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Wheelchair Basketball

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What Is Wheelchair Basketball?

Wheelchair basketball uses many of the same rules as its counterpart, but special rules accommodate dribbling from a wheelchair. Athletes are engaged to learn the basic rules of the game, develop fundamentals and skills, and apply these on the court.

Wheelchair basketball is open to athletes with physical disabilities such as amputation/limb loss, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, brain injury, stroke, and other orthopedic and locomotor disabilities. You do not have to be a daily wheelchair user to play Wheelchair Basketball. Athletes in this sport are grouped by age.

Adult & Junior WCBB Practices 2023-24:

Tuesdays 5:30- 7 PM

Open Gym starts: September 12

Team Meeting: September 19

Recruitment Day: September 26

First Practice: October 10

Final Junior Practice: April 2, 2024

Final Adult Practice: April 23, 2024

Ages 6+ with a physical disability (divisions grouped by ages)

Competitive Teams

Athletes in wheelchair basketball are grouped by age, and Turnstone has two competitive teams:

  • Varsity Division (Turnstone Flyers): male and female athletes ages 13 through high school
  • Adult Division (Turnstone Bandits): male and female athletes ages 18 and older. The Turnstone Bandits are an NWBA Division III team.

In addition, Turnstone has one recreational team. With enough players, this team could be competitive:

  • Prep Division (Turnstone Flyers): male and female athletes ages 8 to 12 years old

Our athletes engage in many skills throughout the program including:

  • Players develop fundamental wheelchair basketball skills.
  • Players learn offensive and defensive strategies for wheelchair basketball.
  • Players learn the values of teamwork, and leadership skills, gain confidence and improve their self-esteem.
  • Players network with other team members
  • Players have opportunities to attend wheelchair basketball training camps.
  • Players have access to athlete education and advocacy resources. Paralympic athlete training guidelines are available for those who excel at an elite level and are identified as potentially emerging athletes.


For more information on wheelchair basketball, go to www.nwba.org.

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“These athletes are here to win and they work so hard. “Once it’s game time, they put on their game face and they play to win,”

Bob Wheelchair Basketball Coach
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Questions? Contact Kevin
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Kevin Hughes, CARSS II
Manager of Sports

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