Wheelchair netball is a variation of
netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...
adapted for play in
wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries ( paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebr ...
s. It can be played by both people with and without disabilities.
History
A hybrid version of basketball and netball was introduced at the Grand Festival of Paraplegic Sport in 1949.
Six teams composed of 37 athletes competed at the event.
[ This hybrid version of netball was played at every year's festival until 1954; it was replaced by ]wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people with varying physical disabilities that disqualify them from playing a non-disabled sport. These include spina bifida, birth defects, cerebral palsy, paralysis due to accident, amputations (of ...
in 1956.[
Modern versions of wheelchair netball are similar to standard netball, but with modified rules regarding contact, obstruction and travelling.]
References
External links
Netball England's ParaNetball strategy 2018-2021
Netball variants
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...
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