Wheelchairs Can Jump: A History of Wheelchair Basketball
Wheelchair basketball is one of the most highly skilled, highly organised, independent, and aesthetically pleasing international team sports for people with a disability. It also boasts a fascinating history. Authors Stan Labanowich and Armand “Tip” Thiboutot go deep into that past to reveal the evolution of the rules, playing equipment, tactics and how the sport was influenced and influenced by the dynamics of the civil rights movement for disabled people. The book also addresses the long-argued question about where the sport was invented: was it in the veterans’ hospitals in the USA, or England?
Format: Kindle
Kindle: 635 Pages
Language: England
4/5
Reviewed By Reviewed By Juliette Foster
“A fascinating book that should be in the library of anyone who has a professional interest in physical education, special education, or sports rehabilitation. Authors Labanowich & Thiboutot have an unparalleled knowledge of wheelchair basketball based on their extensive involvement with the sport.”
