Wichita Adaptive Sports INC

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Adaptive Club

Our Mission
Wichita Adaptive Sports is a non-profit dedicated to the promotion of adaptive sports and recreation in south-central Kansas.

Our Impact
Each year Wichita Adaptive Sports serves over 100 youth, wounded warriors and adults throughout south central Kansas. Multiple sports are offered including wheelchair basketball, tennis, track, adaptive cycling and swimming among others. Opportunities are provided through adaptive clinics, sports and recreation.

Our Programs
Programs offered through Wichita Adaptive Sports are designed to empower individuals by independently taking control of personal health with active living. Clinics are offered in order to introduce sports to those living with physical disabilities.

Various sports are offered to both youth and adults with opportunities to attend competitions both locally and throughout the United States. The sport groups not only promote physical health, but mental health through providing a support network of locals living with physical disabilities in the State of Kansas.

Activities

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Basketball

In the beginning you had to have a spinal cord injury in order to play wheelchair basketball. But that, much like the game itself, has come a long way since 1946. Today, in order to be eligible to play wheelchair basketball within the NWBA (National Wheelchair Basketball Association) a person must have a permanent lower…

Rain, sleet, snow, or hail … it seems that no matter the weather, you can always see a cyclist biking for pleasure, on an errand, or keeping fit. The love of bike riding is rapidly growing across nearly every demographic. Cycling has always been a great way to enjoy the outdoors, socialize with fellow bikers,…

There is a rapidly growing adaptive sport that is changing the way people think of those using a power chair. That sport is power soccer. “It is not only changing the perception others have, but also how participants think of themselves,” said Jonathan Newman, the Adult Sports Coordinator at Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program…

Since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, swimming has been one of the Games’ main sports. The thrill of competition aside, swimming offers many benefits including strengthening the cardiovascular systems and the major muscle groups of both the upper and lower body. It also develops flexibility in the muscles and joints as…

The people you meet through tennis are friendly, happy, optimistic and outgoing, They just want to have a good time and want others to have a good time. – Steve Kappes, Director of the San Diego Wounded Warrior Tennis Program and Director of Military Outreach for the San Diego District Tennis Association All About…

Track and Field is the largest Olympic and Paralympic sport in terms of the number of athletes and number of classifications and categories. In addition to the races that take place on the track, there are a number of competitions that take place on the field inside the track. In particular, there are throwing and…