Paralympics

Kamusta viewers, 

For today's blog post I will be sharing you another activity that I've done in my Paralympics work. 

The task was to answer all the following question. The questions where very interesting because I need to research and learn about some of the Paralympics sports. And the topic that I picked was related to para sports. it took some time for me because the questions were very interesting because I've never watched Paralympics or know anything about them. 

if you were going to compete in Paralympics which sports will you compete in?

Here is my work:

Para Sports

What are the four values of the IPC? The four values of IPC are Courage, Determination, Inspiration and Equality. 

Unscramble letters to reveal para sports.

Doju - Judo

Cherrya - Archery

Growin - Rowing

Minisgwm - Swimming

Para sports - More about Paralympics

List two 4-5 different para that are part of the olympics

1. Rowing 

2. Swimming 

3. Archery

4. Taekwondo

5. Shooting

New para sports that have been added to paralympics?

The new para sports that have been added to paralympics are badminton, taekwondo and snowboarding. 

Profile two para sports and include the following: 

When was wheelchair basketball introduced?

 The Wheelchair basketball paralympics was introduced in 1946 from World War II, for the people who served but wanted to participate in playing basketball. 

When was wheelchair fencing introduced? 

And wheelchair fencing was introduced in1960  which was developed by Sir Ludwig Guttmann. 

How is wheelchair basketball played? 

The wheelchair basketball is similar to normal basketball because they include rules that are included in original basketball.  The players are able to stop and push their wheelchair twice. Two teams of five battle against each other and try to shoot the basketball in the hoop. 

How is wheelchair fencing played?

The players are seated in a wheelchair and a piece of fencing frame is fixed to the wheelchair. And the players fight only with their upper body. The players sit in a sitting position and close distance fighting which makes the sport very intense. 

Special equipment for wheelchair basketball?

The wheelchair basketball is used by a special wheelchair that makes the player have fast movement. 

Special equipment for wheelchair fencing? 

Wheelchair fencing blade includes parts like foil, epee and sabre. And the wheelchair fencing includes a fencing jacket. 

Two interesting facts about wheelchair basketball:

Wheelchair basketball has different roles which have higher or lower points. And people with different abilities are playing a different position. The total sum of players on the court needs to  be 14 or less. 

Two interesting facts about wheelchair fencing:

The way the players move and control their swords are necessary. As the players fight in close range the players can win or get a strike in just a split second. 

I learned a lot of things in my Paralympics work because I was very interested on how the game works, and how it was different to normal Olympic sport. 

Hope you also learned something and enjoyed my blog post, Have a great day.