Wheelchair Basketball

Basketball is such a fun game in itself but what do you play when you're in a wheelchair. How about wheelchair basketball? Wheelchair basketball was created by disabled World War II veterans. Since then it has grown in popularity and is one of the best games of the special Olympics. The world governing body of wheelchair basketball is the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation that became independent in 1993. The game is played in specially designed wheelchairs for the physically disabled. These chairs can take a beat'n and keep on lick'n. They are specially designed to run into other chairs and tip on it's side. The participants are strapped into the chair to insure they don't fall out when they tip over. If the participant does tip over someone else has to help them back up. The chairs also have a guard in the front to protect the participants feet from injury.  Wheelchair basketball provides tremendous competition and interest on the international level and is estimated that over 100,000 people participate in this adaptive activity.