Monday, September 08, 2008

Spinning wheels

This past weekend, while I was at the gym, I watched an interesting sport on TV- wheelchair basketball. It was actually quite exciting! It's nothing like the basketball we know..  the athletics and strategies are totally different. But it's fast paced, it's full of drama, and actually hitting the hoop from the sitting position is actually a really difficult thing to do... as noted by the score (halftime 18-6). You would gasp if someone in a wheelchair on the street flips over. In this sport, the players often lose control and the wheelchair flips. But they are strapped into their chairs.. and right themselves up as if the chair was part of their body. Amazing.

 

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