Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate (Book 1)

Amoroso, José Pedro

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Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate (Book 1)

2021Book

dc.contributor.author	Amoroso, José Pedro
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-28T15:50:27Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-28T15:50:27Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.date.updated	2022-07-28T15:25:40Z
dc.description.abstract	We at WFDF are honored to introduce to the eBook “Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate - BOOK 1” written by José Amoroso, which is being introduced as an important resource to promote the adaptive disciplines in our sport to our global audience of more than 100 National Federations. Initial discussions on the topic of the introduction of Wheelchair Ultimate as a Flying Disc sport under the WFDF umbrella emerged during the 2013 WFDF Congress and it was broadly agreed that WFDF should support the development of Wheelchair Ultimate competitions globally. The WFDF Board of Directors approved moving ahead, adding the disabled sport section of the Flying Disc sports Ultimate (Wheelchair) and Disc Golf to the event portfolio. WFDF had obtained positive reactions from major WFDF member countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chinese Taipei, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, and USA, when checking on Parasports activities and interest to develop national adaptive programs. In the following period in 2014/15 after the recognition granted by the IPC in October 2014, WFDF collected further contacts from Wheelchair Ultimate groups and worked with them on gaining practical expertise on how Wheelchair Ultimate should be structured as a sport. The Action Plan based on this valuable input created for two-year periods starting in 2014 has resulted in improvements on the outreach program, the discussion with the fellow IFs like IWBF Wheelchair Basketball, IWRF Wheelchair Rugby, and IWAS Wheelchair Fencing to learn on the operations of crucial competition rules, classification and accessibility check of venues. The participation of WFDF in the IPC Observer Programme at the Rio 2016 and Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Games were milestones in the understanding of requirements of adapted sports on highest competition level. The present ebook is the next step in our process and establishes the first set of competition rules including the guidelines on venue layouts for Wheelchair Ultimate. And will greatly contribute to staging continental competitions in Wheelchair Ultimate in Europe, America, Asia/Oceania within the next working period. This will eventually lead to World Championships in the next 2-3 years. We thank our partners at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation (IWAS), and our scientific partners for their contribution. Our great thanks and appreciation go to the editor of the “Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate - BOOK 1” José Amoroso from Portugal who worked tirelessly on the project.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-00-071186-2
dc.identifier.slug	cv-prod-3026130
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/7444
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.publisher	WFDF	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.title	Flying Disc Parasport Wheelchair Ultimate (Book 1)	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlace	Estados Unidos da América	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	1	pt_PT
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person.givenName	José Pedro Santos
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