Hi everyone
Does anyone know anything about this game or where we can buy equipment, Amazon don’t seem to have heard of it. Thanks for any replies.
Wendy
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l googled it Wendy - lt is a paralympic sport. 2teams of 3 - each player has 2 balls. All the info on the web. l expect you would need one of those super-duper lightweight chairs. But l should imagine if you had enough people for 2 teams you could play at a ‘lower’ level.
F.
We play it at school.
It’s meant to be all-inclusive. Think of it like boules but with everyone sitting down, so able-bodied and wheelchiar users compete on an equal footing. There is no mobility involved apart from being able to lob a ball from a sitting position.
You don’t need any special equipment beyond a set of balls. Some youngsters with quite profound disabilities that I’ve seen playing it have used a ramp, somewhat like a length of guttering, so that they can rest it on their shoulder, aim it and then roll the ball down it.
It’s a good mixer for young, old, variedly-able etc.
Thanks for the reply; we are hoping to have someone bring it along to a support meeting, I think that whoever brings it will show us how it works. We’ll have to see how it goes.
Wendy
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