Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Influence of intellectual impairment (II) on basketball players¿ capacity to solve a game situation: towards evidence-based classification systems in II-basketball.
Year:2016

Research Areas
  • Humanities

Information
Abstract
Basketball for athletes with intellectual impairment (II) requires the development of evidence -based eligibility systems to guarantee that only athletes with significant limitations performing ba sketball participate in these competitions. In addition, this is needed to re -include II - basketball in the Paralympic program. To do this, it is required to investigate how II impacts on fundamental basketball activities. To address this need, the aim of t his study was to compare able - bodied (AB) and II -players ? capacity to solve a game situation. A field test was designed ad hoc in which 38 elite II -players from France, Portugal, Australia and Japan who participated in the Global Games (2015) and 38 AB -bas ketball players competing in Spanish competitions, had to solve 8 standardized game situations. Results indicated that II -play.
International
Si
Congress
V Congreso Internacional de Actividad Física Adaptada y Deporte Inclusivo.
OTHERS
Place
Almeria
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-84-16642-42-7
Start Date
09/05/2016
End Date
13/05/2016
From page
160
To page
160
Libro de Actas del V Congreso Internacional de deporte inclusivo
Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Deporte y Entrenamiento
  • Departamento: Deportes