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	Wheelchair basketball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is based in basketball with some adaptations to reflect the presence of the wheelchair, and to harmonize the different levels of disabilities players have.
		Wheelchair basketball retains most major rules and scoring of FIBA basketball, and maintains a 10-foot basketball hoop and standard basketball court.
		With this step wheelchair basketball began its journey for full independence and in 1993 IWBF was established as the world body for wheelchair basketball with full responsibility for development of the sport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wheelchair_basketball (679 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wheelchair Basketball is a fast paced and action packed sport and has established itself as one of the most popular wheelchair sports in the world.
		Wheelchair basketball is also a paralympic sport, with teams from all over the world battling for paralympic medals.
		This means that wheelchair basketball can be played by anyone, from the able bodied, to those with knee or leg injuries to people who use wheelchairs in their everyday life.
	www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk /~csuchz/wheelchair-basketball (330 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball
		Wheelchair Basketball is one of the most spectacular and popular sports of the Paralympic Games.
		The main difference is the use of a wheelchair, which the athlete has to use with dexterity as an instrument with which he can achieve his sporting objectives.
		Participants in Wheelchair basketball are men and women with spinal cord injuries, amputation, cerebral palsy or other physical disabilities.
	www.tswaa.com /wheelchair_basketball.htm (231 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball
		With few exceptions, the rules of wheelchair basketball are identical to the rules established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
		This is especially difficult in wheelchair basketball because the hands and arms are used both for ball handling and player mobility.
		If the wheelchair has brakes attached, these should either be removed or placed in a position to avoid interfering with the athlete's hands when he or she pushes forward on the wheels or hand rims.
	www.americanheart.org /presenter.jhtml?identifier=3014778 (802 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball
		Organized wheelchair basketball was started in the same year at both ends of the US.
		According to NWBA historian Stan Labanowich, 'A new era in the history of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association began during the 1970s when the University of Illinois Ms.
		Basketball legend Dave Kiley was elected Commissioner of the NWBA, narrowly defeating Stan Labanowich, a staunch champion of democratic principles who had led the organization for twenty-three years.
	www.disabledathletics.org /sports/basketball.html (872 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball
		A day on the basketball court for a wheelchair athlete should be the same as a day on the court for any b-ball player.
		Wheelchair basketball considers traveling to be when an athlete touches his or her wheels more than twice after receiving or dribbling the ball.
		Wheelchair basketball can be for everyone, from beginners on neighbourhood courts, to professionals at an international level.
	www.thewheelchairsite.com /sports/wheelchair-basketball.aspx (425 words)

	American Association of adaptedSports Programs \| Athletics \| Indoor Wheelchair Basketball (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wheelchair Basketball is one of the most widely recognized sports for athletes with disabilities and is of one two AAASP sports organized during the winter.
		The wheelchair is considered part of the body, offensive players are allowed four seconds in the lane and there is no double-dribble.
		The AAASP season ends with the state Wheelchair Basketball Championship tournament, where the best Division A and B teams from across Georgia compete for their respective championship titles.
	www.aaasp.org /leagues/basketball (192 words)

	Guide to the Basketball Wheelchair
		Since the early 1980's wheelchair basketball players have demanded that wheelchair manufacturers produce lightweight chairs that are quick, strong and can turn on the spot.
		Basketball is a contact sport and tests wheelchairs to the limit, note the footplate protection bar.
		No surprises when you see the top wheelchair basketball teams are from the economically advanged areas of the world.
	www.paralympics.com /wheelchairs/basketball_wheelchair.htm (298 words)

	BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The BC Wheelchair Basketball Society (BCWBS) is a non-profit organization formed in 1983 and registered with Revenue Canada as a charity since 1985.
		Wheelchair Basketball is coming to Nanaimo thanks to new funding, equipment and enthusiasm.
		The Canadian men's wheelchair basketball team completed a dominating performance after defeating Australia 70-53 in the championship final to win the gold medal on the final day of competition at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
	www.bcwbs.ca (464 words)

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		Wheelchair Basketball is open to any male or female athlete with a permanent lower limb disability and is played by two teams of five players each.
		Wheelchair Basketball was introduced to the Paralympic competition programme in Rome in 1960.
		The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the sole world governing body for Wheelchair Basketball, and the sport is practized by athletes in 77 countries.
	www.paralympic.org /release/Summer_Sports/Wheelchair_Basketball/index.html (241 words)

	Comberton: Hereward Heat Wheelchair Basketball Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wheelchair basketball is a mixed sport for people with a lower limb disability, which prevents them from playing the running game.
		There are very few differences in the rules between the wheelchair and running games, the main one being the dribbling rule, where players may only push twice on their wheels before it is necessary for them to bounce the ball.
		The club has a number of spare wheelchairs which can be used by novice players when they first come to the club.
	www.comberton.org.uk /basketball.htm (471 words)

