Get Ready to Roll

Get Ready to Roll 2 (School Journal Part 2 Number 2 2011)

Q. What sport do the Wheel Blacks play?

A.Wheelchair Rugby

Q. Who can play wheelchair rugby?

A.The people who broke there spine

Q. What does the word ‘paralysed’ mean?

A.Paralysed mean the lost of the ability to move.

Q. How do people become quadriplegic?

A.When there in a car crash.

Match the words and their meanings

Stadium place where sport is played and watched

Quadriplegia unable to move parts of your body  

Paralysed  paralysed in at least 3 of 4 limbs

Scrummaging arms and legs  

Limbs part of a rugby game  

Read page 30. Name 3 differences between standard wheelchairs and rugby wheelchairs.

1.The rugby wheelchairs wheels are cambered.

2.The rugby wheelchairs can tune quickly into small spaces.

3.The rugby wheelchairs has a bumper.

Read page 31. People with quadriplegia have different amounts of movement in their arms and hands. What number might be given to someone who can use their hands and fingers quite well. 3.5

How long does a wheelchair rugby game take to play? 32-minute

Pretend you are the coach of a wheelchair rugby team and these are your players and their classification numbers. Who would you put out on court at the start of the game?

Adam     2.5 Gary 2.0

Bob    3.0 Hugh 2.0

Craig        1.5 Ike 3.5

Dan        2.0 John 2.5

Eric         2.5 Karl 1.5

Fred 1.0 Len 1.5

Write their names here Adam,Bob,Craig,Gary,John and Len

Make as many words as you can out of the letters in the word wheelchair

Wheel

Chair

Hi

Are

A

Where

Wear

Race

Lee

Hair

Her

Heel

Ear

Air

Raw

I

We

Care

Lace

Here

Eel