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Wheelchair Basketball Rules and Referee Guide Beijing Sport University Press

China Press (Paperback) China Press 2007

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In wheelchair basketball what is the first rule when selecting your on field line up?


that not the answer I am looking for
Plus below knee amputee play and don't use wheelchair everyday


you have to a in a wheel chair in real life you can not just be in one to play/'/

How to Play Wheelchair Basketball


Wheelchair basketball is essentially the same game, yet contains slightly different rules to accommodate wheelchairs. Learn how to play wheelchair ...

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are there any differences in the rules between basketball and wheelchair basketball???

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TarWheels offer disabled a chance to compete

Published: February 16, 2010

The usual sounds were there.

The rubber ball bouncing against the hardwood, the referee's whistle sounding a foul and the buzzer echoing throughout the gymnasium.

To the casual observer passing by, it sounded like any other basketball game, except there was not the familiar squeak of shoes running up and down the court. In its place was the clank of metal wheels grinding against each other and the thud of player and chair hitting the court after a foul.

It is called wheelchair basketball, an adaptive sport for disabled people, an it is not unlike any other game of basketball, the players just go about it a different way, said Donnie Langford, who has played the game for over 30 years.

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