If anyone with cerebral palsy needs fun, speed, and excitement, wheelchair slalom is an excellent choice. This parasport is a sport full of activities and challenges for those who need their lives to be fun and enjoyable. It has previously been an international event at the Paralympic Games with its…
CP football is an adapted sport for people with cerebral palsy who love to participate in the world's most popular CP sport as others. CP football is also called cerebral palsy football, 7-a-side football, or Paralympic football. The first International CP football competition was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1978…
CP sports are related to those sports which are played by people with cerebral palsy. cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders which appears in infancy or early in childhood. The common reason of this, is the damage to or abnormalities inside the developing brain that disrupt the brain’s…
As a new format of the game for those athletes who require walking/gait training equipment, Frame Football has been designed, developed, and trialed with considerable positive feedback from coaches, equipment specialists, physiotherapists, parents, and, most importantly, players. Piloted in England in 2014, the sport has now spread to countries worldwide…
Table Cricket is a game for everyone to play and enjoy – young or old, disabled and non-disabled – and is a great way to teach the basic cricket rules, all on a tabletop. Table cricket is an adapted version of cricket, played on a table tennis table, and specially…
Polybat was created in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and brought to Portugal in 2016. Initially created to answer people with cerebral palsy, today, it plays by everyone! People with or without disabilities from 6 to 96 years old participate in tournaments organized by the Portuguese Federation of Sport…
Classification System As in other modalities, in Polybat, athletes compete according to the sport classifications or by area of disability. Competitive classes: • Division 1: Players in a wheelchair with a minimal range of motion have difficulty recovering their vertical position after hitting the ball. Difficulty covering the entire width of the table,…
Polybat, or side table tennis, as it is also known, was created in England in the mid-1980s. The activity emerged as a recreational alternative for those who did not have the profile of Boccia and could not practice conventional Table Tennis. The characteristic profile includes those who have muscular dystrophy,…
Frame Running (also known as RaceRunning) is a sport designed for athletes with disabilities and balance impairments. Athletes use a running bike called Frame Runner, which features a three-wheeled frame with saddle and body supports and no pedals. They should have the ability to steering the bike The Frame Runner…
Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – bottia. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes…
