University of Alabama Adapted Athletics
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The mission of the University of Alabama Adapted Athletics (UAAA) program is to enhance sport, fitness, leisure, and recreation opportunities for individuals with ambulatory disabilities. UAAA sponsors women’s and men’s wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and para track and field teams; conducts sports camps and clinics for children with ambulatory disabilities; and completes research and grant projects with a focus on adapted sport. |
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In the beginning you had to have a spinal cord injury in order to play wheelchair basketball. But that, much like the game itself, has come a long way since 1946. Today, in order to be eligible to play wheelchair basketball within the NWBA (National Wheelchair Basketball Association) a person must have a permanent lower…
Tennis/Wheelchair Tennis
The people you meet through tennis are friendly, happy, optimistic and outgoing, They just want to have a good time and want others to have a good time. – Steve Kappes, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program and Director of Military Outreach for the San Diego District Tennis Association All About…
Track and Field
Track and Field is the largest Olympic and Paralympic sport in terms of the number of athletes and number of classifications and categories. In addition to the races that take place on the track, there are a number of competitions that take place on the field inside the track. In particular, there are throwing and…
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