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harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Wheelchair basketball is fucking brilliant. There you go.

I was obsessed with it during the Paralympics. Even though I already liked it, it reawakened the desire to get back into playing (I played in college). I'm in touch with a team in the Midlands who I'm hoping to try out for in January and I can't fucking wait!

I don't expect this thread to stick around but by all means, prove me wrong :D

Anyone seen a game?
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:

    I don't expect this thread to stick around but by all means, prove me wrong :D

    in all honesty mate, this thread will garner about as much interest as Matt Cameron's Jazz album ;)

    its actually quite fun to watch (at least on TV) but i can't work out the rules about travelling and such like... the guys put the ball on their laps and then wheel for a bit.. i dont know how you're supposed to get the ball off the other guy if he's doing that?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    dunkman wrote:
    in all honesty mate, this thread will garner about as much interest as Matt Cameron's Jazz album ;)

    its actually quite fun to watch (at least on TV) but i can't work out the rules about travelling and such like... the guys put the ball on their laps and then wheel for a bit.. i dont know how you're supposed to get the ball off the other guy if he's doing that?

    A player has to bounce or pass the ball every TWO pushes of the wheel, just like the equivalent two steps of normal basketball. If there's more pushes per bounce/pass, it's a travel violation. If there's loads of room and no defense in front of you, those pushes can be as long as you like, but it gets difficult when there's loads of defenders in front. More bouncing required.

    You can only steal the ball if it's in the process of leaving the lap, i.e. being bounced, passed or shot.
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    jaysus mark where you been? good to see you back!
    I love to turn you on
  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I bet you have to be strong as hell to play that game bro. You should get into arm wrestling. ;)
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  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I love all basketball be it two-legged, wheelchair, one leg (pirate style), WNBA... well, maybe not that last one so much but I love basketball!!!


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  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    the chances for me to watch wheelchair basketball (or any other sport - no telly) are few and far between but when it's possible I do find it interesting. :) probably wouldn't watch it for a very long time though (not from the telly anyway) cause I'm not that into sports spectating. :D
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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    Are there non-disabled people who play wheelchair basketball just as a sport? I've always wondered that.
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  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,619
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Wheelchair basketball is fucking brilliant. There you go.

    I was obsessed with it during the Paralympics. Even though I already liked it, it reawakened the desire to get back into playing (I played in college). I'm in touch with a team in the Midlands who I'm hoping to try out for in January and I can't fucking wait!

    I don't expect this thread to stick around but by all means, prove me wrong :D

    Anyone seen a game?

    Very cool!

    Its always nice to reignite a passion!
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    meistereder wrote:
    Are there non-disabled people who play wheelchair basketball just as a sport? I've always wondered that.

    just as a sport? ... as opposed to their main source of employment?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Dylan StoneDylan Stone Posts: 1,145
    meistereder wrote:
    Are there non-disabled people who play wheelchair basketball just as a sport? I've always wondered that.

    yes. i've known some.

    my very first boyfriend had osteogenesis imeperfecta (like brittle bone syndrome...his legs had broken over 200 times!!) ... so he couldn't really play any real sports... but he didn't need a wheel chair... (he was defintely handicapped though...) ANYWAY... he was really into sports and played a lot of wheelchair basketball and there were some guys i knew who got into it because they had family member in it. You'd be watching and all of a sudden they'd jump out of their chairs and start running. Kinda trippy when you don't know or expect it.

    The exes dad was wheelchair bound his whole life (with the same thing) and he is in the ncaa hall of fame for wheelchair basketball.
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    GTFLYGIRL wrote:
    yes. i've known some.

    my very first boyfriend had osteogenesis imeperfecta (like brittle bone syndrome...his legs had broken over 200 times!!) ... so he couldn't really play any real sports... but he didn't need a wheel chair... (he was defintely handicapped though...) ANYWAY... he was really into sports and played a lot of wheelchair basketball and there were some guys i knew who got into it because they had family member in it. You'd be watching and all of a sudden they'd jump out of their chairs and start running. Kinda trippy when you don't know or expect it.

    The exes dad was wheelchair bound his whole life (with the same thing) and he is in the ncaa hall of fame for wheelchair basketball.


    Nice. It's cool that there are non-handicapped people who play it too.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    meistereder wrote:
    Nice. It's cool that there are non-handicapped people who play it too.

    I think the rules state that you can have up to two non-disabled people on a team. It all depends on points. Different disabilities will have a point system and each team cannot exceed a certain number of points.

    What I love about it is that it's a brilliant game, disabled or not. It's a serious sport which doesn't support the idea that the sports world is just 'throwing us a bone' or 'letting us have a go', which is a widespread attitude towards disabled sport.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I think the rules state that you can have up to two non-disabled people on a team. It all depends on points. Different disabilities will have a point system and each team cannot exceed a certain number of points.

    What I love about it is that it's a brilliant game, disabled or not. It's a serious sport which doesn't support the idea that the sports world is just 'throwing us a bone' or 'letting us have a go', which is a widespread attitude towards disabled sport.


    I am sure you've seen that documentary that is out about the sport. Escaping my name right now, but a lot of people have seen it.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    meistereder wrote:
    I am sure you've seen that documentary that is out about the sport. Escaping my name right now, but a lot of people have seen it.

    I haven't, no. I've heard there is one but I haven't been able to find it. I'd give an arm and a leg to find it, and still be a great basketball player ;)
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  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    dunkman wrote:
    in all honesty mate, this thread will garner about as much interest as Matt Cameron's Jazz album ;)
    Matt Cameron made a Jazz album? Freakin A! :cool:
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    that game is insane to watch, i can't imagine what it would be like to play. in NZ our team is called the 'wheel blacks', to the best of my knowledge i think they're pretty good, correct me if i'm wrong though. i remember seeing them take on the all blacks & the AB's got their asses handed to them, they could barely stay upright. looks very physical. all the best!
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  • jammergirljammergirl Posts: 599
    is it "murderball"?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/


    edit: oh that film's about rugby, sorry. looks good though!
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    jammergirl wrote:
    is it "murderball"?

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/

    isn't that rugby?
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    itsevobaby wrote:
    that game is insane to watch, i can't imagine what it would be like to play. in NZ our team is called the 'wheel blacks', to the best of my knowledge i think they're pretty good, correct me if i'm wrong though. i remember seeing them take on the all blacks & the AB's got their asses handed to them, they could barely stay upright. looks very physical. all the best!

    Yep, you'd be talking about wheelchair rugby. Also a great game. The wheel blacks actually do the Hukka (sp?) before a game. And yes, the game started as "Murderball" and was originally played by WWII veterans.
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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    itsevobaby wrote:
    .... in NZ our team is called the 'wheel blacks'
    LMAO!!!!! What are the Aus team called???

    The Wheelabies??? haahaa :D:D
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