{"id":338420,"date":"2025-12-10T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338420\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:57:09","slug":"hamilton-high-school-students-learn-fundamentals-of-wheelchair-basketball-in-revived-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338420\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton high school students learn fundamentals of wheelchair basketball in revived clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

A simple challenge on the basketball court is leading to new experiences for students at Hamilton\u2019s St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf high school.<\/p>\n

Today, the school\u2019s physical education department revived its wheelchair basketball course, which includes lessons on the para-sport\u2019s fundamentals.<\/p>\n

with a combination of core strength and balance, students at St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf is finding out what it takes to play the game of wheelchair basketball.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of cool but it\u2019s also challenging because your arms get tired. For me, the movement is different,\u201d says Elijah Ibrahim-Adkunmi.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll this pushing up and down the court and the shooting is different and a little hard, I can\u2019t shoot while sitting down,\u201d says Francis Peter Bisbal.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, roughly 80 students, from grades 10 to 12, at the Hamilton Mountain high school learned the basic rules and fundamentals like pushing, turning and knowing when to dribble to avoid a travel violation.<\/p>\n

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The clinic is an addition to their basketball-focused, gym classes that began nearly 10 years ago. After experiencing a halt during the pandemic, the phys \u2013 ed department brought it back this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what we\u2019re hoping to achieve is the perception for students to see that athletes are athletes. No matter if they\u2019re able-body or they\u2019re playing sport-chair and we want the students to have that sense of community and sense of belonging,\u201d says Kevin Duffy, a phys \u2013 ed teacher at St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf.<\/p>\n

Wheelchair basketball is proven to be a vigorous workout, to help one improve their strength and endurance. It\u2019s also a sport that helps foster inclusivity and challenges you to get out of your comfort zone.<\/p>\n

Leading the adaptive sport class is Jamoi Anderson with Parasport Ontario.<\/p>\n

The multi-sport athlete and a national sitting volleyball medallist says he once was an able-body athlete. However, in 2008, he endured a severe viral infection. Life-saving measures led to gangrene in his left foot, which then led to the decision of amputation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, for me, the biggest part about getting new people involved in parasport or adaptive sport is that we can make small tweaks to anything we are doing, so we can all participate and have fun together,\u201d says Anderson.<\/p>\n

Something the student body at St. Jean de Br\u00e9beuf agrees with.<\/p>\n

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