RADICAL SPORT DEVELOPMENT - spprting codes

RADICAL SPORT DEVELOPMENT SPORTING CODES The following sporting codes are for parents/guardians and children to look at and choose, the ones the children can play. We suggest that the children can try a certain number of sporting codes and then select the ones in which she/he is talented in. Parents/Guardians should expose their children to the professional side of the below sporting codes. We will provide links of some professional videos we have or know.

SPORTING CODES Soccer Netball – grass field Volley Ball Equestrian Hockey junior Tennis – cleared ground Hand ball Table Tennis

NEEDS Sneakers or Soccer boots, Ball Sneakers , ball Ball, sneakers Horse, saddle and bridle Stick, ball, shin guard, sneakers Racquet, tennis ball Mini ball, sneakers Racquet, tennis ball, table

ATHLETICS track and field Running Marathon Sprints Relay hurdles Cross country

NEEDS

Jumping long jump Triple Jump

Sneakers Sneakers Sneakers Sneakers Sneakers

Sneakers Sneakers

Throwing Javelin Discus throw Shot put

NEEDS Javelin stick, sneakers Disc, sneakers Ball, sneakers

Race Walk Sneakers Varying Distances

Mind Games Chess Morabaraba

NEEDS Chessboard Anything can be used

Paraplegic games disabilities Impaired Muscle Power Paraplegia and quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida, hypertonia Impaired Passive Range of Movement

Amputation or dymelia

Leg Length Difference

Short stature, ataxia, athetosis,

Vision Impairment

Paraplegia – paralysis of the legs and lower body, typically caused by spinal injury or disease.

Quadriplegia – is the paralysis of all the four limbs Muscular dystrophy – deterioration and weakness of muscles Post-polio syndrome – a condition that affect former polio patients lang after recovery from the disease and that is characterised by muscle weakness, joint and muscle pain and fatigue.

Spina bifida – a congenital of the spine in which part of the spinal cord and its meninges are exposed through a gap in the backbone. It often causes paralysis of the lower limbs, and sometimes learning difficulties.

Hypertonia – an abnormally high level muscle tone or tension Amputation – surgically removed limb Dysmelia - malformation of a limb or limbs characterised by missing, shortened or excessive development.

Short stature – a height that significantly below average for a person`s age gender or racial group Ataxia – the loss of full control of bodily movements Athetosis – a condition in which abnormal muscle contraction causes involuntary writhing movements. It affects people with cerebral palsy, impairing speech and use of the hands.

For paraplegic children we will have to look at the possible sporting codes that can be easily played or trained at home. At the moment we are still struggling with mobile data!