	Wheelchair Sports, Recreation & Accessible Travel - Wheelchair Basketball : USA TechGuide
		The Chicago Wheelchair Bulls is the wheelchair basketball team of the NBA Chicago Bulls.
		The organization is involved in wheelchair basketball, quad rugby, sled hockey, softball, wheelchair tennis, and week long youth wheelchair sports camps.
		The foundation is a service-oriented, community-based organization whose members are individuals with and without disabilities working hand in hand toward the vision of wheelchair basketball and wheelchair racing becoming a high school varsity sport throughout the state of Illinois.
	www.usatechguide.org /techguide.php?vmode=1&catid=407 (595 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball Sports
		Wheelchair basketball fundraiser offers new hoops experienceRecord-Searchlight (subscription), CA - Oct 29, 2006...
		Basketball for Wheelchair Bound PlayersFirst Coast News, FL - Oct 24, 2006...
		Basketball in wheelchairs a show of determinationPenn State Digital Collegian, PA - Oct 30, 2006...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Basketball/Wheelchair (368 words)

	Basketball Wheelchairs, Sports Wheelchair Basketball and Accessories
		This wheelchair sports frame has no moving parts to maintain and is custom fit to your body’s specific dimensions.
		The basketball wheelchairs sports frame is constructed of re-heat treated aircraft aluminum for maximum strength.
		Sport Wheelchairs designed with the help of Sunrise Medical's elite wheelchair basketball athletes, the Quickie All Court® wheelchair establishes a new standard in performance and style.
	www.sportaid.com /basketballwheelchairs.shtml (527 words)

	Wheelchair basketball teams struggle with small rosters - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Illinois wheelchair basketball program was created at the University of Illinois at Galesburg in 1940s.
		The program was later moved to Champaign, and in 1986 became the Fighting Illini men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams.
		Wheelchair basketball is very similar to regular basketball from a rules perspective, with only one major difference: Players are separated into a three-class system depending on each player's leg and torso muscle strength.
	www.dailyillini.com /news/2004/12/08/Sports/Wheelchair.Basketball.Teams.Struggle.With.Small.Rosters-824629.shtml (393 words)

	BORP Youth Wheelchair Basketball
		BORP's youth basketball team, the Bay Cruisers, started in 1986 and was the first youth wheelchair basketball team in northern California.
		Basketball is the most popular wheelchair sport in the world.
		The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is the governing body for wheelchair ball in the States.
	www.borp.org /youth_basketball.php?textonly= (1029 words)

	Wheelchairs . co . nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The U.S. Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association is a non-profit organization that provides a hockey programfor people who use an electric wheelchair in everyday.
		This is the wheelchair basketball team of the NBA Chicago Bulls.
		The team is one of 140 teams in the United States and plays in the National Wheelchair Basketball Association.
	www.wheelchairs.co.nz /home.htm (346 words)

	This is Wiltshire \| CommuniGate \| Swindon Kings Wheelchair Basketball club
		It is played to the same rules as basketball (with a few simple adaptations), with the same ball, on the same size court and with baskets at the same height as running basketball.
		Wheelchair basketball can be played by anyone, male or female, with a lower limb disability.
		During the summer of 2001 the outdoor basketball courts at Dorcan Recreation Complex were resurfaced with Lottery grant and partnership funding from Swindon Borough Council.
	www.communigate.co.uk /wilts/swindonkingswheelchairbasketballclub/index.phtml (320 words)

	New Wheelcahir Basketball Head Coach Appointed
		As the newly appointed head coach of the University of Missouri-Columbia’s new Tiger Wheelchair Basketball Team, Paxton has big plans for establishing a strong wheelchair basketball program at MU: bringing home national championships while teaching his players to overcome physical limitations.
		Graham, who also uses a wheelchair, was responsible for obtaining $250,000 to start a disability sports and recreation program.
		This summer, Paxton will help run wheelchair basketball camps at the University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, two schools with strong college wheelchair basketball teams.
	atmizzou.missouri.edu /may04/WheelchairBasketball.htm (370 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball
		Wheelchair basketball is probably the most well known and popular of disability sports, one which we will be covering in depth throughout the Paralympic games until the final on 28th September.
		Great Britain are bundled out of the wheelchair basketball Final by the talented Australians.
		Played on a standard basketball court (same basket height and court dimensions) by players with a wide range of disabilities.
	www.paralympics.com /paralympic_sports/basketball.htm (445 words)

