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Wheelchair Basketball is a fascinating sport and
follows almost the same rules with Basketball of able-bodied
athletes. The only differences are the following:
• The total points (classification) of
the five players that comprise the team should not be more
than 14 points. If a team has more than 14 points, then it
is debited with a technical sentence.
• The athlete who has the ball is obliged to
dribble, after he has done 2 impulses with his wheelchair.
If the player makes a third impulse without dribbling, then
he is debited with steps.
• The athletes are obliged to follow some
rules in relation to the wheelchair they use during the
game. For this reason, the wheelchairs are checked before
each game by the referees.
Categories of players / Classification
• The athletes according to the degree of
their disability are classified in categories/levels, which
start from 4,5 (mild disability) and stop to 1 (severe
disability). Thus we have 4,5 – 4,0 – 3,5 – 3,0 – 2,5 – 2,0
– 1,5 – 1,0. The players that each time play in a game,
should not surpass the limit of 14 points.
• During each game the first referee, who has
the role of the Commissioner of the secretariat of the game,
is responsible for the classification. |
