Basics Of Wheelchair Sports

Basics Of Wheelchair Sports

No field is lost, even you have the unconquerable will and the courage never to submit or yield before the misfortunes and miseries inflicted on you by the unseen hand of fate or the criminal negligence of others. Life is a hell for the cowards and just a playground for those who have the sportsman spirit to laugh in the most bleak and horrible situations. Being devoid of a limb or ability is never a failure; rather being content with one’s lot tolls the bell at your moral and psychological death. Today, we believe that none in this world is a disabled person. Rather, he is a special person, as he has the special energies and psychological and moral courage to make amends for the losses, for which he himself is never to blame. Today, the special people have proved their mettle in all fields of endeavour. 

Sports are no exception in this regard. Various competitions are held periodically on the national and international level to provide these people with a healthy pastime, along with an opportunity to have a catharsis of the suppressed emotions. A few amongst these are Wheelchair Athletics, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Dance Sport, Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis, Wheelchair Curling and Wheelchair Skiing etc. These apparently the toughest sports are a real challenge to the capabilities withes men with an aim to hit the heights of glory. Not with that old a history, even in the recent past, these sports were played with the most ordinary wheelchairs of daily use. Owing to the difficulties observed by the experts, there was an intentional effort at making the specialized wheelchairs that will suit the needs of the gallant sportsmen in world’s most unique playgrounds. Heavy weight of the conventional wheelchairs of the daily use would impede the progress and performance of the players, it was believed. Therefore weight became the greatest concern, thus ultimately forcing the manufacturers to use the lighter metals like aluminum etc. However, durability and strength of a chair was still a prime concern, which could have been compromised due to reduction in weight with the use of fragile substance. This issue was further resolved through using other substances, besides aluminum, i.e. carbon fibre and titanium etc.

The concerns of the users were further recorded and a sincere and wholehearted effort was made by the manufacturers to facilitate the user. This included the keenest analysis of a player’s performance in a particular sport, coupled with his own suggestions about the real difficulties faced during the course of game, especially due to the wrong, inappropriate design or material of the wheelchair. Resultantly, now there is a wide range of the sports wheelchairs available in the market that is sport specific. You can tell the seller to provide you a race chair, if competing the adversaries an unfulfilled dream on the way to progress. Or you can ask for a court chair, if Andre Agasi is your ideal hero.  Be assured that now the manufacturers endeavour their best to be your comrades in the playground, because they wish you a very normal life. Speed, strength, maneuverability and style are the priorities of the manufacturer and this all in one chair may cost you 2800 –11000 US dollars.