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Wheelchair Sport: A complete guide for athletes, coaches, and teachers
(Paperback) Human Kinetics 2010-04-22
pters focus on physiological considerations, strength & conditioning, body composition & nutrition, & medical & practical concerns related to traveling & chair configuration.Part II offers tactics & drills for tennis, rugby, basketball, racing, & hand cycling. Each chapter presents background information on the sport, tactical advice, & drills that will help athletes improve training & performance in competition. These chapters also include sport-specific training programs.In addition, Wheelchai
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r Sport helps readers understand the psychology of working with wheelchair athletes & describes the coaching attributes required for successful coaching of disabled athletes, from the novice level to the Paralympic level. Readers also gain insight into how the best wheelchair athletes became successful. Wheelchair Sport equips coaches, teachers, & wheelchair athletes to develop their minds & bodies to their potential & enjoy their participation in sports. author: Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky Pages: 224
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The human body is relatively energy efficient, approaching an energy efficiency of 30% (Cf internal combustion engine 15 -20%).
Consider the following: The men’s London marathon winner usually sets a time of just over 2 hours whilst the wheelchair winner takes around 1 hour 35 minutes.
The 10,000 metres track event at the Olympics was won in around 26 minutes, the 10,000 metres speed skating event at the winter games was won in around 12 minutes.
when you are running on legs you are required to shift your weight around, lift up a leg, press down with another, back and forth, while in a wheel chair you just have to push down on the front of the wheel to make it spin. the movement is done by the wheels, not the limbs.
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How does one get started in wheelchair sports? I've been disabled for 11 years and I'm sick of being lazy. I would love to try to train for maybe something like a 5K or smaller? I have no clue where to start. Any ideas? (I'm in the DC area). Thanks!
well get yourself into rehab and let them do an evaluation then go to a medical supply stores and get yourself a custom running wheelchair which are a three large wheels with two besides you and one out front or a sport chair which has a steeper wheel angles which stick out more and then you get out there to local races join clubs if you use a wheelchair or not you can still compete that is what the ada is here for you to help you compete with the amplatory oh and have fun and try not to break a leg
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Amputees compete in wheelchair basketball and volleyball, and swimming. They also compete in track events with prosthetics... There are probably more, but that's what I know off the top of my head. You can compete in practically anything as an amputee, in a wheelchair or with CP.
Check out http://www.chasa.org/sportspara.htm
for complete info.
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