Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball is a para-sport that was initially developed for people who use a wheelchair for mobility. It is similar in many ways to running basketball, with five players on court for each team, using the same court, hoop, and size 7 basketball as men’s basketball. There are rule adaptations around travelling with the ball and contact.
Our team focusses on providing a fun and welcoming (adaptive) sports environment and on learning and developing our skills together.
For those wishing to play in a more competitive development environment, we also enter a team in the English Welsh Wheelchair Basketball League. We are always happy to welcome new members, regardless of experience with either wheelchairs or basketballs.
We are the only dedicated adaptive sports team within the university and our membership a is mix of wheelchair users, other disabled people, people with injuries, and able-bodied people. We are open to OU students, Brookes students, university staff and adult community members. We support neurodivergent learning styles in our coaching and our team is open to those of all genders and none.
Sports wheelchairs are provided, and can be adapted to different body types, with a number of configurations for straps, seats, and footplates as needed. Unfortunately, the nature of the sport means that you do require (corrected to) normal vision and function in both arms, and the nature of our team means that we are very limited in the support we can provide for cognitive impairments.
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The Wheelchair Basketball team makes up part of the Basketball Club, which has five teams competing in the British Universities and College Sports (BUCS) championships and national competitions : Mens Blues, Womens Blues, Mens Twos and Womens Twos in addition to the Wheelchair Basketball Team.
Sessions run at the Iffley Road Sports Centre, which provides accessible toilets and showers. Parking (blue badge and non-blue badge) is also available. Carers and support workers are welcome, and there is no extra membership cost for their participation.
For information on our training schedule, please visit out Facebook Page.
If you are interested in exploring whether Wheelchair Basketball would be a good fit for a specific injury or impairment, please reach out to us via email.
More Details
For more details on our club including memberships & training times please visit our club website:
Contact
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