	CLIPPERS: Clippers Chairmen Team Up With Quickie For A Wheelchair Basketball Clinic
		The Clippers Wheelchair players are not only Chairmen of the Court they also participate with Clippers community outreach to children directing youth to a positive life path.
		The National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA), along with the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association (CWBA) offers the NBA a 50 year history of organized and competitive sports for people with disabilities.
		Wheelchair basketball began as rehabilitation for soldiers returning from World War II and was formalized as a competitive sport in 1948, just one season after the NBA.
	www.nba.com /clippers/community/chairmen_clinic_050720.html (418 words)

	International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based on the number of National Organizations for Wheelchair Basketball (NOWB) with active programs at the national and international level it was decided that the Americas Zone and the EuroZone for IWBF could be the same as FIBA America and FIBA Europe.
		In Mexico the wheelchair basketball organizations are a part of their National Paralympic Committee(NPC).
		In the Netherlands wheelchair basketball is fully integrated into the Nederlandse Basketball Bond and in Canada the Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association is fully independent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Wheelchair_Basketball_Federation (566 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball News \| MizzouRec
		The Mizzou wheelchair basketball team came away from the past weekend with a pair of victories to close out their inaugural regular season.
		The MU wheelchair basketball team will be co-hosting this year's Wheelchair Relay event with the Student Physical Therapy Organization.
		Wheelchair basketball team will play the final games of their inaugural regular season this week in Brewer Fieldhouse of the Student Recreation Complex.
	www.mizzourec.org /programs/wheelchair_basketball/news.asp (471 words)

	MSTC Hosts Wheelchair Basketball Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WISCONSIN RAPIDS – In recognition of National Disabilities Week, Mid-State Technical College’s Student Senate is hosting a Wheelchair Basketball Team on the Wisconsin Rapids Campus, 500 32nd Street North, Thursday, October 10 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
		The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, affiliated with Cornerstones for Success, a unique program that dispels myths about persons who have a disability, will present an exciting and interactive hour in MSTC’s gymnasium.
		The second part of the presentation will be a demonstration where the presenters will show the fundamentals of Wheelchair Basketball.
	www.midstate.tec.wi.us /about/20021003.htm (247 words)

	MSCPVA Sports & Recreation - Basketball
		Basketball is regarding by many as the flagship sport of wheelchair sports.
		The National Wheelchair Basketball Association boasts more than 200 teams and 3,500 members, and is a worldwide phenomenon.
		Wheelchair basketball is fast and raucous, subtle and complex.
	www.mscpva.org /basketball.shtml (248 words)

	CNN/SI - Women's Sports - Teacher training for wheelchair basketball - Monday September 20, 1999 04:29 PM
		For the pediatric nursing professor at Bellarmine College in Louisville, the basketball is wheelchair hoops and the occasional canceled class the result of her passion for the sport.
		Verst, 33, began playing wheelchair basketball in 1995 after being diagnosed with a degenerative neuromuscular disease, which slowly diminishes basic bodily functions.
		To be eligible to play wheelchair sports nationally, one must have an illness that causes at least a minimal disability.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /womens/news/1999/09/20/wheelchair_basketball (494 words)

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		Wheelchair Sports WA’s Schools Basketball Program is a program allowing school children throughout WA to understand what it is like to be disabled and what its like to be a Paralympic Athlete.
		The presenters involved offer an intriguing insight into the world of wheelchair sport and living with a disability, and their passion for sport makes for a lasting impact on everyone involved.
		The presenters are all experienced Wheelchair basketball athletes, many of whom are part of the Perth Wheelcats- Wheelchair Sports WA’s representatives in the National Wheelchair Basketball League.
	www.wheelchairsportswa.org.au /default.aspx?et=1&ei=25 (457 words)

	Richard Langhorn Trust : Wheelchair Basketball Page
		Wheelchair basket ball has proved to be a sport which can give disabled children immense happiness and independence.
		The RLT has now entered into a new partnership with the GBWBA, which will involve financing a set of second hand chairs which can be loaned to new clubs and teams who are just starting out in the sport.
		Once a club is properly established and has properly organised funding, the set of wheelchairs can be loaned to another club.
	www.richardlanghorntrust.org /215_206.php (192 words)

	Wheelchair Basketball at NRH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wheelchair basketball can be played successfully by individuals with a variety of disabilities.
		Organized wheelchair basketball is governed by the NWBA (National Wheelchair Basketball Association) which currently offers divisions for juniors, collegiate athletes, men and women.
		Wheelchair basketball is also an officially recognized Paralympic Sport.
	nrhrehab.org /body2.cfm?id=1172 (141 words)

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