Basketball in a wheelchair living in difficult times Huíla Paralympic athletes

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Basketball in a wheelchair living in difficult times Huíla
 
Paralympic athletes want more support Huíla


Photograph: Journal of Sports
The basketball players in wheelchairs in the city of Lubango, Huila province, in need of sports equipment to develop within different communities. The only team in existence for 15 years in Huila, consisting of 20 athletes, is struggling from a lack of wheelchairs for the sport. Of the four seats available, offered 15 years ago, only two are in good condition.

Peter Alexander, coach basketball in wheelchairs in Huila province, said Monday in Lubango, the development of this sport is "evil." Despite the difficulties, he said, will not lack of staff. The two chairs, used to "cure" are also a source of injuries to athletes. "For example, if you give two rides, the wheel bounces," he said. The other two, in good condition, they absorb a total of 20 athletes. Given the scenario, Peter Alexander says the situation will "lose any sleep."

"The athletes are constantly in my house to know when we receive new material. I do not feel good to work in these conditions, "he explained. As a result of the awareness campaign carried out in different sectors of social life, there is great support for people with disabilities to practice basketball in wheelchairs. Despite these difficulties, Peter Alexander, sports leader also revealed that the betting for this racing season is the creation of a women's team. The success of this intention is the willingness of individuals in natural and legal support for the project.

"We already have ten young women with disabilities mobilized to practice basketball in wheelchairs," he said. The potential of Huila in disabled sports are high, but it lacks support from institutions. Peter Alexander says "no support in large projects the Angolan Paralympic Committee or the Provincial Directorate of Youth and Sports of Huila. What there are "moral support".

"I knocked at the door, brought the trophies from various tournaments and offer them. However, they receive them and shelve them. Do not see anything. If we train for the sake of sweater is because the coaches and the athletes who win nothing with it, enjoy the sport, "he maintained. Peter Alexander or other position of the entities. The proposed technical assistance to managers in training subjects to recognize the conditions of work available to athletes.

"The minimum support only appear when two days before the team travel," he said with feeling dejected, adding that "just does not, because we will work to enhance the sport and adapted." The latest support received boil down to two balls at the end of last season and a "equipamentozinho" another project of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.


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