforms and at no time can a lower extremity make contact with the ground. The wheelchair softball playing field should be a smooth surface of blacktop or similar materials.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability
